Holidays Archives

How Do I Change My Life? Two New Year’s Resolutions that will work!

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The question, “how do I change my life?” is really answered by WHO can change my life. Jesus is the answer. The only thing that brings true and lasting change into any person’s life is the saving grace of...

The Gate of the Year: A Message to a Troubled Nation

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Scroll Down For The Video & to Read the Full Poem We stand at the gate of the year. A new year is dawning, and it’s time to say goodbye to the old. We look back with nostalgia for that which has passed, and...

It All Happened in a Moment by Max Lucado

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. It all happened in a moment, a most remarkable moment. As moments go, that one appeared no different than any other. If you could somehow pick it up off the timeline and examine it, it would look exactly like the...

The Christmas Story in Poetic Verse, by Alvy E. Ford (1918-2005)

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Share the Christmas story with the young and young-at-heart by sharing chapters of the Bible presented in poetic words. Alvy Ford, a long-departed saint, created a beautiful work in which he summarized every...

Christmas Advent Candle 3 – JOY: Jesus is Our Joy

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We light an Advent candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts by renewing our hope, growing our love, rejoicing in Christ, and finding rest and peace. Week Three of Advent is a Candle of Joy...

Christmas Advent Candle 2 – LOVE: Promise Reveals Love

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Video Below We light an Advent candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts by renewing our hope, growing our love, rejoicing in Christ, and finding rest and peace. Week Two of Advent is a...

Christmas Advent Candle 1 – HOPE: Prophecy Gives Hope

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We light an Advent candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts by renewing our hope, growing our love, rejoicing in Christ, and finding rest and peace. Week One of Advent is a Candle of Hope ...

Seven Benefits of Knowing God

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington designated Thursday, November 26th of that year to be a national day of thanks. He proclaimed: “Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the...

Halloween Word Search Puzzle

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Life is often like a puzzle. Getting started isn’t easy and sometimes it’s difficult to see how the pieces fit together. Take a few minutes to do a Bible Word Search puzzle. Read the Bible verses and...

When We Honor Our Fathers, It Says More Than You Might Think

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Father’s Day is a special day, set apart to honor our fathers. Why should we honor our fathers? Because being a father is ordained by God and God intends earthly fathers to be a reflection of Himself. God...

Memorial Day Bagpipes Tribute: Amazing Grace

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Read some quotes of tribute from former Presidents. Then, listen to the bagpipes proclaim the grace of God and watch a moving tribute to those who gave their all. This is guaranteed to touch your heart and cause...

Two Minute Tribute to Those Who Gave Their All -President Reagan 1982

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. President Reagan: Words of Tribute “…words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final...

Rightly Remembering Our Mothers – A Mother’s Day Poem

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Watch the video poem, “You Only Have One Mother” below] Remembering our mothers is important and how we remember them is crucial to a loving relationship that honors God. We are told to take every...

Why Did Jesus Weep on Palm Sunday?

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. On Sunday before He was crucified, the crowds gathered and hailed Jesus as He entered Jerusalem: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the...

Lent: 40 Titles of Jesus for 40 Days of Devotion

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Lent begins 40 days before Easter (not counting Sundays) on the day the church has traditionally called Ash Wednesday. What is Lent all about? And what is the significance of Ash Wednesday? How should we observe...

Jesus is able! An Address for the New Year, by Marcus Rainsford, 1872

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Marcus Rainsford (1820-1897) is one of the many faithful believers who are now a part of the Great Cloud of Witnesses in Heaven (Heb 12:1). Their words “live” on to testify of Jesus and to equip...

For Days of Auld Lang Syne

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Auld Lang Syne” is a song of Scottish origin. “Syne” is pronounced with a “z” (zyne) and the word “auld” means “old.” The song’s lyrics come from...

The Most Beautiful O Holy Night, O Night Divine: it is the night of our dear Savior’s Birth

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The words of this song are incredibly moving and theologically encouraging. Pause and ponder the words, especially the second verse that is seldom sung. In it we are told that Jesus was born to be our friend. In...

Christmas Day: When Love Was Born — Light the CHRIST Candle

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. On Christmas Day we light the candle at the center of all the other candles. It is the CHRIST candle and it represents Jesus as the giver of HOPE, LOVE, JOY, and PEACE. Take a minute and watch this incredibly...

What’s the Story Behind “The Gift of the Magi” by O’Henry?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The popular Christmas story, “The Gift of the Magi,” was written by William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), using the pseudonym, “O’ Henry.” The plotline of O’Henry’s Christmas story has captivated readers around the...