Your Christmas Gift
For the Lord your God is living among you. He is our Everlasting Father!
He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” (Zephaniah 3:17 NLT)
*God celebrates when a single life is turned around.
So why did Jesus come to earth as God in human form?
*Was it to give us the ultimate teachings ever? No. Though they were the greatest teachings ever given, He came here for more than that.
*Did Jesus come to set the perfect example of how a man or woman should live? He came to do that and much more.
* Did Jesus walk this earth merely to do miracles and heal people? While He always reached out to people in need, that was not His primary purpose.
C. S. Lewis said it well: “The Son of God became a man that men might become sons of God.”
** God became a man so that YOU might become God’s child. Now that is something worth celebrating.
Our Father of Eternity!!
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.
When Jesus came to earth, He brought with Him everything you need to be empowered to live a life of victory. He came as a little baby, but He represented all authority in heaven and earth.
When you choose to serve Him, you have access to all of His resources. You have access to His peace, power, authority, provision, joy and strength. He brought all of this to us when He came to earth.
* Unto us a child is born…unto us victory is given. Unto us, peace is given. Unto us, provision is given. Unto us hope and healing are given. Unto us eternal life is given!
Whatever you need today, remember, when Jesus came into the world, He made a way for Every One of your needs to be met spiritually, emotionally and physically.
Surrender your life to Him and receive all the spiritual blessings He has in store for you—YES YOU! HIS CHILD HIS MASTERPIECE!
Jesus is our Prince of Peace!!!
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. (John 14:27)
Father in heaven, thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus, so that I could be free to live an abundant life in You. Fill me with the revelation of Your love and everything that You have for me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
***The manger was a place of
“Heavenly Hospitality” surrounded
with the presence of angels.
Luke 2:7
In Luke 2:6-7, whatever the reason might be, the innkeeper failed to offer Mary and Joseph a room, a room for Jesus.
** We ALL have reasons why we couldn’t offer room for Jesus in our life. *Do you have room for Jesus today? If not, what is your heart full of?
When your heart is full of things, duties you would have no room for Jesus, and you would have nothing to do with your savior.
Just like the people in that inn, they missed out on their perfect Gift.
***JESUS OUR PERFECT GIFT!!!!!!!
God’s love reaches down to everyone, even the lowest of the lowest, because His love involves everybody. As such, no one can have excuse not to be involved.
Jesus, being the full God, traveled the whole universe to come down to our level, even to our lowest level, to deal with our sins.
As parents, we want only the best things for our children. Wouldn’t God be like us when treating His one and only son Jesus?
* Who are we then, that God would sacrifice His one and only Son for us? *God took the most difficult step to convince us that He loves us—His SON!
*V14 “peace to men” – What is the peace that matters most to you?
How many of you have the peace in your heart today? Are you restless and worried? Gen 4:10-12. SIN makes us restless.
Only through Jesus we can restore our relationship with God and have Eternal Peace – NO more restlessness in our heart!!!!
To give us this peace back, it costs God the life of Jesus.
And that’s why the birth of Jesus is the most amazing gift humankind can ever receive. Let’s open this Gift of Jesus.
Merry Christmas!!!
Hebrews 4:15-16 says, “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore COME boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need”