John 1:1-14 When and where do we experience real love?  Many books, movies and songs try to help us see and feel the real meaning of love.  In Peanuts, Charlie Brown is cleaning his mailbox and he tells Sally, “The inside of the mailbox should always be kept clean in case you get a love letter.”  It starts to rain and Sally says, “Aren’t you going out to get the mail?” Charlie replied, “Not while it’s raining. Then Charlie explains,…..

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Matthew 2:13-18 Hate creeps into life in many ways.  Marcie is walking toward a boy and she is telling him, “Now look here, you cement headed male-chauvinist dummy, I’m going to tell you something.  I want you to stand still and listen! If you say one word, I’m going to belt you right across the chops!” The boy says, “Oh?” That was one word.  Pow! Peppermint Patty says, “Nice going Marcie, you destroyed my second baseman!” Marcie says, “I am…..

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Luke 2:8-20 God’s created the world in stages and events.  Then God said “Let us make human beings in our image to be like us.  They will reign over the fish in the sea, and the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth and the small animals that scurry along on the ground.  So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them. Male and female he…..

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Luke 1:26-38 In our longing hearts we search for inward peace.  Our days are filled with chaos, stress, turmoil, trouble, fear and uncertainty.   The search for inward peace is true for every generation. Each generation believes it is the only one that is searching for the answers that will bring inward peace. Think about the pioneers that came to this land and what they faced each day.  It was a struggle for this generation to have shelter, food and…..

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Isaiah 40:1-31 As humans we face many situations that bring our lives into the pit of hopelessness and darkness.  Hopelessness can come from choices we have made. Hopelessness can come from things we have little control over.  Hopelessness can come out of what other people decide. King Hezekiah received an envoy from Babylon that would bring into his life a feeling of hopelessness.  “Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and he showed them everything in his treasure houses –…..

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I Kings 8:1-40 In life we need the connection with the only power that enables us to face our fears and enemies.  The message found in the scripture is that power belongs to God. It is the power that enables us to face our fears.  In Peanuts, Marcie is talking with Charlie Brown about her fears. Marcie says to Charlie, “The years are going by fast.  I’m scared Chuck. What if I grow up and no one ever loves me?…..

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I Kings 2:1-12 What is passed on from one generation to the next will shape the future of a family, church or nation.  It has become very obvious that we have failed to pass on some very important things to the younger generation!  Life is not just about ‘me’. Words mean something. Live a life of honesty. Never enable evil and sin so that you can gain approval.  Meet and know the one true God and follow God’s commands. These…..

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I Kings 12:25-33 The instant replay cameras have changed the sports world.  With the replay cameras in football the referee and the people in the replay booth can view different angles and slow the action down so they can tell if the knee was down before the fumble.  The call can change the very outcome of a football game. In baseball the instant replay camera can show if the ball was in the mitt before the foot hit the base. …..

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    Romans 10:5-21 We see the divisiveness in the human family.  From my experience I would say that we have few families that are not divided and at odds with each other.  I have seen where a brother or sister was so angry that they would not speak to other family members. It is hard for our human family to overcome jealousy, greed and anger.  We just want things to come to our way of thinking and everything that…..

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Romans 15:1-13 God created a beautiful thing and God named his beautiful gift ‘life’.  “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God, he created them, male and female he created them.  Then God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky and the animals that scurry along the ground.” If we are to live a life…..

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