Author Archives: Kim Jaggers

The Shepherds and Giving Tuesday

On this Giving Tuesday, I think about so many friends who work in ministries for the hurting and the broken. I think of how God, through them, pursues the hearts of those who often feel unworthy. And I think about the shepherds. THE SHEPHERDS They were the ones not invited to the party. But theyContinue reading “The Shepherds and Giving Tuesday”

Keeping Christ in Christmas – a challenge and a guide

A Christ-Filled Christmas Really Enjoying the Holidays  Dear Friend- What a Savior we have to celebrate!  He has come to give us life and life to the full (John 10:10)!   This time of year, may we seek His presence in many ways.  May we slow down and soak in His goodness.  May this Christmas bringContinue reading “Keeping Christ in Christmas – a challenge and a guide”

Light in the Darkness

The house is still and dark.No one else is up. There’s nothing quite like the Christmas lights in the darkness. I soak up this moment sitting by my tree.….nothing quite like LIGHT in the darkness. I’m drawn to it. Are you? Sitting in the stillness, I’m reminded of the words from Zechariah’s holy prophecy, theContinue reading “Light in the Darkness”

Have you ever wanted to skip past hard parts of Scripture?

Well, let’s just skip over this next section of Scripture about men and women in the church (1 Tim 2:8-15) . It’s kind of hard and controversial. Except, we can’t do that. We can’t pick the parts of the Bible we like, and understand, and ignore the others. In this section, Paul is teaching soundContinue reading “Have you ever wanted to skip past hard parts of Scripture?”

Happy Thanksgiving!

Oh that moment, I walk in the door at my parents’ home. Turkey cooking. Dressing baking. The aroma of delicious anticipation floating through the house. I want it to last forever. There’s something so wonderful about slowing down and savoring our blessings. Though our earthly blessings are fleeting, there are hints of heaven in everyContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

One way… everything else is FAKE NEWS!

Paul continues on in teaching sound doctrine and gives us the bedrock statement of our faith, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all,” (1 Tim 2:5-6) One God.One Mediator.Jesus.No other way. If we say we follow Christ, it alsoContinue reading “One way… everything else is FAKE NEWS!”

This is WHO you need to pray for today

We usually pray in the mornings, but it was a particularly busy morning. I asked my husband if he still wanted to pray and he smiled, and replied, “I’d be a fool not to”. I smiled too, and not just because my man’s so cute! But because I had just read Paul’s words to Timothy—Continue reading “This is WHO you need to pray for today”

When God Doesn’t Seem Fair

When God Doesn’t Seem Fair-From Two Moms’ hearts Just over FOUR YEARS AGO— The surgery waiting room was packed with family and close-as-family special friends. We had been told the day before my tall, dark, and handsome twenty-three-year-old son’s mass was cancer. This second surgery would reveal if the cancer had spread to Will’s lymphContinue reading “When God Doesn’t Seem Fair”

When you are in the battle…

Paul is about to challenge Timothy to “wage the good warfare”. (I Tim 1:18) Let’s just stop here, and notice that Paul characterizes service to the Lord as waging warfare. The life of a true Christ follower is not one of ease in this life. We are in a battle and lately, that seems allContinue reading “When you are in the battle…”

Have you noticed this?

Right after Paul talks about the responsibility Christians have to speak truth from sound doctrine, he talks about his sin-filled past. (1 Tim 1:3-17) I think it was very intentional. Paul surely knew that as soon as we endeavor to share truth with others about the right way to live, the enemy will remind usContinue reading “Have you noticed this?”

Let’s don’t “love” others all the way to Hell.

Right off the bat, Paul’s first letter to Timothy reminds us that the Lord Jesus Christ is our HOPE! (1 Tim 1:1) And He is, you know. And the more we know Him through His Word, the more we will experience hope in our hardest of our moments. So let’s don’t approach 1st Timothy, toContinue reading “Let’s don’t “love” others all the way to Hell.”

Let’s do this!

Guard this.Hold tight to this.Do this. And especially now when others are falling away from the faith. I’ve seen it and it’s disheartening—those I’ve counted as good teachers of the Word, those I’ve thought to be mature believers, turning away from truth, and walking in the ways of the world. The Apostle Paul saw itContinue reading “Let’s do this!”

What the Bible told us would happen has happened.

The tide has shifted and what the Bible has told us would happen, has happened. Why am I shocked that what is wrong is called “right” and what’s right is called “wrong”? Things are happening just as God told us they would. And no longer can we simply agree to disagree in our culture. EitherContinue reading “What the Bible told us would happen has happened.”