Christmas can be crazy

God won’t overlook any act of loving kindness.
* “For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.”Hebrews 6:10

As we all have experienced Christmas can be crazy!!!!

Read Luke 2:1-20
Luke helps us rediscover what Christmas is about!!!!
***Christmas is about Christ!!!
*We can forget this in the hustle of this time of year.
*There was no room for Jesus that night (is there room in you for Jesus)
*We need to make an effort to always make room for Christ everyday in our lives.

You are entering a season when you will be able to gain new perspective and perhaps see a theme as the details begin to come together in a comprehensive overview.  It would be a mistake to give the temporary details of your life more significance or power than they deserve.  In the long run what really matters is your spiritual relationship with the Lord, and not the natural things that distract you from that which is really important.  Maintain a positive outlook as you continue to progress in spiritual reality.
** Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

****Christmas is about Peace!!!!
*Attitudes seem to be improved during Christmas seasons.
*The peace Jesus brings is inside of us, in spite of or circumstances not because of them.
Philippians 4:6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

*****Christmas is about Hope!!!!
*Where do you put your hope, job, career, people, family, money? The only place where our hope should be put is in Jesus. Everything else will let you down.
Psalm 33:22 Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD, for our hope is in you alone.
*The battle is not our own, the battle belongs to the Lord.
He is our rock and our fortress. He is our hope in times of need. He is our victory. So wait for it and put your hope and trust in God. His love endures forever.

Original Sin entered the world through the disobedience of Adam(Genesis 3:6) and all mankind afterward was born with sin  and the knowledge of good and evil.
Romans 5:15 But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. 16 And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. 17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

What a Perfect Gift we Have been Given!!!

Isaiah 9:6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity.

Isaiah uses a long list of names to predict the birth of Christ.
*****Each of Jesus’ name have both a human element and a divine element.
*Wonderful Counselor: means counselor who does the miraculous.
*Mighty God: means God warrior.
*The announcement of the birth of Jesus is in actuality a declaration of war against the spiritual enemy.
* Everlasting Father: (the seed of eternity)
*Prince of Peace: means prince of happiness.
He gives us to be power to use the same names that Jesus’ used.
*How the words are shows how all the names are interrelated and we can see the Power of God in the cross.

If we will only put our trust in God’s “Unfailing Love” the stuff the world throws at us will not harm us. What we see as a challenge or threatening to our life style has to be looked at through the eyes of God’s Unfailing Love. Nothing the world has to offer can compare to is Unfailing Love.

Father in heaven, Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning,   to make OUR Time and our Bodies and Your Words into instruments of Love and Hope.  You are my Wonderful Counselor. I submit ALL my ways to You. I trust that You have a good plan for me. Thank You for giving me wisdom and direction for every area of my life through Your Holy Spirit inspired  Word, the Bible, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
*Again and again the Bible leads me to think about joy. Read Psalm 33 this day if need a boast in joy.  Merry Christmas!