Archive for January 2020
Children of Promise
by Fred Swartz “Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.” (Galatians 4:28, NIV) What exactly makes us, like Isaac, children of promise? It was through Isaac that Christ was going to be revealed after many generations. Likewise, every ancestor of Christ that came down through Isaac’s lineage is also a child…
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Irrevocable
by Gabe Bernal “Behold, I received a command to bless: He has blessed, and I can not revoke it.” (Numbers 23:20, ESV) Have you ever made a promise that you soon discover will be hard to keep? Maybe it’s because circumstances change, perhaps you find that you are unable to keep it or maybe the…
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Promises
by Karen Kurth “God appeared to Abram and said, ‘I will give this land to your children.’ Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.” (Genesis 12:7, The Message) Yesterday, if you had asked me if I thought that God was a promise keeper, I would have quickly retorted, “Yes.” If…
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The Promise
by Doug Mitts “And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you…” (Luke 24:49, NAS95) Christ’s first advent came with the announcement of the name, “Immanuel,” which means “God with us.” Jesus honors that with this promise after His resurrection and shares the Father will send the Holy Spirit to us—literally…
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