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Today, I am headed to the K-State/Georgia basketball game in Manhattan.   This was a present for Mitchell from my parents.  I am looking forward to watching some good basketball and time with my son. Check out some pictures from our trip today.  Remember, he is a teenager and pictures are few and far between. Happy New Year's Eve!  Stay safe and enjoy your time with friends and family. Here is smile for grandma!

“‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.   In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety.   This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness” (23:5-6). “My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land.   I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.   I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord.   They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart” (24:6-7). “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.   Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.   You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart’” (29:11-13)...

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:13-14)

Today, Steve (Bethany's dad), myself, and Mitchell are on a day trip to Dallas, TX. We were up bright and early to catch a flight from Wichita to Dallas.  Then stopped by Steve's church in Dallas, lunch at In & Out Burger, and then headed to American Airlines Center to watch the OKC Thunder play the Dallas Mavericks.  Below are some pictures from the trip:

What a powerful song by Carrie Underwood and Michael W. Smith.  Be reminded about what Jesus has done for you!

Here are some great thoughts from Brennan Manning from The Ragamuffin Gospel: The blood of the Lamb points to the truth of grace: what we cannot do for ourselves, God has done for us. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It serves as an expression of gratitude rather than an effort to earn forgiveness. Thus the sequence of forgiveness and then repentance, rather than repentance and then forgiveness, is crucial for understanding the gospel of grace. The foremost characteristic of living by grace is trust in the redeeming work of Christ.  The Father is not justice and the Son love. The Father is justice and love; the Son is love and justice. Jesus brings good news about the Father, not bad news. the poor is spirit perceive that religion experience and mystical highs are not the goal of authentic prayer, rather the goal is communion with God. It is only through grace that any of us c...

 We want to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This was taken during our family vacation this past summer and was the kids first time at the ocean. Here is one of Bethany and I at ICRS 2014 in Atlanta, GA this summer. Blessings to you and your family on this Christmas day.