Tag: Epiphany
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GNB 5.006
January 6, 2026 ONE DAY to Bethlehem… …journeying as magi FOR OUR EPIPHANY. GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house where the star had led them, they saw the child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him.” (Matthew 3.10-11a) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON…
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GNB 5.008
January 8, 2026 The days after coming to Bethlehem… …journeying as magi back into the world. GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother during the night and left for Egypt. They stayed there until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the…
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GNB 4.302
December 31, 2025 SEVEN days to Bethlehem… …journeying as magi. GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth…” (Genesis 1.1) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: No one really knows for sure where the expression came from, but when a person makes a huge investment of resources (time, energy, thought,…
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GNB 2.6
January 6, 2023 (Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “When they saw the star once again, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house where Mary, Joseph and the child- Jesus lived, they entered in, bowed down and worshiped Him. They presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They then returned home by a different…
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GNB 2.5
January 5, 2023 (The Eleventh Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “…and a little Child shall lead them.” (Isaiah 11.6d) “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, Magi came to Jerusalem from the east. They asked those in the seats of governance, ‘Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews?…
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GNB 2.4
January 4, 2023 (The Tenth Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Coming up to them at that very moment, Anna gave thanks to God and spoke of the Child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.” (Luke 2.38) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Before we can “move on” to the story of the Magi…
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GNB 2.3
January 3, 2023 (The Ninth Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Moved by the Holy Spirit, Simeon was led into the Temple courts to see what the Spirit had revealed to him. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do what the Law of God required, Simeon took him into his arms and…
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GNB 2.1
January 1, 2023 (The Seventh Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise Him, He was named Jesus, He who saves, the name given to Him by God who had spoken it to them through His angel, Gabriel before He was conceived.” (Luke 2.21) TODAY’S REFLECTION: And…
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GNB 1.189
December 31, 2022 (The Sixth Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “When they had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. Mary, on the other hand, treasured up all these things and pondered them…
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GNB 1.188
December 30, 2022 (The Fifth Day toward Epiphany) TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “The shepherds returned to their fields glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen just as they had been revealed to them.” (Luke 2.20) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Let’s just take an inventory of those “shepherds in the fields”: Shouldn’t the…