Scripture Verses Luke 2:8-20 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections The first people to hear the news of Christ’s birth were shepherds. They were not popular or famous or rich or highly esteemed among people. They were humble and lowly, and God loved them deeply. God wanted them to know the…
Scripture Verses John 6:33-58 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections We need food to live. We need it every day. Much of our day involves working so we’ll have food, finding food, preparing food, eating food, and getting ready to do it all over again. Why do we spend so much…
Scripture Verses Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:23 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections When the angel spoke to him in a dream, Joseph was reminded of what the prophets spoke regarding Jesus. Joseph was reminded that the baby’s name would be called Immanuel (which means God with Us). What a name! Adam…
Scripture Verses Matthew 1:18-25 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Joseph had already made a plan. He was going to do what seemed best to him. He was going to put Mary away quietly. After all, a noble man would not want to be mixed up in someone else’s disgrace. A…
Scripture Verses Luke 1:32 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Jesus isn’t just a good man and teacher, He is God the Son! How did Christ, being God the Son, become man? “Christ who is God the Son became man by being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit with…
Scripture Verses Isaiah 7:14 Luke 1:26-38 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections The prophets foretold that God would do the impossible. A young girl, never given to a man in marriage, would actually have a baby boy. This baby would be unlike every other baby because this baby wouldn’t have a…
Scripture Verses Isaiah 11:1-5 Revelation 5:5 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections After the days of King David, the prophets told the Israelites of destruction that would come to them. It would be devastating. Life would seem cut-off, like a tree that had been chopped down leaving only a stump. No…
Scripture Verses Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1-6 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Have you ever felt too little? Too little to stay up late with the older kids? Too little to ride the exciting rides? Too little to…. Bethlehem was too little. Too little to be as important or significant as…
Scripture Verses Ruth Isaiah 59:20 Luke 1:68-79 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Ruth was a Moabite (from the land of Moab) and a widow. She followed her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Naomi’s people (the Israelites). Ruth was a foreigner, and she didn’t have anyone to take care of her. She…
Scripture Verses Genesis 49:10 Isaiah 9:7 Luke 1:33 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Abraham’s son Isaac had a son Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel. Jacob had twelve sons who became the tribes of Israel. Judah was one of the twelve sons. At the end of Jacob’s life when…