"There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger."

....but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

'thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John'

Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

"...on the threshold of a New Year ... Jesus, Light of the World, ... may we never let go of your loving arms.

With outstretched arms the Lord welcomes all into his fold, because the joy of the Lord is our strength

"We must live in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of God"

Today with outstretched arms we look up to heaven and cry “Abba, Father, give us the hope to endure to the end.”

“Jesus is saying we have to move from the shallow waters and then into the deeper waters of the Bible” MT

"What if I told you that Thanksgiving was God's idea?....Give thanks to God for everything!" M.T.

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord....

God continues to administer His grace to us in profound ways that are sometimes unbeknownst to us.

We remember those in our own congregation, and those who have passed on this year...Lord we lift them up in prayer.

O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me

I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God