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Train Them Thursday – God Has Spoken!
“And when eight days had passed, so as to circumcise Him, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.” (Luke 2:21, NASB95) And when eight days had passed, … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged angel, Bible, birth, blessing, circumcise, couple, difficulty, directive, disciple, emotion, fhourist, Finance, finances, financial, God, godly, heaven, Holy Spirit, husband, ive, Jesus, Joseph, Joseph and Mary, Law, leading, life, man, Mary, prompting, requirement, sacred, spirit, strain, text, thrive, wife, womb, Word of God
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Train Them Thursday – We Have Something Good to Share!
“So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger. When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this … Continue reading
Train Them Thursday – Render to Caesar!
“And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony, authority, belief, Bethlehem, Caesar, census, Christmas, complaint, condemnation, curse, cursing, David, detour, disciple, Emperor, equipment, faith, fear, Galilee, God, government, gymnasium, healthy, immoralities, immorality, infraction, Joseph, Judea, King, Mary, mature, Nazareth, obedience, obey, obstacle, ordain, ordinance, power, regulation, resist, Scripture, sexually transmitted disease, strengthen, trial, trouble, Trust, tyrannical, will
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Train Them Thursday – Choices Reveal Our Character!
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, bride, broken, character, choice, Christ, complete, difficulties, disciple, discipleship, disgrace, endurance, exercise, faith, God, gymnasium, heart, Holy Spirit, husband, Jesus, Joseph, life, Mary, obey, perfect, pregnancy, pressure, problem, publicly, purpose, righteous, sou;, soul, test, trials, trouble, wife
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Attitude and Character!
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged attitude, Bethlehem, Bible, birth, care, character, compassion, complaint, David, determination, elements, error, fail, gossip, grit, implications, interpretation, Joseph, leader, leaders, life, love, Mary, Nazareth, pain, plan, ponder, pregnant, ridicule, servant, willing
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Train Them Thursday – Perplexed When Favored By God!
“Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged amazing, assurance, complicated, confusion, cooking, Creation, devoted, disciple, discipleship, dismay, drama, eternal, eternity, favor, Galilee, God, heart, honor, humanity, humility, Israel, Jesus, Joseph, joy, judge, life, Lord, love, Mary, motive, Nazareth, Palestine, ponder, promise, reality, redeem, redemption, reputation, salvation, serve, service, technique, Virgin
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Transformed Episode #231: Christmas Provides Us With Joy!
Have you noticed how many people are running on “empty” these days? You can see it in their eyes. You can hear it in their voices. Sad, sorrow-filled lives stuck in meaningless endeavors as they watch the weeks and … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged almighty God, angel, angelic host, Bethlehem, Bible, Caesar, Caesar Augustus, Christmas, focus, Glory to God, God, Israel, Israeli, Jesus is LordYahweh, Joseph, joy, King, lead, Leadership, Lord, manger, Mary, Messiah, New Testament, Peace on Earth, Pilate, proclaim, rescue, rescuer, save, Savior, Virgin
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Episode 138 – Where Is God When the World Seems to Be Falling Apart?
2012 hasn’t been a good year for many people. They say things are getting better financially, but few we know have felt the benefit. People are struggling and hurting. If you know your Bible, it sounds a lot like … Continue reading
Posted in God Is With Us!, Transformed
Tagged 2012, bell ringers, chaos, Christ, Christmas, consumer, draw near, end of the world, faith, grace, heaven, hope, humble, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Mayan, pay attention, pregnant, rescue, save, submit, suffer, taxes
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Come and Visit Jesus Boyhood Home of Nazareth!
“After Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, because those who sought the child’s life … Continue reading
The Book of Genesis in Review
Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the Bible in general. … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!
Tagged 2011 bible reading plan, Abraham, Adam, Bible, eve, flood, Genesis, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
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