Genesis 1:1 (KJV)In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The Backstory Have you ever experienced the awkwardness of being involved in a conversation...

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. (John 1:9 WEB) Florence Nightingale, the British founder of modern nursing, spent many years observing...

Joshua 1:8(WEB)This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to...

Have you ever been interested in a book or movie series and just can’t wait until the next installment in the series is released? It can...

Psalm 141:2a (WEB)Let my prayer be set before you like incense… Where I grew up in New Jersey, it was not uncommon to see the lights...

Sometimes we wonder about God’s timing, don’t we? There have been many times in my life when I wished God would have been on my time...

Luke 1:26-28(WEB)Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin pledged to be...

Luke 1:38 (WEB)Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Henry Varley is credited with saying...

John 1:14 (WEB)The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full...

Psalm 34:3 (WEB)Oh magnify Yahweh with me.Let’s exalt his name together. After Gabriel delivered God’s message to Mary, he left her with an additional piece of...

Luke 1:46-47 (WEB)Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior…” These beautiful words are the opening lines of a...

Luke 1:57-58 (WEB)Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and her relatives heard that...

Matthew 1:18-21 (WEB)Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found...

Matthew 1:23-25 (WEB)Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,“Behold, the virgin shall be...

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room...

Luke 2:8 (WEB)There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. This week, it seems like...

…behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people! (Luke 2:10 WEB) You would think bad news would take...

Does it seem strange to you that only shepherds came to welcome Jesus at his birth? Of course, there were angelic messengers announcing his birth, which...

Isaiah 60:3 (WEB)Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Have you spent a lot of time traveling this week?...

Today, we pick up again the story of the wise men in Matthew 2:1-3. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days...

Matthew 2:9b-11 (WEB)…and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was....