As we approach the celebration of the coming of God’s Christ into the world, we are reminded that all things serve God’s purposes. And there are events on Heaven’s calendar that no man, world power, or force of darkness can thwart. God is sovereign and in control. For example, Caesar Augustus called for the census (Luke 2:1) – his idea, or God’s? Back up some 400 years, Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar rises to conquer the known world, exiling the people of Judah – his idea, or God’s? Nebuchadnezzar would rule for a time, then his son and his son (Jeremiah 27:6-7) before falling to the Medes and Persians. Seventy years later, Cyrus of Persia would rise to power and send the Judean exiles back to their home – his idea, or God’s?
Manger Things Week 2
December 3, 2017
December 3, 2017 • Dr Charles Kyker
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December 31, 2017
Many of us want 2018 to be different. We truly desire the new year to be better than the one drawing to a close. Some hardships have been products of our own choices, others have come as a result of the choices of others. One thing is for sure, the Lord God is aware and He knows our heart. He is in ultimate control of all things and remembers those who fear Him—those determined to honor His name regardless of their circumstances (Malachi 3:16). What are you resolved to do? Is one of your resolutions to honor God, no matter what happens around you? Jesus said, “God blesses those whose hearts are pure; for they will see God” (Matthew 5:8).
Manger Things Week 5
December 24, 2017 • Dr Charles Kyker
Revelation 14:1-2 NLT 1 Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together.
Manger Things Week 4
December 17, 2017 • Dr Charles Kyker
During the time of the prophet, Zephaniah, Judah had so polluted itself with violence, injustice, idolatry, and religious pretense, that God’s righteous judgment was set in motion. Like a floodgate about to break, the wrath of God’s judgment was about to burst upon Jerusalem and all of Judah. Zephaniah spoke at a time when the leaders and those of influence had led the people into horrific pagan worship practices, mistreatment of the poor, civil degradation, and economic greed while shaking a defiant fist to God’s holy ways.