Christmas Inspiration

You Belong

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 08, 2024 at 5:57 PM

Ever feel like you accidentally got an invite to a gathering when you think about what God’s people should look like? We start to wonder: “Do I Belong?”

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 12

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 05, 2024 at 9:48 PM

As we near the end of Galatians 5, Paul calls us to live as those without strife. Can we take strife-free living into our communities this New Year?

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 11

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 05, 2024 at 1:49 AM

God calls us to lives of humility, appropriate before the one who humbled Himself even though He deserved not to.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 10

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 03, 2024 at 9:18 PM

How do we live lives filled with the Fruit of the Spirit? It all depends on His Spirit.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 9

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 02, 2024 at 6:15 PM

Pastor Tim thinks about what self-control looks like in relation to how we interact with others in this New Year.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 8

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 01, 2024 at 3:48 PM

Pastor Tim thinks about how the different aspects of the Fruit of the Spirit connect together as we arrive at the halfway point of our Twelve Days of Christmas journey to Epiphany.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 6

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 30, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Pastor Tim contemplates showing goodness on this Sixth Day of Christmas. How has God shown goodness to us and how can we show goodness to others?

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 5

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 29, 2023 at 10:39 PM

Pastor Tim contemplates showing kindness on this Fifth Day of Christmas. How can we be the “kind” of people who are known as kind?

The Christmas Fruit

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 29, 2023 at 1:22 PM

During Advent, we all excitedly look towards celebrating Jesus’s birth. However, suddenly it is December 26 and the world resets to its ordinary preoccupations. That’s what is wonderful about observing the Twelve Days of Christmas: it helps us keep reflecting on God’s grace and the miracle of Christmas after the busyness of Christmas Day is past.

Twelve Days of Christmas 2023 - Day 3

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 28, 2023 at 9:49 PM

Pastor Tim contemplates living lives of patience on this Fourth Day of Christmas. How can we show patience in our faith and to those around us?

Previous Messages
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The Christmas Fruit

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 22, 2023 at 3:21 PM

As we give gifts small or large, simple or snazzy, this Christmas, this year’s devotional booklet invites us to reflect on the profound ways in which God gifts us to give the best sort of gifts to others. We will go on a twelve day journey through Galatians 5:22-26, exploring how the Holy Spirit transforms us to embody the essence of Christmas hope in the year ahead.

Twelve Told

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 23, 2022 at 2:57 PM

While the four Gospel writers tell us much about what happens at Christmas and we’ve explored that this Advent in our series Four Told, the rest of Scripture speaks either to the coming of Christmas or reflects back on its significance. The Twelve Days of Christmas give us an opportunity to reflect on the multifaceted meaning of Jesus’s birth.

Because of Christmas

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 24, 2021 at 5:52 PM

Over the Twelve Days of Christmas, Because Of Christmas will help us to see what happens for each of us because Jesus was born that first Christmas morn.

The Light of the World

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 22, 2020 at 11:58 AM

Over the coming days we will embark on a journey through Scripture and the pictures it gives us of our God lighting our way through the darkness we face throughout life.

Jesus Came for Us

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 25, 2019 at 1:12 PM

Please join us in devotional journey as we look at some gifts far more incredible than a partridge in a pear tree. These are the gifts from our God as Paul describes them in the Letter to the Romans. This devotional has twelve readings exploring the ways Jesus coming into the world is for us.