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I Choose Today to share the gift of light!

Molinda Hern December 21, 2023

”Then God said, “Let there be light.” The Light changed everything; absolutely everything! Every night I get up a couple of times and make my way to where I need to go. It is really dark because we live in a place where there are no streetlights or city lights to light up the room. So to keep me from stumbling as I walk around at night, I use the tiny light that is illuminated on our robot vacuum housed in the hall right outside our door. That little light, shines brightly in the darkness and makes all the difference in the world; just like the true Light made all the difference in the world when He came and to this very day! From the beginning of time, Jesus has been the true Light: ”In the beginning the Word [Jesus] already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.“ John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬, ‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬. Isaiah tells us why the Light makes a difference for the world when he proclaimed,

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I Choose Today to embrace the gift of peace

Molinda Hern December 19, 2023

Everyone goes through hard times in life; absolutely everyone. These hard times are often referred to as storms we get caught up in. I’ve been through some amazingly difficult storms in my life.  Some with embracing the peace of God and others attempting to find inner peace on my own. Needless to say, having the peace of God, that transcends all understanding, is the only way to find the peace to navigate the storms of life. There are over 400 verses in the Bible that talk about the gift of peace. Here are a few promises of the peace that Jesus and God promise to Their people: 1. Philippians 4:7 (ESV) – “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” 2. John 14:27 (ESV) – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” 3. Isaiah 26:3 (ESV) – “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.” These verses demonstrate the divine and life changing nature of

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I Choose Today to know love

Molinda Hern December 16, 2023

This morning I woke up and this verse was playing on a repeat in my mind, ”So the Word [Christ Jesus] became human and made his home among us…”. I got to thinking about this verse and asked “why?”. Why would Jesus come down from heaven, from His throne and place of honor, to live among us as a mere human? Well to get my answer, I only had to read the rest of the passage! “…God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. But the unique One [Jesus], who is Himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.“ John‬ ‭1‬:‭17b-‭18‬. Jesus came to reveal God to us. Since God is love (unfailing love), Jesus came to show us His true nature: loving kindness, gentleness, goodness, sweetness, delight. Not legalism; not condemnation; but to save; to know God’s perfect love; to have a real relationship with the Creator of the universe; to give life abundantly now and for eternity. Who wouldn’t want that life? Who wouldn’t want the guarantee to live forever in constant relationship with God? Why would anyone chance that for hoping they are right

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I Choose Today to give the gift of love

Molinda Hern December 14, 2023

”Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.“ ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Love others…that is how we will draw near to God. We draw near by expressing to others God’s true nature of love. When Christ came, He demonstrated God’s true nature of love. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son…” Since we are a byproduct of that expression of love, and have that love living in and through us, how can we not share it with others! So how can I share the gift of love with someone? WOW, that is a loaded question, with a lot of answers. I can love others through my words: of encouragement, words of edification, words of kindness, words of forgives. I can share the gift of God’s love by my actions: acts of kindness, acts of generosity, active and effective listening, acts of mercy. So let us be intentional in embodying love in both our words and actions. Whether through uplifting words of encouragement or selfless acts of kindness, let’s extend the love we’ve received to those around us. Remember,

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I Choose Today to do my part

Molinda Hern December 12, 2023

In describing the motivational gifts that God gives, it is describing characteristics of Christ. He is the perfect example of all those gifts; He embodies these gifts. We, as the body of Christ, represent parts of Christ. The same chapter, Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭4‬-‭5‬‬‬, tells us, “Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” We each need to do our part. We are all different and have different gifts to complete the whole.  But it start with us knowing the gift God has made us with, and develop and use it for His glory. We are born with a bent toward one of these gifts, but we need to do our part in developing and working them to maturity, to being useful in its intent. The Israelites experienced this when God gave them the gift of food in the way of manna. Manna wasn’t bread; it was a seed. Numbers tells us that, “The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin. The people would go out and gather it

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