I
Am Leaving You With A Gift -
Peace
Of Mind And Heart.
And
The Peace I Give Is A Gift The World Cannot Give.
Scripture
John
14
27 “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.
Observation
No
matter what you give or what you receive this Christmas you will not
be able to top this Gift. This Gift has a name – Jesus!
At
Christmas, when we celebrate our Savior's birth, isn't it actually
pretty strange how we celebrate His birthday, I am talking about the
practice of giving gifts to each other on the day that we celebrate
His Birth.
Don't
get me wrong, I am not knocking the gift giving that we do at
Christmas. I think that it is a great way to show our love for each
other as Jesus commanded for us to do in John 13:34-35!
I
am not Scrooge!
But
hey, what gift did we give Jesus, or what gift are we planning on
giving Jesus on His birthday?
Your
life and my life surrendered to Him would be the best gift of all
this Christmas! Giving monetarily to further His Kingdom's work would
also be a great Christmas gift to Him!
And
helping someone in need … is definitely a good thing to do at
Christmas!
2
Corinthians 9:15
Thanks
be to God for his indescribable gift!
Application
I
will look for ways to to celebrate the Christ of “Christ...mas”
this Christmas!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, the Christmas season goes by so quickly. I think that all of
us want the generosity that we see at Christmas to continue
throughout the entire year! At least I do. I don't mean the giving
and receiving that is done because it is expected of us. But what I
love is the generosity I see during this time of the year that no one
expects … that is not forced … but that comes from the prompting
of Your Holy Spirit! I know that it happens throughout the year, but
it seems to happen a lot more during the Christmas season. Help me to
give more than I receive this Christmas. Help me to be Your Hands and
Your Feet to the people around me.
Daily
Bible Reading: John 12,13,14
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