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“Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.’” Nehemiah 8:10 The Israelites were going through some very tough times. They were captive in a foreign land…
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.” Galatians 5:22 There is that word again. Joy. Do you think it is important to God that we experience joy? I am getting the message loud and clear. Not only does Jesus promise it to us as we remain…
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:11 As I promised we are focusing on joy. It is my desire to understand more fully what the shepherds and the wise men felt when they saw the fulfillment of the promises they pursued….
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Philippians 4:4 So yesterday’s devotion focused on the “exceeding great joy” we can and should experience over the message of Christmas. The angels proclaimed it and shepherds and wise men felt it. We, too, are to live in and feel that same joy. Easily said,…
“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.” Matthew 2:10 NASB This verse is describing the reaction of the Wise Men as they left Jerusalem and once again saw the star they had been following for 2 years but had lost sight of when they entered into Jerusalem. How disappointed they must have…
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Matthew 12:40 Merry Christmas!!! I pray that this Advent journey through the Messianic prophecies has been a blessing to you. This morning we…
“But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of…
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?” Psalm 22:1 With this Messianic prophecy we go back to Good Friday. This is one of the seven phrases spoken by Jesus during the crucifixion. This is the first phrase…
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn…
“I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.” Isaiah 50:6 Here we have another Messianic prophecy that predicted the abuse Jesus experienced at the hands of the religious leaders and Roman soldiers. Did I say religious…