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15.12.16 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

A Good Kingdom

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It Starts with a Good King A place where justice rules, where mercy abounds, freedom rings, and each citizen matters, these are only part of the list of a good Kingdom’s attributes. It is a place of safety, and peace rests there. Sounding like a dream, or an idealistic utopian theory. Many may doubt a…

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10.12.16 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

The Peacefulness of God’s Rule

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The world says it longs for peace. There are peace signs, protests, and proclamations. Yet, there is little peace to be found, and it is short lived. As the pursuit for real, lasting peace continues, the lesson is underlined over and over that such a state requires a foundation of justice and genuine care for…

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07.12.15 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

A Day In The Life

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Is it just a Monday, for you? It was probably just such a day in the life of the shepherds on that hill near Bethlehem when Jesus was born. Everything was going on as usual for the people who ran an Inn, who watched over flocks of sheep, who were ending their travel in another…

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Peace Ornament

02.12.15 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Pending Promises

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There is more to the promise that God made in Christ than a baby that was born 2000 years ago. Some parts of the promise are still pending. Isaiah 9:6-7 6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name…

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10.12.14 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Red Ribbon

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One of the Jesse tree ornaments is a simple, tied, red string or ribbon. It stands for the sign that Rahab was to signal to the Israelites that her household should be spared when they attacked Jericho. Not only was she spared, but she became one of the ancestors of the Royal house of David…

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07.12.11 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Advent Day Eleven: The Scroll

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Precious Truth: The Law of the Spirit is Life Today’s Reading from The Word Exodus 2:1-10 1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months….

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06.12.11 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Advent Day Ten: Scarlet Thread

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Precious Truth: Be Loyal to God. Today’s Reading from The Word Joshua 2:1-21 1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. 2 The king of Jericho was…

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15.12.10 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

17. Hat

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What makes a hat person? Are you one? Baseball hats, sunhats, beanies, berets, straw, or woolen, hats can serve many roles and purposes. Some hat wearers just want to shade their eyes from the sun, while others make a fashion statement; I like to keep my head warm in the frigid winter months of the…

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18.12.09 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

(20) The Real Christmas Tree

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Scripture: Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is…

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23.12.08 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

What’s In A Name

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One of the first ways God brought forth His Salvation in the earth was to tell Joseph what his part was in the unfolding prophecy. The name of Jesus was to be very important in signifying the calling and the nature of the Messiah. “Jesus” is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua which…

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