John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall have eternal life!"
That's what I want to celebrate!
God Bless all and Merry CHRISTmas!
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One week away and we will celebrate the Birth of Jesus. There is much contraversary over this holiday. This year my prayers a for the people who have a hard time with Christmas. Maybe they suffer depression, maybe they are celebrating for the first time without a loved one. Maybe their life is in a place where they just find it hard to celebrate. I would ask all of you to pray for those people. And pray for the people who will not celebrate a holiday for Christ. Remember Christian friends. Christ was born to save us and celebrate that wonderful love.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall have eternal life!" That's what I want to celebrate! God Bless all and Merry CHRISTmas!
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Do everything without complaining and arguing. Phillipians 2:14
I found this verse in my readings this morning and I smiled because even though I can't remember ever reading this verse before God gave me this message years ago. I worked in a convience store and would always ask "How are you today?" more often than not I was sorry for asking right away. One of my friends would come in every night and she NEVER had a good day. Sadly I found myself thinking of bad things that happened to me when I saw her walk in because I wanted to have a worse day than her. It took me a while to realize what I was doing but God conviced me. One night when she walked in and asked how my day was, I said WONDERFUL...she looked at me, blinked and said "mine too". Wow, I think I might have held my breath for a minute. Would I say wonderful and then have to listen to a litany of her bad day? I'm amazed to this day how often a smile and a WONDERFUL can stop a complainer in a blink...It stops me if no one else. Follow Pauls instructions in the Bible...Do everything without complaining and arguing. See how much better it makes your day Taken from fime minutes with the Word
The people of Israel were in crises. Their Temple in Jerusalem had been burned to the ground. Their king had been taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzer of Babylon. And most of the population had been forced out of their homes and sent into exile. Everything they treasured about their role as God's holy people was taken away from them, and it left them traumatized, distressed, and desparing. Into this sad situation, God told his prophet to speak words of comfort and tenderness to his people. Don't be afraid! The Lord is coming! He's going to gather you all together, as a shepherd gathers his sheep, and bring you back home. So get ready to welcome him and his deliverance. Like the Israelites, we all need comfort from God. Non of us is free from the sadness that can come from life in htis world. It could be the pain of an illness, the wound from a borken relationship, or the challenge of unemployment or financial stress. No matter what we are facing, God wants to comfort us. He wants to speak tenderly to our hearts and tell us that He is with us. And more than anything else, He wants to tell us that Jesus, sho is "God with us," has opened heaven for us. We don't have to endure our challenges on our own. We don't have to go through this life doing nothing but trying our best and hoping for better days. We have access to the grace and comfort, the power and wisdom, of God himself! So no matter how difficult or demanding life may seem, let these truths bring you comfort. Remember that nothing prevented Jesus from coming two thousand years ago and that nothing prevents Him from coming again to bring heaven down to earth. And finally, remember taht even as we wait for that time, nothing can prevent Jesus from coming into our heart |
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