I’m surveying the ground that is 2005 and I see a vast field of opportunity ahead for spiritual progress. Making spiritual progress in the year ahead for most of us will take a measure of spiritual discipline. One practice I believe can be a spiritual discipline I’d like to make a part of my life is journaling. Journaling about your thoughts, experiences, relationships, spiritual victories and shortcomings can help you keep the spiritual focus of your life where it needs to be. In the year ahead what spiritual disciplines will you practice to help make your life more like Christ? Maybe journaling will be one of those productive spiritual disciplines that will make you more like the Master this year.

More on journaling…
If journaling is something you’re thinking about you might find this article by Gordon MacDonald helpful: Mapping Your Private World.

With the availability and ease with which a blog can be setup and maintained maybe you’ll want to consider starting a blog and journaling there. Tim Bedner writes about how like journaling, blogging can be a spiritual discipline in: Why consider blogging a spiritual discipline?

Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
12/26/04

Yesterday we celebrated Christmas. This morning with Christmas still fresh in our minds, I’d like to reflect on the wonder of the incarnation of Christ. Incarnation is the doctrine that the Son of God became human flesh. He was fully God and fully human. It’s amazing to stop and think about it. It goes beyond our comprehension and understanding that God would become man. Listen to a few thoughts from some prominent Christians on the incarnation…
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First Day of Winter

The snow is already deep on this first day of winter. The children have been working on some serious forts over the past couple of weeks.
Photo by Carolyn.

Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
12/19/04

In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their “flying machine” off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: “We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas.” Katherine hurried to the editor of the local newspaper and showed him the message. He glanced at it and said, “How nice. The boys will be home for Christmas.” He totally missed the big news—man had flown!¹
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Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
12/12/04

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

It is most obvious at Christmastime that the world rejects who Jesus is. It’s clear to see when people do all they can to remove Christ from Christmas. And when the world does recognize Christ it is often with a cute Nativity scene. Or not so cute. This week some of you saw in the news that even the Nativity scene is used to make little of the name of Jesus.
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Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
12/5/04

Let’s go right to God’s Word this morning. John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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