It’s a new year. If you’re like most people, a new year begs us to ask for something new; new opportunities, new friendships, new adventures, new. . . fill in the gap. Most likely, what will not make the list is a new mind. Most of us like our minds. One day the apostle PaulContinue reading “It’s Friday…If We Will Accept It”
Author Archives: Vic Alvarado
It’s Friday…Trophies of His Grace
How does God want to use you in 2026? How adequate do you feel about God using you? Have you ever compared yourself to those He used in the Scripture? Let’s look at a few. It’s quite an intimidating list, if you think about it. These are the heroes of our faith. God’s anointed. RolesContinue reading “It’s Friday…Trophies of His Grace”
It’s Friday…He’s Looking For Room
When you think about it, the invasion of this planet by God in the form of a tiny baby born on the wrong side of the tracks is ridiculously subtle. But it wasn’t so subtle for a young Jewish girl named Mary. After she got over an angel scaring the daylights out of her, sheContinue reading “It’s Friday…He’s Looking For Room”
It’s Friday…What Greatness Is
It’s Christmas. Jesus didn’t ride into this world on a gilded chariot. He was born in a stable. He left His radiant appearance to be clothed in a human body subject to temptation and pain. “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.” (John 13:8) Jesus’ illustration of the incarnation must have made littleContinue reading “It’s Friday…What Greatness Is”
It’s Friday…But What An Enigma!
It’s Christmas. We celebrate the Christ, Jesus who was an enigma. He came into this world as a child of a working-class family from a notably unnoteworthy region of the country. He amazed people with His teaching and His miracles, but He always defied their expectations. When they expected Him to act like an averageContinue reading “It’s Friday…But What An Enigma!”
It’s Friday…Be So Scandalous
It’s Christmas. Isaiah prophesied about the coming “Prince of Peace” (9:6). The angels declared peace on earth in Luke 2:14 as they announced the coming Lord. But Jesus had a different declaration. “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (MatthewContinue reading “It’s Friday…Be So Scandalous”
It’s Friday…And God Never Falls Short
It’s a common human tendency to focus on what we lack. Whether we’re looking at our possessions or problems, we usually zero in on the downside and try to figure out what to do about it. We may have most of what we need toward a certain expense or be mostly pleased with a project.Continue reading “It’s Friday…And God Never Falls Short”
It’s Friday…Tune Them Out!
Life is full of distractions. Jesus Christ Himself was familiar with them but was never derailed by them. He was once summoned by a father who believed his daughter to be dead and wanted Jesus to come and perform a miracle (Mark 5:21-43). Jesus was intrigued by the request and so He made His wayContinue reading “It’s Friday…Tune Them Out!”
It’s Friday…Take Inventory
One of the saddest moments in a person’s life may be in facing later years and knowing deep inside that his or her life has been invested in passing things. Focusing on eternity has a way of reaching that perspective. We work hard, spend much money and time, and agonize over decisions that may onlyContinue reading “It’s Friday…Take Inventory”
It’s Friday…Ignore Them
If our ears are truly sensitive and open to the voice of Jesus, we will probably receive a daily does of rebuke from Him. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a gentle rebuke, coming from the One who understands our frailties better than we understand ourselves. Yet, His rebukes are a firm reminder that the lifeContinue reading “It’s Friday…Ignore Them”
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