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The Birth of Jesus Christ – Luke 2:1-20

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Dec 242011
 
Jesus Christ is Born

The Birth of Jesus
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Luke 2: 1-20 (NIV)

THE DIGITAL STORY OF THE NATIVITY

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Dec 202010
 
Jesus Christ is Born

If it had happened today, how would social media, the web and mobile have told the story of the Nativity?
“Times change. The miracle remains the same.”

One man commented – “Pity the shepherds couldn’t get Wi-fi in that field though – I would have liked to see their tweets and story as well! :o ”

MERRY CHRISTMAS! ~ ~ ENJOY! ~ ~

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Christmas Rant – The Rant Guy Tackes Christmas (Video)

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Dec 142010
 
Christmas scene

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From God Tube – http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=DWDWKGNX


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Christmas in a Mexican Children’s Home

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Dec 262008
 

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Celebrating as a family didn’t feel right after Roland died. So we decided not to. Instead, we drive to Juarez; to a children’s home on the west side, built on a old dump, barbed wire surrounding it.

Jose had lost his market place in a fire a few months ago, and their family and the children’s mission were having a very tight time because of it. I gave him the Bibles, computers, and monetary donation we had brought with, and told him we’d also be buying Christmas food. But as we visited our friends, we saw their needs were greater than we had expected.

We walked into Ines’ home on Dec. 23 and saw that there was absolutely nothing in her small, cinderblock home for Christmas for her five children. We also learned that another woman, Sylvia, had only had a Christmas present once before in her life. This month, her husband was laid off of his job, and she was unable to work more than two days a week as a maid. (she used to work everyday for Jose’s family, until the market burned and they couldn’t afford to pay her every day).

Sylvia, with an 18 month old toddler, also had nothing for Christmas. And then, of course, there was Juventud, the children’s home we were visiting. Many of the children teenagers did have relatives to visit for Christmas. But there were four still at the home, and they also had no gifts. Chuy’s mother had died a few years ago and he had never known his father. Scott, (11 yrs old) had a father, but he was afraid to be with him because of drunkenness and beatings. He asked Jose if he could please stay at the home. (His dad did try to come and get him while we were there, and Scott was crying and begging to stay at Juventud. His dad finally left angrily.)

Jose also asked us if we would make it our mission (mine and my teenagers) during our stay to talk to Chuy, who is almost 18, and tell him the importance of living for Christ, because Chuy hadn’t been walking with Jesus. He’d been somewhat disobedient lately, and Jose was worried that once Chuy turned 18, he’d leave and get into trouble. I was fine with what ever Jose asked us to do. I would serve any of his needs.

But then he asked for something unusual. He wanted our children to spend time with his own children just having fun. They asked our kids to stay up late one night just to play worship music together. I wasn’t sure at first, thinking that this didn’t sound like “mission work.” Then I realized that it was. It was ministery to the mission director and his family. I had asked God to just show us what was needed and help us to fill the gaps. This is what Jose was saying was needed.

Anyway, our family enjoyed everything we had the opportunity to do while we were there.
Everyone came together at Jose’s house for Christmas Eve. We had a wonderful time. My son did a “Little Drummer Boy” thing for them, and we sang Christmas carols, had tamales for dinner, and handed out the gifts we had brought them. Nothing huge, just small, nice things.

It was so wonderful. All my children were laughing – just enjoying watching the others open their gifts. None of them looked for anything for themselves under the tree. They understood. It was awesome to see them this way – happy with just being there to help.

Ines then invited the whole group for dinner at her house for Christmas the next day. She made a traditional soup and we bought a piñata and stuffed it with candy.

The final evening we were there, on the 26th, everyone met at Juventud con Vision for a chicken barbecue. Now Jose asked me to say something. Jose gathered everyone together before dinner and I read parts of Proverbs 4 to the youth. Then I told them Roland’s story. I know it’s not normal to tell someone else’s story. But I wanted the children to know of God’s presence on Roland’s last day. I now had their full attention, and I reminded them that we are all going to die. I wanted them to know that we are all just sojourner’s in this land, and the real life, the life that really matters, is with God’s coming kingdom; the next life. It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor. All that matters is if we are serving Jesus. My son began crying quietly. When I was finished, you could feel God’s presence. Jose then told me that he felt he should “do a calling”, and he asked the youth how many wanted to recommit their lives to Christ. Hands shot up, including Chuy’s.

