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Budapest, Hungary– Over 35 leaders of Pentecostal denominations and Charismatic ministries from 16 nations across Europe united together in Budapest, Hungary, November 19-20, 2012, for a special Summit focused on the future of Spirit-empowered Christianity. This historic gathering was a launch point for a pan-European relational network called Empowered21 Europe. The Empowered21 European Council Summit […]

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Long ago, there was a small village crammed right up against a menacing wood on three sides and cliffs high above the ocean on the other. The villagers had no idea why their town existed in such a precarious place, but they accepted it as just the way things had always been. Each year, the […]

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Philippians 1:6. “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” God has started a work in your life, and He will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus. You are becoming fully human as He […]

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Johnstown, PA – Peniel Ministries message of hope recently reached the substantial viewer base of the Daystar Network’s award winning program, Celebration With Marcus and Joni Lamb. Peniel is a substance abuse treatment program with roots in the Church of God. Celebration is broadcast live around the world reaching the masses in Africa, Asia, the […]

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Matthew 1:23 | NIV |The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means God with us).

This is Advent, the Christmas season, where we remember that in Jesus, the Word became flesh; that God was, and is, with us.
The holidays are difficult for many of us: Those struggling financially, finding it hard to provide the Christmas experience that they want for their children and loved ones; those who have lost friends or family and are experiencing these special moments without those they love. Isn’t it wonderful that we have the reminder during these sometimes difficult moments that God is with us? Not that He came to be with us way back then, but that He is with us now – in our struggles, in our heartaches, in our pain.
The promise that He will never leave us nor forsake us is reiterated in God with us. Jesus is God with us in every circumstance of our lives.
Matthew tells the story of God with us; John tells the story of the Word becoming flesh (John 1) – but the two stories actually belong together.
Jesus brings into our lives life, light, grace, and truth.