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The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me (Matt. 26:11). The woman with the alabaster jar knew something that I don't fully grasp...

“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52) I have a confession to make; last Sunday I skipped Church.

Abba! Father! All things are possible for you (Mark 14:36). My son was having a minor problem at school...

When they had all had enough to eat, [Jesus] said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted” (John 6:12). In your house somewhere, there's probably one of "those" things...

All things belong to you, and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God (1 Cor. 3:22-23). This Christmas I want to think and live as one adopted. One way to do this is to let every gift given to a loved one serve as a pointer to the Gospel.

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love" (Jer. 31:3). If we as are so eager to 'keep Christ in Christmas' and not surrender the holiday to commercialism, we had better remember to love. Otherwise, what message do we send to the world?

… for the joy of the LORD is your strength (Neh. 8:10). Ahhh, the first day of winter. And the Christmas season, too!

[Christ] made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness (Phil 2:7). The Incarnation required sacrifice we can't begin to describe.

I am not ashamed of the gospel... (Rom. 1:16). My dad used to take my sisters and me to visit with the "Real Santa Claus."

I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people (Luke 2:10). While the people were not necessarily miserable or oppressed, their joy perhaps had worn a little thin. They no doubt pined for something better.

Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning (Luke 12:35). This season isn't just a tradition, it's a part of human experience.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy (Matt. 5:7). It is fascinating to think that the mercy Bilbo showed in Tolkien’s first, thin story could have such a great impact in his three-part epic.

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? (James 4:1). A holiday edition of the TV show America's Funniest Videos showed various children opening their presents on Christmas morning...

Do not let the sun go down on your anger (Ephesians 4:26). There's no need for any angry sleeping, not when we've got something as crazy-good as the gospel.

The hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed (Rom. 13:11). The second candle of advent is called the Bethlehem Candle, and it is known as the candle of preparation.

And the peace of God... shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). One criticism unbelievers often have about Christ is that if he was supposed to bring peace, why do we have wars, why is there strife?

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope (Rom. 15:4). We don't have a Narnian lion to walk beside us when life gets tough, but God does walk with us and speak to us in the real world.

If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me! (John 21:22). God's glory is what's important, not a comparison of our various circumstances.

But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son... that we might receive the full rights of sons (Gal. 4:4-5). Christmas at my house meant preparing for the worst. The worst didn't always come, but you couldn't be too careful.

The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing (Zeph. 3:17). Prophecies like Isaiah 7:14 gave the Israelites hope that God would not forget them.