It was a wonderful three days. Jose asked when we would be coming back, as did several others. I don’t know! We do intend to go back, but I hadn’t begun to think about when.

Once we were on the road home though, my daughter and I began talking. We had been surprised by the number of cars that needed relatively minor work to put them back on the road. No one in Jose’s group does any kind of car mechanics. Jose didn’t even know how to change the bulb in his tail light. She had gone to the store to help him buy the bulb to put in. We wished there had been more time so we could have changed a timing belt on an old van.

Next time, we’ll go prepared to work on cars.
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And So It Is Christmas….

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Dec 252008
 

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May God Bless You and Be With You Today.

Joseph and Mary lived in the village of Nazareth back in the time when Rome was an Empire ruled by Caesar Augustus and Israel was under the authority of Rome and governed by King Herod. Joseph was a carpenter. Mary was a young girl who was to become his wife. Mary told Joseph of a dream in which she was visited by an angel who told her she had been chosen to bear the Son of God and his name was to be Jesus. He didn’t believe her at first, but he loved her, and when she became pregnant, despite initial doubts, he was willing to stand by her side.

One day the emperor sent notice that all persons were to return to the towns of their birth to register for the census. Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem. Mary, who was close to birth, rode on a donkey while Joseph walked beside her.

When they reached Bethlehem it was night. They looked for a place to rest but because of the census, there were no empty rooms in the inns. One inn keeper took pity on them though and told them where they could stay with the cows and sheep.

So Joseph and Mary went to the stable area. Mary gave birth to a son the next night. They found a manger in the stable and used it for the baby and named the baby Jesus, just as they had been instructed by the angel.

When the child was born a great star appeared over Bethlehem that could be seen for miles around. In the fields nearby shepherds were tending their flocks. An angel appeared to them surrounded by bright light. The shepherds were frightened and tried to run.

“Fear Not,” said the angel, “For I bring you tidings of great joy. For unto you is born this day in Bethlehem – a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.”

“And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly the sky was filled with angels, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men.”

After the angels departed the shepherds set out for Bethlehem. When they reached the stable they went inside and found the child there, wrapped in swaddling clothes just as the angel said.

As the star shined over Bethlehem, three eastern kings, who some say were actually astronomers, saw it. They knew it was a sign and they set off to follow the star. They traveled for many days, always following the bright star.

When they finally arrived in Bethlehem, after spending a night with King Herod, they found the child in the manger. The 3 kings bowed to their knees and offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And we shall call him Emmanuel – for he is God with Us – our Lord and Savior, the only begotten son of God the Father, given so that no man shall perish.

God Loved the world so much that he gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in me will not die but live forever. God didn’t send his Son to condemn the world, but to save it.

You see, men who have faith in Jesus aren’t going to be judged. But those that DON’T have faith in him have already been judged – even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

Jesus didn’t come to earth to put everyone down or hate them for the things they’ve done wrong…he’s trying to SAVE everyone.

The rest of this story, the best part, we get to tell at Easter time…
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It’s Christmas; be Christ-like

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Dec 222008
 

Your family is readying to share Christmas Eve or Christmas Day together. You’ll have opportunity to be with cousins and uncles whom you rarely see. Someone in the family was diagnosed with cancer this year. Someone else is having a very tough time in this economy. Be there for them.

If you can’t speak the name of Jesus Christ out loud within your extended family, don’t forget to show the face of Jesus Christ in all that you think, do and say over the next few days.

Be a reflection of Jesus Christ for them. Hold your temper. Practice patience. Help with the dishes. Give that extra gift to the sibling or cousin you really can’t stand. Show them love. You might be suprised by what comes back.

Don’t forget to pray before all events. Make sure your on the same page with Him. If you get your heart connected with the Lord before the big dinner, it will all go that much better.

Bless you!

Mary Had a Little Lamb – The Gift of Life? Was it Her Choice on Earth?

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Nov 292008
 

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There once was a woman named Mary. Well, I say a woman, but she was actually only a teenage girl. Many assumed she was older because she was engaged to be married when she became pregnant. The truth is she might have been as young as fourteen. So here she is, young, pregnant, and to make matters worse, the baby was not fathered by her husband to be.

