by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Watch Video Below During this hectic time, take a few minutes to pause and reflect on the magnitude of God’s mercy and grace. His gift of sacrifice didn’t start at the cross. It was predestined from before the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. Remember the prophecies foretold and the prophecies fulfilled. Christmas is a time of remembering so we can look forward with expectant hope. Prophecies of the Incarnation...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Watch Video Below Let’s pause to see Jesus. He’s found on every page of the Bible. He confirmed this before His death and after His resurrection: John 5:39 “You search the Scriptures, for in them you...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Watch Video Below Let’s pause to reflect on the magnitude of God’s mercy and grace. His gift of sacrifice didn’t start at the cross. It was predestined from before the foundation of the world and was proclaimed...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Most Bible readers believe that only the Gospels of Matthew and Luke record genealogies for Jesus. However, that is not the case. Each of the Gospels, in its own way, offers a genealogy. The Genealogies of Jesus...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We’ve all received them. The annual Christmas letter enclosed in a Christmas card. It’s a letter that’s intended to update everyone on all the major events of the year (and sometimes even minor...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Question received at questions@reasonsforhopejesus.com I was reading the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 and have two related questions. First, although the genealogy is essentially the same at the end...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This is a lesson you don’t want to miss! With Christmas fast approaching we take a break from our regular Bible teachings to PA– USE and stand in wonder and awe of our great God and His sacrificial gift of...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
As we get closer and closer to the day in which we celebrate the birth of Jesus, take a minute to remember what you have been given. When Jesus saved us He gave us peace with God.Peace with God vs. the Peace of GodPeace with God is an objective peace. It doesn’t come...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This is the third in a series addressing misconceptions found in nativity narratives and most nativity scenes. The first week addressed Misconceptions About Mary and Joseph’s Journey to Bethlehem and the second...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus As we enter into week three of Advent, the festive and the busy activities of the season increase. And, sadly, they begin to capture our thoughts, our time and even our...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We’re looking at common misconceptions found in nativity narratives and most nativity scenes. Last week gave biblical answers for three Misconceptions About Mary and Joseph’s Journey to Bethlehem and their arrival...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Preparation Produces Hope As the hectic hustle and bustle of the holidays is now underway, take some time every day to reflect on the importance of this time of waiting and preparation. In a time when our world...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Many have already set up their nativity scenes on mantles, tables or under the tree. Nativity scenes are beautiful. They cause us to wonder and consider what it might have been like so many years ago on the night...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. There are many people who are alone at Christmas. Whether those we love and care about are absent because of death, distance, health or relational problems, being alone is not uncommon at Christmas or throughout...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus White is such a beautiful color. Or is it? Is it really a color, or is it the purity of not being tainted by a color. With paints, if you add just a smidgen of another color to white it takes on the hue of the color added....
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope Christmas There’s a consensus among many Bible students that Jesus was not born on, or even around, December 25. It’s believed to be much more likely that He...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Excerpt from Why the Butterfly? Rightly Remembering Jesus During this hectic time, take a few minutes to pause and reflect on the magnitude of God’s mercy and grace. His gift of sacrifice didn’t start at the cross. It was predestined from before the foundation of the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Question Please give me your opinion about Christmas. I’m an evangelical Christian and for a few years have had a very heavy heart about this “feast”. I’ve studied nimrod and his wife/mother,...