• Devotions

    Advent: Nineteen

    And all who heard it were amazed a what the shepherds said to them.  But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.  The shepherds returned, glorified and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.  Luke 2:18-20 Mary is a good role model for us.  When everything was said and done, and everyone moved on, Mary stored up these treasures in her heart and pondered on them.  She treasured God’s word.  What was required of Mary being the mother of the Messiah?  She had courage.  If we are to walk in our calling, we…

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    Thinking And Pondering

    Jesus answered, I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.  Luke 22:33-24 Do you ever feel like God is moving slowly in your life?  Why do you think God moves slow in a person’s life as He matures us? Jesus was with His disciples for three years.  He told them that He had much more to say to them. It was more than they could bear.  He told them that when the Holy Spirit comes, the Holy Spirit will guide them to all truth.  He won’t speak on his own but only what he hears.  He will tell us what…