Last week, we remembered why Christmas is so incredibly special, and this week we’ll take it a step further because Christmas is for ALL people! When the angels appeared to the shepherds on that first Christmas they proclaimed, “‘…Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be FOR ALL...

As the often-busy Christmas season approaches, now is the perfect time to pause and remind ourselves what is so special about Christmas! Let’s begin today with the relevance, reason, and result of God’s gift for us this Christmas.

 The relevance of Christmas is simple and yet profound – God came to Earth. Philippians 2:7...

In our efforts to live generous thankful lives – lives of thanksgiving – we need to learn to live life as a thank you gift to God. In Psalm 50:23a, God testifies to this truth, “The sacrifice that honors me is a thankful heart.” 

As believers, it is our duty to be thankful simply because of who God is! “The...

As we continue to move toward living a life of thanksgiving, we need to adopt this truth in our lives – thanksgiving is radical generosity – and put it into practice! In Proverbs 11:24, we read this incredible promise which comes with a warning, “The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets...

Knowing a thankful heart is a generous heart, we need to teach and model generosity to others. Why? Generosity is love in action! In John 1:16, John testifies to this truth, “We all live off God’s generous bounty, gift after gift after gift.” In turn, our generosity displays God’s character as Paul explains in 2...

A thankful heart is a generous heart, and while we are often thankful, there are times when we forget how to say thanks, especially when life’s challenges seem overwhelming. In Thessalonians 5:18, Paul tells us to, “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Not only did Paul...

We live in a time when thankfulness, gratitude, and generosity often seem to be forgotten, giving us, as believers, the opportunity to remind those around us of God’s grace by demonstrating all three qualities. How, then, do we unleash a life of gratitude and move from a single day of Thanksgiving to a life of thanksgiving? Paul tells us...

Last week, we learned one of the reasons faith is so important – our faith activates God’s promises. But there is another reason, our faith brings God pleasure. Let’s read Hebrews 11:6 again, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards...

As we continue our study to “Believe” – let’s answer another question. Why is faith so important? In Hebrews 4:2, we read, “For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who...

Last week, we defined faith as deeply held belief, a deep conviction that something is true. We discovered biblical faith is confident expectation. But the question remains, “faith in what?” It’s never a matter of how much faith we have but rather where our faith is placed. We exercise faith every time we sit in a chair, get...