by MJR | Dec 30, 2022 | Genuine Hope
…I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Philippians 3: 13-14 This evening I received an...
by MJR | Dec 29, 2022 | Genuine Hope
The phrase, “the best laid plans of mice and men” originated in a poem written by Robert Burns in the late 1700s. In the poem a farmer accidentally destroys the nest of a mouse and then sees the parallels in his own life as he made plans only to see...
by MJR | Dec 28, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. Colossians 2:8 I like the phrase “high-sounding nonsense” used by the...
by MJR | Dec 27, 2022 | Genuine Hope
During the Christmas Eve service, we attended this year the Pastor briefly referred to these verses as he contrasted Jesus’ birth with His return to this earth. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel,...
by MJR | Dec 26, 2022 | Genuine Hope
“I am more convinced as I grow older, that to keep our eyes fixed on the 2nd coming of Christ is the secret of Christian peace.”J.C. Ryle Another Christmas day has passed and now we look forward to what lies ahead in 2023. Yes, it is a kind of arbitrary...
by MJR | Dec 23, 2022 | Genuine Hope
“Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.”A.W. Tozer The birth of Christ points to God’s ultimate plan of salvation for a sinful, lost, and dying humanity. Consider the words of the prophet...
