Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Wednesday, December 7th Read Luke 2:7 Finally, after days of exhausting travel, Bethlehem appears on the horizon. Mary and Joseph pick up the pace as they hurry on towards their final destination. After cold nights under the stars, they would find a warm fire and soft bed for Mary […]
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Tuesday, December 6th Read Matthew 1:21-23 No mention is made of their conversation along the way in their journey to Bethlehem, but it isn’t hard to imagine Mary and Joseph passing the time talking about their shared experiences and what the future held for them and their family to
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Monday, December 5th Read Luke 2:4-5 Despite Mary being nine months pregnant with Jesus, Joseph answered the call for the census and travelled with Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The Gospel writer Luke relays this information in just a few short verses…So Joseph also went up from the town
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Week 2-Love The Bethlehem Candle Today, we light the second Advent candle, the candle of Love. This candle is also known as the “Bethlehem Candle” as it reminds us of the experience of Mary and Joseph in the “little town of Bethlehem”. In most traditions, the candle is purple
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Saturday, December 3rd Read Ephesians 1:4-6 As we come to an end of this first week of Advent, let’s look back on this first week and review the prophecies that were fulfilled with the birth of Jesus. 4 centuries before the birth of Jesus, Malachi told us that God
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Friday, December 2nd Read Isaiah 9:6 The birth of Jesus is the single most important event in human history. History is divided into two time periods: before the birth of Christ and after the birth of Christ. While skeptics may argue whether or not Jesus was the son of
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Thursday, December 1st Read Micah 5:2, Luke 2:1-7 When Jesus, the King of Kings and creator of the universe, willingly chose to step down from His throne in heaven to walk among His most beloved creation here on Earth, it would not be far-fetched to assume that He would
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Wednesday, November 30 th Read Isaiah 7:14 When Jesus made the choice to step down from heaven, one big mystery remained. How would He come to earth? God’s plan of redemption for His people was not a random set of choices born from desperation. Though it is hard to
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Tuesday, November 29 th Read Philippians 2:5-8 The concept of the Trinity is a mystery that scholars have wrestled with for 2000 years. God is one in three persons: God the Father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Spirit. In the same way that water can exist in three
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Written by Pastor Mark D. Williams Monday, November 28 th Read Isaiah 29 It is easy to imagine that, by the time Jesus was born, the Heavens were in a full-blown panic. God’s grand experiment that began with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden had become a complete failure. Adam and Eve were
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