The True Story of Christmas
Luke 2:20 NIV
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.


Isaiah 43:2 GNT When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you. Smokey Bear has been on a mission of wildfire prevention since 1944. As a part of the WWII war effort following Pearl Harbor, the Forest Service wanted to initiate a civilian based…
James 1:16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. James 1:13 No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. I know a bit about deception. While serving in the United States Army, I was assigned to…
Song of Solomon 4:16 NLT Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Anyone that has grown up in a farming community knows that smells can travel on the wind. I once lived near a Franz bakery, I know smells travel on the wind….
Hebrews 12:1 As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.
Psalm 96:11-12 CEB 11 Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it roar!12 Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate! Then all the trees of the forest too will shout out joyfully!
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” My sister is full of good ideas and great advice. Recently she shared that she was no longer keeping special “things” for special…