Morning Minute

The Hurried Life

“Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16 December 11, 2023 A barber shop of years gone by had a sign prominently displayed which said, “the hurrier I go the behinder I get.” Given the nature of this time of year we can easily get into a push-push approach

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Jesus and Hanukkah

“At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.” John 10:22-23 December 8, 2023 It is no accident that Jesus, in the cold month of December, was in the temple area at the celebration of Hanukkah. There is

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An Advocate

“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” 1 John 2:1 December 6, 2023 Sin is a lost word in our present world. We hear instead about “misspoke,” “mistake,” “mental illness.”

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Not Alone

“By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.” 1 John 4:13 December 5, 2023 The invisibility of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit in our experience as Christians is not as it seems. The believer in Jesus Christ will see the evidence

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The Gift of Joy

“And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.” 1 John 1:4 December 4, 2023 The maladies of loneliness and anxiety. We are being told this is what is afflicting our society. Too many of us are not enjoying life. Know this. The last living apostle, John, writes to announce that

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Heaven Came Down

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.” 1 John 1:1 December 1, 2023 Don’t let it happen. We are in the Advent season, a time of remembrance of the wonder

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Caught Up

“Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17 November 30, 2023 Part of the grief experienced in the death of a family member or friend is

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Is This the End?

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.” 2 Peter 3:10 November 29, 2023 There are times in

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