How are joy and happiness connected? Simeon and Anna rejoiced in Christ’s coming, representing God’s presence and redemption. Joy is a divine gift, strengthened through trust and faith in God.
Category Archives: Reflections
Understanding Jesus as Our Prince of Peace
Advent week 2 focuses on Jesus Christ as our Prince of Peace, emphasizing the importance of peace with God, ourselves, and others. The text questions the nature of peace, advocates for reconciliation through Christ, and highlights the transformative power of His love, urging believers to extend grace and forgiveness, reflecting on the joy of Advent.
Advent Guide: Coming Home
Video overview of free advent devotional and prayer guide! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRbzzGDFihI Link to download the daily devotional focusing on Isaiah. https://learn.1517.org/coming-home-for-christmas-sign-up-for-free Summary of the Book of Isaiah https://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Isaiah.html Our Greatest Need Stars Go Dim expresses this in their song lyrics “How Glorious the Love of God” How glorious the love of heavenInfant yet divineOur redemption setContinueContinue reading “Advent Guide: Coming Home”
Advent: Hope
The post discusses the spiritual concept of hope, relating it to Jesus’ prophecied arrival and redemption mission.
Ahead Through His Love
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Love Billy Graham explains why Jesus came to earth: And this is why Jesus Christ came into the world. He was God in human form, and He came to demonstrate God’s love to us. He did this by giving His life for us, so we could be forgiven of our sinsContinueContinue reading “Ahead Through His Love”
Free to Love
Galatians emphasizes the call to love as a manifestation of true freedom. Paul highlights that serving others in love fulfills the law, while promoting compassion over self-centeredness. Love derives from God’s love for us, and acts of kindness reflect our understanding of this divine love and inherent freedom to serve others.
Season of Hope
Hope and faith are vital to Christian faith, particularly in light of Jesus Christ’s resurrection and anticipated return. This article connects biblical hope with perseverance, revealing that true faith intertwines with hope, guiding believers through trials. The message encourages embracing the assurance provided by faith and the confidence in God’s promises.
Giving Thanks
Jon Bloom discusses how followers of Christ can give thanks in all circumstances, emphasizing scriptural guidance from 1 Thessalonians 5:14-22. He highlights Jesus’ attitude of gratitude, which transcends present trials by focusing on future joy.
Peace
Jesus’ love and sacrifice offers us peace, grace, hope, spiritual growth, and eternal fellowship with God.
God Came to us in Jesus
God’s answer to our sorrows and difficulties in life is Jesus. Scripture passages are from the Berean Standard Bible available online at https://biblehub.com/bsb I created all images using Night Cafe Studio and Canva Pro for your enjoyment. The apostle John opens his gospel with this wonderful truth. John proclaims 1:14-18: 14The Word became flesh and made His dwellingContinueContinue reading “God Came to us in Jesus”
Words of Grace & Hope 