December 2023

READ: Jer. 6:10-21: … Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the paths, where the good way is; and walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. It’s the last day of the year, a time for reflection. Did we follow the right path? Jeremiah lives […]

READ: Josh. 24:1-25: …Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. One last time, Joshua calls the entire people together. This gathering takes place before the presence of God. Joshua speaks now on behalf of the LORD God Himself. First, he reviews

READ: Josh. 23:1-16 Therefore take careful heed to yourselves that you love the LORD your God. – Josh. 23:11 Israel has enjoyed a period of peace from its enemies, and now, as Joshua sees his own life nearing its end, he delivers a strong address to the people, particularly to the leaders: the elders, chiefs,

READ: Josh. 22:10-34: … Reuben and … Gad called the altar, Witness: for it is a witness between us that the LORD is God. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, along with half the tribe of Manasseh, were assigned their inheritance in the land east of the Jordan before crossing the Jordan River. At their

READ: Josh. 15:13-19: …And Caleb said, ‘He who attacks Kirjath-Sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.’ So Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. And it was so, when she came to him, that she

READ: Luke 2:8-20: … And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!’ “Glory to God” is not a wish for God to be honored. It is an exclamation of great wonder: Glory,

READ: Luke 2:1-7: “And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out… So it was while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son…” Luke 2 reveals how the LORD God accomplishes His plan to fulfill His promise of the

READ: Luke 1:46-56 … My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior… And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with His arm… Mary received a special message from the angel Gabriel, one so great and glorious that it’s incomprehensible.

Tit. 2:11-14: … For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness … we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ … Our Advent is directed toward

READ: Josh. 15:6-15 Now to Caleb… he gave a share … according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua … Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from there … – Josh. 15:13,14 Caleb was one of the twelve spies who had