01/05          Job 8:7-9

8 “Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors. 9 For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.

SHORT

Our time on Earth is short and we want to live a life of glory to God.  The Lord is good to us.  Every thought that the Lord has towards you is a thought for good.  Jesus loves you. 

01/04          1 Chronicles 17:17-20

17 And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! You speak as though I were someone very great, O LORD God! 18 “What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like. 19 For the sake of your servant, O LORD, and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known. 20 “O LORD, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!

LORD

No one is like the Lord.  No other god is like our God.  He is Creator, Sustainer, Enabler, Equipper, Protector, and our Father.  There is nothing else like our Lord Jesus.  Praise the Lord for His love for us.  Praise the Lord for being here with us.  We are never alone for the Lord God Almighty is our blessed Father. 

01/03          2 Samuel 7:19-20

19 And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign LORD? 20 “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD.

FORGIVEN

We are alive in Christ, His death on the Cross paid the price for our sin and we walk in His power as His children forgiven and righteous by His power.  Lord we are in awe that you love us.  We are grateful beyond our ability to communicate but we do Lord tell everyone what you have done for us.  Thank you Lord. 

01/02          Joshua 4:21-24

21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For the LORD your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea when he dried it up until we had all crossed over. 24 He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the LORD ’s hand is powerful, and so you might fear the LORD your God forever.”

KNOW

We must tell everyone what Jesus has done for us.  Children must know about the Lord so that they can make their own choice.  Do not let anyone be ignorant about Jesus our Lord and Savior.  He is Lord.  He is Lord of all.  Jesus is God.    

01/01          Deuteronomy 6:20

20 “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?’ 

RESPONSIBILITY

We must educate our children about the Lord.  They need to know what their parents think.  Do not let your children be ignorant about Jesus tell them what Jesus has done in your life and then let them see the reflection of Jesus in you as they grow up.  They can make up their own mind as an adult but they must know the truth to decide.  Tell everyone about Jesus.   

12/31          Isaiah 40:30-31

30 Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. 31 But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

TRUST

Whatever you are facing, whatever you are doing the Lord God will give you the strength you need for living a life like God’s life.  He calls us to grow in Christ likeness.  Jesus is alive today.  He is our Savior. 

12/30          Romans 5:5

5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

FILLED

Our hearts are filled to overflowing with His love.  He loves individually and corporaterly.  He loves us because He created us.  He loves us because that is His nature.  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that we might have life and not death. 

12/29         Isaiah 40:1-11

1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and that her sins are pardoned. Yes, the LORD has punished her in full for all her sins.” 3 Listen! I hear the voice of someone shouting, “Make a highway for the LORD through the wilderness. Make a straight, smooth road through the desert for our God. 4 Fill the valleys and level the hills. Straighten out the curves and smooth off the rough spots. 5 Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The LORD has spoken!” 6 A voice said, “Shout!” I asked, “What should I shout?” “Shout that people are like the grass that dies away. Their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of flowers in a field. 7 The grass withers, and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the LORD. And so it is with people. 8 The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” 9 Messenger of good news, shout to Zion from the mountaintops! Shout louder to Jerusalem — do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming!” 10 Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in all his glorious power. He will rule with awesome strength. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

HERE
Jesus was propheicied to be coming in the Old Testament and now He is here.  God stepped down from Heaven in the form of a helpless baby born into a poor Jewish family in a backwater of the Roman Empire.  He lived a perfect life.  He died on the Cross for you and me-He knew us before the foundation of the world.  He was raised from the dead by the power of the Almighty God.  He is alive today giving us the wisdom, mercy and grace that we so desperately need daily.  Praise God.  Jesus is alive. 

12/28                   Psalm 135:19-21

O Israel, praise the LORD! O priests of Aaron, praise the LORD! 20 O Levites, praise the LORD! All you who fear the LORD, praise the LORD! 21 The LORD be praised from Zion, for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

PRAISE

Praise the Lord.  He is worthy of all praise.  He is the author and finisher of our faith.  Praise the Lord.  All the good things that happen to us originate with the Lord and everything that comes into our life is under His power and He can take evil and turn it to good-Praise the Lord.

12/27          Matthew 2:19-23

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, 20 “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” 21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, 23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

NAZARETH

Jesus lived in Nazareth.  It was a simple town of Galilee.  He grew up there growing in wisdom and grace.  He was the Son of God.  Joseph obeyed God and moved to Nazareth.  Amazing what happens when we obey God.  He knows the end from the beginning.  Praise the Lord.