Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. Luke 2:41–42 Luke Chapter Two gives us another exclusive glimpse into the early life of the Jewish Jesus.
Read more →This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. Genesis 17:10 This might be an uncomfortable topic for some, but it is integral to the Bible. God instituted circumcision when He changed
Read more →When it comes to being healthy, there are two main groups of people. Those in one group have a plan for maintaining their personal health and work at that plan. Of course, they may go seasons with interruptions, but they generally progress toward their goal. Those in
Read more →When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. Luke 2:22 In our modern-day Christian denominations, we either have infant baptism or baby dedication. Some churches do both, based
Read more →Earlier this year, a second container of meal packets was sent to northern Iraq. The food was packed with the help of hundreds of volunteers over a series of fall Packathons. A container with 276,480 meals, primarily beans and rice, was sent through one of our partners,
Read more →As you know, we are partnering with Jennifer “Jungle Jen” Foster and Stand Out Ministries to reach the unreached tribes of the Amazon in Brazil. To date, the Lord has used her to plant six churches among the tribes. She has also launched a Bible initiative there
Read more →This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:1 The Gospel I will quote the most in this devotional study is Matthew, as it was written primarily to a Jewish audience. It should be no surprise, then, that
Read more →All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet. Matthew 1:22 As you know, Matthew is the first of the four Gospels in the New Testament. Many of the stories are repeated in these four accounts, especially in the first three (Matthew,
Read more →Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no
Read more →On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. Zechariah 12:3 Yerushaliyim is the Hebrew name for Jerusalem, the center of the
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