January 5 – Pitch Your Tent
Tents are a flimsy thing. They are a temporary shelter. They show that the owner has no permanent dwelling here, he is only passing through.
Tents are a flimsy thing. They are a temporary shelter. They show that the owner has no permanent dwelling here, he is only passing through.
I recently had the opportunity to visit the oldest church building in the world. This wasn’t the first place the church existed, but it was the first known location that was specifically created for the church to gather and meet. Prior to this everywhere the church existed they met in people’s homes or in…
Leading up to Christmas, the most common decorations you would see in Brazil would be nativity scenes. These “presépio” are everywhere. They have pageants just as we have in the States but these aren’t confined to kids in a church. They are community affairs much more similar to what you would see at Christmas time…
Am I a sanctuary? Am I a place of refuge? When people come to me can they find safety from the harsh and hostile world or am I part of the problem?
These are three famous men who gave up everything that God’s ways might be known throughout the earth. Many tens of thousands have followed in their footsteps.
Will you?
All around the world there are millions of people who for thousands of reasons of poverty, oppression and injustice are crying out for a Savior to come. Two thousand years ago He came incarnated in a little baby. This year He still comes, incarnated in you.
And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. Judgment will come because the ruler of this…
If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. Do you remember what I told you?…
He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation. And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world. (John 11:51-52) Read: Ezekiel 17:1 – 19:14 Relate: Every…
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Daily Bible Reading: Leviticus 25:24 – 26:46 God: The King. The Creator. The One who established the universe with a word and set time in motion. The One with all…