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Christine's Blog – December 2014 Archive (15)

Before you say ‘good bye’ to 2014 …

There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under Heaven~

. . . a time to plant, and a time to uproot . . . a time to tear down, and a time to build . . . a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them . . . a time to keep, and a time to throw away . . . a time to be silent, and a time to speak. from Ecclesiastes 3

How eloquent are the words of the philosophical writer of…

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Added by Christine on December 31, 2014 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Good tidings of great joy!

Good tidings of great joy!

Many of us sent and received letters in Christmas cards, intended to update folks on ‘the goings on’ of the past…

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Added by Christine on December 29, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Old Familiar Story and a song

The Old Familiar Story and a song. Luke…

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Added by Christine on December 19, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Hello, Mary

Hello, Mary.

The two words make me smile—Hello, Mary. My first name is Mary, did you know that? Mary Christine. But indeed it was "Ave, Maria", the angel Gabriel spoke to Mary. In Latin, it means Greetings, Mary or Hello. A young virgin, Mary is told, 'you are going to have a son--a holy son--the one and only Son of God. You are highly esteemed by God, and this is how it will happen …' [Now this was the fulfillment of a prophecy written by the prophet Isaiah about 700 years…

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Added by Christine on December 18, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Feel God’s presence at Christmas time

Feel God’s presence at Christmas time. …

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Added by Christine on December 17, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Making the world a little smaller

Making the world a little smaller.…

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Added by Christine on December 16, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Last Temptation

The Last Temptation. Matthew 4.8-11

It all started in the Garden . . .…

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Added by Christine on December 15, 2014 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Do you See What I See?

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? Before you answer that question, I will ask you another: do you love people? Stop. Interview yourself, and then answer the question honestly. If you do not, ask God to help you love others, for it is his will. I am on the last leg of my journey back across the United States, from New York back home to Southern California. The best part of travelling is all the people I meet along the way. I love New York City, but it is all of the people met in transit and whilst there…

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Added by Christine on December 12, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Tempted with power

Tempted with power. Matthew 4.5-7…

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Added by Christine on December 10, 2014 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Tempted like us.

Tempted like us. Matthew 4.3-11…

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Added by Christine on December 9, 2014 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Battle Tested

Battle Tested. 2 Chronicles 20.1-30; Matthew 4.1-2

Good Day.

Jesus was tested because it enabled him to identify with anything and everything that we might face in our lives. The writer of Hebrews expressed, “Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered,…

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Added by Christine on December 8, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments