Each day is a gift from God, filled with His presence and purpose. But what happens when the day you’re having doesn’t feel like a gift? What happens when the days aren’t days of plenty filled with excitement and good news, but instead rough and difficult days that seem they...

When someone leases an apartment they contract to use the structure for a specific term or time period. When the term is over, the tenant vacates the structure and it’s returned to the true owner. Lease terms can be long (many years) or they can be short. Some apartments lease...

Do you know what a herald angel is? It is an angel sent from God to make an announcement. Hark (listen)! The herald angel speaks this message from God to shepherds watching their sheep at night in fields near Bethlehem. The implications of the message are so wonderful that a...

Imagine being a shepherd and enduring the long, boring nights of keeping watch over your sheep as they lay sleeping. At least, you hoped for a boring, uneventful night rather than one of fighting off predators. But this night was anything but boring. On this night came the most eventful...

The days were completed; deliverance was here! It might seem that a census determined where Jesus was born, but ultimately, it was God orchestrating history, ensuring the Messiah's arrival in Bethlehem matched Old Testament prophecy. With the birth of Christ, even in the humblest of circumstances, we see that God's...