Short, daily meditations on God’s Word that are practical and relevant to your everyday life. Featuring pastor Kurt Barnes from Silver Creek Fellowship Church in Silverton, Oregon.
Matthew 5:14–16
“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gi…
53 Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.
15 Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.
11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankinc…
14 But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you.
2 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was gove…
Luke 2:26
It has been revealed to Simeon by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Messiah.
I don't know about your family traditions but for my family there is nothing mor…
Luke 2:38
Coming up at that very hour (Anna) began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Have you ever gone door to door at Christmas time …
1st Timothy 2:5-6
“There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all.”
Starting a couple weeks before Christmas, many of us start to walk to our mail…
Isaiah 49:16
“See, I have written your name on the Palm of my hands.”
How do you like to wrap your Christmas presents? There are so many options! Just this week I saw a viral video that showed how you …
Jeremiah 33:3 (NLT)
“Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.”
Have you ever hidden a special gift deep inside the toe of a Christmas stocking? How exciting …
Nicodemus said to him, “how can a man be born when he is old?” John 3:4
Are you familiar with the Holderness family? They became an Internet sensation by creating videos about their new Christmas paja…
Amos 3:7
“For the Lord does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets”
How good are you at keeping a surprise or a secret? Can you keep it to the very end, or are you the typ…
7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.
The little drummer boy is a cl…
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was…
The Widow’s Offering
21 While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. 2 Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coi…
Jesus and Zacchaeus
19 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had beco…
Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. 36 When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.…
Jesus and His Brothers
7 After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death. 2 But soon it was time for the Je…