by Steven | Nov 21, 2021 | christmas, small group
Opening Share of a time that you were so close to something, yet just not close enough. Maybe 4 of five numbers in the lotto or a massive pileup on the highway you were one minute shy of. Context The Innkeeper was so close to not only seeing Jesus the Messiah, but...
by Steven | Nov 14, 2021 | Audio, christmas
Mary and Joseph are tasked with possible the heaviest parenting role in human history: birth and raise the Messiah. What qualifies or prepares them for such a role? Nothing by our standards, yet God favored them and their faithfulness is a shining example to us...
by Steven | Nov 14, 2021 | christmas, small group
Opening What in your life did it seem time slowed down for? This might be In a good way in cherishing the moment or in an impatient way in taking far too long. Context Israel had waited four hundred years for a Word from God. That word comes in two parts: The...
by Steven | Nov 14, 2021 | christmas, devotional
Reflection Read Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1:46-55: (Luk 1:46 ESV) And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, (Luk 1:47 ESV) and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, (Luk 1:48 ESV) for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on...
by Steven | Nov 14, 2021 | christmas, sunday
Mary Luke 1:26-56 The angel __________ comes to Mary with a Word from __________. She is __________, engaged, to a man named Joseph She is said for be __________ by God Which says more of God than it does of Mary God’s will and desire is unconditional on our status...
