When the angels showed up to announce the birth of the Messiah, it wasn’t to the priests in the Temple, or to King Herod in his palace. It was to a bunch of shepherds working the night shift. And God didn’t just come to associate with the meek and lowly,…

A short marriage and a long widowhood would be enough to make many people bitter with disappointment. And many people who reach the age of 84 think they have nothing left to offer, and that life has somehow passed them by. Maybe that’s where you find yourself during this Christmas…

In one way, Joseph’s faith in God had to be a lot greater than Mary’s. After all, she knew without a doubt that she hadn’t been with a man and yet was pregnant. But Joseph had to believe all that without any proof – something that was quite frankly impossible…

It was a lot for a teenage girl to take in. That she would be the one God chose to be the mother of the Messiah would be a bit like winning the lottery. That she would be able to have a child without having relations with a man was…

The conclusion of the story of the birth of John the Baptist reminds us of some of the same truths we saw in yesterday’s passage: With God nothing is impossible, but sometimes we have to wait for God’s will to be done. Elizabeth and Zacharias had waited a long time…

Have you ever wondered about God’s timing? Maybe you’ve been praying for years for release from an addiction or from a chronic health condition. Maybe you’ve been praying for years for a loved one to come to know Christ as Savior and Lord. You know God’s promise never to leave…

If God is so loving, so patient and so kind, how does this passage make sense? First, we need to remember the context. The people have come out of Egypt, to the very border of the Promised Land. They have sent twelve spies to scout out the land, and have…

What is God really like? In today’s passage He both tells us and shows us. And the whole picture is at the same time comforting and sobering. Why did Moses have to go up on the mountain to get a new set of stone tablets? Because Moses had broken the…

Maybe you feel like you’ve let God down. You know that He expects you to love Him and love other people, but in your heart of hearts you know you’re more interested in your own desires. Maybe you just can’t imagine that God would ever love you or be gracious…

Today’s passage picks up where we left off yesterday, with David giving us more good reasons why he is confident that God will answer his prayers, helping him when he is in great distress. In fact, verses 8 and 10 remind us all that prayer should be our first response…