Merry Christmas to you! Jesus came to earth to show us how God would live life as a human being: humble enough to be diapered, strong enough to break the chains of sin.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Merry Christmas to you! Jesus came to earth to show us how God would live life as a human being: humble enough to be diapered, strong enough to break the chains of sin.
Christian Ray Flores of Chile, Russia and LA, brings us thoughts of Jesus - As Relevant As Ever and a gift of three songs on DisciplesToday.org
Doug Lambert of Baltimore writes Thoughts on Christmas - Unity, Love & Glory to God
As we review 2009, our DToday.org video editor, Masha Lyashenko of Kiev, invites you to vote in our video contest: Vote for Your Favorite Video by Disciples for 2009
Check out some of the great singles New Years Eve Events.
Be inspired by the scores of videos from around the world. And take some time over the holidays to pray through the inspiring articles on DToday.org
May you have a wonderful Christmas with the Lord, family and friends.
Love,
Roger and Marcia Lamb
PS: Join the 300 disciples on DTHeartandSoul.com to find your soulmate. Pray for us to expand to other regions in 2010.
Editor's Note: Be inspired by this tribute to Jesus and links to songs by Christian Ray Flores.
If you haven't yet, you need to meet Jesus. He is indisputably the most famous person in history. Even those who don’t believe in him are recognizing the importance of his existence by simply writing the date on an email.
“GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH
PEACE TO ALL MEN ON WHOM HIS FAVOR RESTS” Luke 2:14 This is an incredible time of year not just for the fun and excitement of the holidays and the time with family and friends but because it is the time when the whole world turns its focus to the coming of Jesus into this world and what it means for each and every person.
2009 is almost over! God blessed us with a great year - full of great news and victories for the Lord! We are excited to announce a contest for the videos made by disciples on the Disciples Today YouTube group.
Single disciples know how to have fun! Take a look at the following singles events for New Years Eve!
With the office holiday party in the works, relatives heading into town, and the season of feasting about to begin, visions of chocolate things…ALL KINDS OF CHOCOLATE THINGS…dance in my head. This year, however, I choose to imitate The Wife of Noble Character. Specifically, I want to laugh at the days to come, at January 1st to be exact. When I step on the scale that day, I want to laugh with joy instead of with a deflated “ho, ho, whoa…”
Just download this template which has news from around the world and links to more stories on www.DisciplesToday.org
For the other side of your bulletin, you can download the attached template for local news and stories in your ministry, house church, etc. This makes for an easy "Page 2" for your local congregation's bulletin!
If you already have a bulletin, you can simply print the International News Bulletin as a two sided insert to your current publication.
Tony, 20 years old, comes from a totally pagan background from North-east India and had strong beliefs in black magic and superstitions. She was also very prone to illnesses and was financially unable to care for herself.
Isaiah 52:7 – How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who brings good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ”Your God reigns!”
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; if one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9 – 10
Ask a group of women what the hardest role in marriage is; they would probably say that being submissive is the most difficult. What we as wives need to know is that the corresponding role of leadership in the home is not an easy task for husbands.
In today’s world, we can feel pulled in many directions – family, children’s homework, ministry, cooking dinner, discipling times, careers…. We “know” God is there. We “know” he’s faithful. 
How about this for a Christmas gift for your spouse or yourself?
The 2010 Steps of the Apostles Tour embarks next October. 64 married and single disciples from Ghana, Dubai, Canada, Barbados and the US are already signed up for the next Steps of the Apostles Tour that will include the Steps of Jesus in Israel! The October 5-18, 2010 tour will visit Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece; Ephesus, Turkey; Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt as well as Jerusalem, the Sea of Galilee and more in Israel.
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We wanted to encourage everyone as we close out our first official year here in Clemson! One year ago this month Stacey and I moved to Clemson to help get the church and a new campus ministry started in this wonderful community.
God is at work in the New York City Church of Christ. On a cold, rainy Sunday December 13th, some 3,300 people gathered at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in the heart of New York City to worship God.
The Virginia Churches are growing, even doubling in size. Very encouraging video from ICOCHotNews
What started as a plan to take our family group of 16 for a weekend get away became a Singles Retreat of over 60 disciples and friends from different Emirates of the UAE and Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
For the eighth year, a chorus of Dubai disciples are caroling their way around Dubai, raising money for HOPE Worldwide in Manila.
A note from the editor:
As 2009 comes to a close we wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you are being enriched by Women Today. We would love to hear from you on articles that have been helpful as well as things you would like to see covered.
In addition to the editors you have “met” on our welcome page (http://www.disciplestoday.org/content/view/1182/240/), we would like to introduce you to our very talented assistant editors who so willingly work with Women Today to edit and post. We also have an extremely capable new editor for our audio and video page we want to introduce to you. Meet the newest editor and our assistant editors:
Watch an inspiring video of our sisters from NYC Church of Christ - Lesley & Rebekah - drama/dance "Going Through the Motions".
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58)
The end of last year was a busy time for the leaders of the church in Bujumbura, the capital city of the eastern African nation of Burundi. Anticipating a great following year, it was a time of planning and this kicked off with the launch of our strategic plan. This exercise was overseen by Nairobi-based Evangelist George Irungu and his wife Ann, who oversee our church.
“For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.” Romans 8:19 (HCSB)
Every day is filled with life and death, tragedy and hope, blessings and curses, haves and have nots.
We at Apologetics Research Society are excited to announce our fourth annual Christian Evidences Conference. June 11-13, 2010 Irvine California
We continually receive comments how disciples miss the old KNN videos. We are excited to partner with ICOC Hot News to provide you with DVDs of good news videos that you can show to your church, house church, family devotional, etc.