WHAT DO YOU WANT THIS CHRISTMAS?

This Christmas Eve, I ask—

1.”What would be your best gift of all  to receive?”

After much thought about material things it finally came down to:  “the need to needed” and the “assurance of God’s love” for me as well as my wife and family members.  ” TO BE LOVED ” WOULD BE MY GREATEST GIFT to receive.

2.  “What would be your best gift to give to Others?”

My goal in this –is to give my love I have received from the Lord to others and be bold this season to Lift Up JESUS and His unconditional love He has for all that ask.  “TELL OTHERS I LOVE THEM”

So my grown-up Christmas list would have one simple wish. That every person would truly understand the outrageous grace gift that God offers to each one of us. All we have to do is open that gift in faith.

Christmas is when the gift came to earth wrapped in swaddling clothes.
I wish that everyone who hears the Gospel message would comprehend the one way love that God demonstrated. Instead of turning His back on sinners who deserved just that God chose to reach out to His creation with a radical plan for forgiveness. A plan that is unlike any other religion in history.

Man made religion always demands something to earn salvation.

God’s plan for redemption requires the lost to bring nothing to the table other than their sin and the need for salvation. Nothing.
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

This Christmas Serve your spouse, family and friends instead of waiting to be served by them. Everything starts with Love by responding in a Christ-like way.
Your- healthy relationships places focus on others and not yourself.

Father, open the eyes of my heart. I see that for that to happen there must be the bending of the knee, the imploring of the Spirit in prayer, so that truth becomes vital and compelling. Help me love my wife Laura and never treat her harshly.  Help me Love from a Pure Heart Lord. Help me respond in a Christ-like way to  love my children, Grandchildren, Family and friends.  Amen