by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. There is a lot of information in the Bible about the events of Jesus’ birth. From prophecy throughout the Old Testament to the historical records...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. So, what is advent? Advent is a season of waiting, expecting, and hoping. The word “advent” comes from the Latin word “adventus,” which means “coming”. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. There’s much we can learn from the Peanuts Gang. From the characters’ innocence to their words of truth and love, Charlie Brown and his...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. Psalm 22 is known as one of the three Shepherd Psalms (Read: Following the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd, Psalms 22, 23, and 24). This psalm is also...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. Come, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free; From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in thee. Israel’s strength and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington designated Thursday, November 26th of that year to be a national day of thanks. He proclaimed:...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. [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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. (Download the checklist document of names and titles for Jesus, below.) Lent is one of the oldest Christian practices, dating back to the first-century...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. The words of this song are incredibly moving and theologically encouraging. Pause and ponder the words, especially the second verse that is seldom sung....
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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,...