The Source of Our Strength.

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“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” —Isaiah 40:31 Time magazine once had a cover article that showed the hollow face of a University president. As a matter of fact, it was the president of Harvard University.  The title of the headline article... Exhausted. The article went on to describe that from presidents to plumbers to homemakers to schoolteachers, all of us are facing more demands than ever. With all the emails and texts and the information explosion. People are bombarded day by day with sound and noise and fury. The pressures and the stresses of daily life are making people chronically tired. Many are running on empty feel are just sputtering through life, wondering if you're going to get to the next destination or not, wondering if you're going to be able to accept the next assignment or not.  With all the responsibilities of life you feel worn out, maybe even burned out, broken down and depressed. So many believers are struggling because they've never made the wonderful discovery of the spirit filled, Christ-filled life. If that sounds like you, or even nearly like you, cheer up because God has a word for you today. It is one of the most joyous promises in all of the Word of God. The Lord will renew your spirit. He is the source of our strength!  The Christian life is not hard: The Christian life is impossible in your own strength.   Monday, December 10, 2018 A Precious Saviour by Dr. Paul Chappell “And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” 1 Peter 1:17–19 It is believed that somewhere around 1500, Louis XII the king of France commissioned a painting of Jesus from the great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. In the painting, known as Salvator Mundi, which means “Saviour of the World” in Latin, Leonardo depicted Christ holding a crystal orb that symbolizes the entire world. The painting remained in royal hands for centuries and then was thought to have been lost. But a group of experts restored a painting that had been thought to be only a copy and found an original lost work by da Vinci himself. In November of 2017 it sold at auction for $450 million dollars, the most ever paid for a single painting. The world values things that are ancient and rare. God values things that are eternal. And to provide the means of our salvation, He was willing to send His Son to pour out His very life’s blood on the cross. Nothing is more precious than that. The measure of God’s love for us is the lengths to which He was willing to go to allow sinners to become part of His family. Of course, every day we should be grateful for the salvation we freely received, but during Christmas we get an extra reminder of the greatness of God’s love for us. “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not” (1 John 3:1). Today’s Growth Principle:  God’s provision for our salvation began with the birth of a precious Saviour as a baby in Bethlehem.

This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.

Proverbs 3:8