Category: Christmas

• ~Choices That Echo Through Generations~

  26.December.2025 One of my pastors has a saying that goes something like this: never make a decision that will affect you permanently based upon a temporary circumstance. Let us pause and consider the generations of people, every single one, known and unknown, who played a part in Jesus’ entrance into the world as a man. Each…

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  26.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God

• ~Christmas Day~

  25.December.2025 I made a last-minute change for today, and I wanted to share it with you from my heart. For Christmas Day, I am including the reading of Luke 2 by Tiff Shuttlesworth. Some of you may notice that this looks a little different than what you may have already read earlier today. If you…

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  25.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Salvation

• ~He Became Like Us~

  24.December.2025 For decades, this Christmas story has been one of my own treasured traditions. Long before podcasts and streaming, Paul Harvey’s trusted voice would come through the radio, steady and familiar, carrying with it a message that somehow felt both simple and profound. Year after year, I would pause and listen, knowing what was coming,…

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  24.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare

• ~A Holy Pause~

  23.December.2025 I invite you today to slow down. Let’s sit by the fire or a walk in the park with a steaming cup of tea, coffee, hot cocoa or cider in your hands, let the warmth settle into your body, and to breathe a little deeper than you have all season. Nothing needs to be…

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  23.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare

• ~Good News of Great Joy~

  22.December.2025 The waiting gives way to awe and wonder. The anticipation happens all at once with a proclamation meant for everyone. Heaven cannot contain the joy any longer. “Behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all people” Luke 2:10. These words were spoken first to shepherds, ordinary men in an ordinary…

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  22.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare

• ~Worship as a Way of Life~

  21.December.2025 Anna’s story is short, unpretentious, and mostly unnoticed, yet it is nothing but radiant to God. She is one of approximately 180 women mentioned in the Bible by name, compared to approximately 1,800 men mentioned by name. That is a stark contrast and worth observing. She does not enter with notoriety, yet her presence…

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  21.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare

• ~Obedience That Endures~

  20.December.2025 Some obedience is measured in moments while Simeon’s was measured over decades. His story is not about speed or visibility, but about faithfulness over time. He teaches us the beauty of waiting without growing weary, of believing without needing proof, of trusting God even when the promise seems delayed.“But as for you, brothers, do…

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  20.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare

• ~Mary’s Yes~

  18.December.2025 There is something holy about a surrendered heart. Something quiet, powerful, and beautiful. Mary shows us this in a way few others do. She was young, unknown, tucked away in an ordinary village, yet God entrusted her with the extraordinary. Her response was simple, humble, and wholehearted. “Behold the maidservant of the Lord, let…

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  18.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare

• ~A Thrill of Hope~

  17.December.2025 There is a certain quickening that happens in our heart when hope awakens. Hope does not have to wait for our circumstances to improve. It rises the moment we remember who our God is. Hope acts differently. It lifts our spirit before anything around us changes. It reminds us that God is already moving,…

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  17.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, God, Christ, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare

• ~Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room~

  15.December.2025 There is a special anticipation that rises in this season, not the hurried rush of lists and plans, but the quiet expectancy that something sacred is drawing near. Christmas invites us into that season. It reminds us that preparation is not only practical, it is deeply spiritual. Let every heart prepare Him room is more…

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  15.12.2025

  Calling & Purpose, Christmas, Faith & Freedom, Faith Foundations, Holiday, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Warfare