Advent 2023 Week 3

Advent is the time of anticipation and preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ. In the Western church calendar, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, the Sunday closest to November 30, and lasts through Christmas Eve (December 24)....

Words Of The Way, Gratitude

Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16 CSB Gratitude, noun: a joyful thankfulness, a desire and...

Words Of The Way, Obedience

We must obey God rather than people. Acts 5:29b. CSB There is time only for obedience. Obedience means never settling in your walk with God. Never letting Him show you a truth that you don’t immediately begin to live up to. Three attributes of never settling: Face the...

Words Of The Way, Love

God is love. We love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners, so that our relationship with a just and loving God could be restored (Romans 5:8). Here, then, is His desire...

Words Of The Way, Abide

Abide may be our favorite Word Of The Way. The joy of bearing fruit for the Kingdom: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches....