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Look! The Virgin Will Conceive A Child!
She Will Give Birth To A Son,
And They Will Call Him Immanuel Which Means “God Is With Us.”
During
a time like this with ISIS (or ISIL) threatening to destroy us it is wonderful
to read this morning that God sent Jesus to save us. The meaning of the name
Jesus is “The Lord Saves”! In this same passage we also find that Jesus is
called Immanuel which means “God is with us.” Today’s Bible reading is also a
reminder to us that Joseph and Mary lived under even more dangerous
circumstances than we have today, living during the time of a crazy king named
Herod.
Scripture
20 … “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel
which means ‘God is with us.’”
Observation
During
a time like this with ISIS (or ISIL) threatening to destroy us it is wonderful
to read this morning that God sent Jesus to save us. The meaning of the name
Jesus is “The Lord Saves”!
In
this same passage we also find that Jesus is called Immanuel which means “God
is with us.”
Today’s
Bible reading is also a reminder to us that Joseph and Mary lived under even
more dangerous circumstances than we have today, living during the time of a
crazy king named Herod. King Herod had his soldiers brutally kill “all” of the
boy babies under the age of two years old in and around the city of Bethlehem
in an attempt to destroy the Christ Child!
It
is also a reminder to me that we have just entered into the very best time of
the year – Christmas --!
The
Christmas Season is when the people around us are more open to spiritual things
than any other time of the year. They are more apt to attend church with us.
They will come over to our house if we work out a time to invite them. It is a
time to build bridges and strengthen friendships/relationships with our
neighbors, coworkers, and family members.
Lets
make this Christmas the very best! It is up to us!
Application
I
will work hard at taking advantage of the opportunities that Christmas brings
to strengthen my relationships with my neighbors, my friends, and my family.
How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I want to thank You for putting it on
the heart of our leadership to have a Mission’s Conference at our church this
year. It seems normal to me but I know that most churches don’t have a
“Christmas for Christ” and don’t collect a mission’s offering like we did last
night. Thank You for our missionaries. Bless them. Open the doors wide open in
the places where they will return to serve. I pray that our offering will be
worthy of You, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
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