In the society she was raised in, the promise of marriage as sacred as the marriage contract, and they took a very, very dim view of adultery, let alone unwed pregnancy.

What was her response when she found out? At first she was confused, but then, calling herself the Lord’s servant, accepted the pregnancy as the will of God and said she was willing to do what ever God asked of her. She didn’t seem to think of it in terms of “God is asking me to, so I have a choice to say yes or no.” She seemed to have thought of it only in terms of “This is what God wants me to do, so I will do it.”

What was the response of her husband to be? When he learned of the pregnancy, he first thought it would be best to quietly back out of the engagement and sign papers for what would essentially be a “divorce” from the engagement contract. He thought to do it quietly so that no one else in the community would hear about it and hurt her. But being the good, prayerful man that he was, he didn’t make an angry or snap decision. Instead, he took time to be sure. After thinking it over, maybe just one night, maybe a little longer, he felt God telling him – not asking but telling him – to go ahead and take Mary as his wife and raise the child as his own. So he did. He took her home, but didn’t lay with her until after her son was born. Then he loved, cared for and protected the little boy as he felt God wanted him to.*

World Net Daily reports that Planned Parenthood is again offering a gift card, which in the past several years they have called a “Choice on Earth” card. The term “Choice on Earth is a play on the passage from Luke 2:14, which refers to “peace on Earth,” a statement made by a heavenly angel celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ to Mary. Having thoroughly offended the Christian community, Planned Parenthood is now calling them “Gift of Life” cards. As if this fixes things.

Reportedly the certificates come in $25 increments and can be used for any most anything at their clinics, from birth control to breast exams and pap tests. “Woman’s health is Planned Parenthood’s promotional feature. They don’t sell them as just abortion gifts. But Planned Parenthood does accept these cards for use in abortions.”

One person on a forum at online Lone Star Times has referred to the cards as a legal way to put a hit out on someone.

WND columnist Jill Stanek, who also documented the cards on her blog, stated, “Planned Parenthood, this generation’s King Herod, you know, the guy who ordered the mass slaughter of babies when Jesus was born.” That would be the same King Herod that Mary’s husband protected baby Jesus from.

The Lone Star Times forums page included other analogies. One commenter said the card was “A gift for those who only want to kill the very innocent.”

Others quipped that the card could read, “Good for one dead baby,” or “What a marvelous way for the donor as well as the recipient-user to have blood on their hands, “and “Redeem this at Planned Parenthood. No other redemption possible. Ever.” (The last isn’t Scriptural but gets the point of seriousness across. Everyone, no matter the sin, can be redeemed if only they humble themselves, grieve their sins, ask forgiveness, and accept that Jesus Christ is their Lord.)

Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League’s STOPP International, once slammed the Planned Parenthood gift card campaigns by saying, “In its continual attempt to ‘normalize’ abortion, Planned Parenthood has once again chosen to offend the Christian community by releasing the latest edition of its ‘Choice on Earth’ holiday cards. Contrary to the open-minded image the abortion organization aims to present for itself, Planned Parenthood has zero tolerance for anyone – or any religious group – that recognizes abortion as an evil act that kills a pre-born baby.”

He also said, “By replacing ‘peace’ with ‘choice,’ or more accurately, ‘killing the innocent on earth,’ Planned Parenthood is essentially saying ‘abortion on earth. This blatant mockery of Christian values – and of Christ Himself – truly demonstrates the bigoted, anti-religion, anti-God nature of Planned Parenthood.”

* adapted from Matthew Chapter 2 and Luke Chapter 2
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Ready, Set…SHOP!

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Nov 282008
 

Driving into the Wal-mart parking lot in the still dark hours of the morning, the line of people already winds the full length of the building. Late again, I guess we won’t be one of them getting a free squeeze toy at the door.

But we’re here to grab the deals, and boy is that exciting. It’s kind of like a hunt I guess. There’s a rush of adreniline as you make your dash through the door, bee-lining the department with that neat item priced %75 off, hoping to get there before they are all gone.

Yes. Jesus is the reason for the season. Yes, yes, I want to make him most important. No, no, the gifts and all, they mean nothing. Really. We do it for the kids.

I tell you what, though. Through our years as Christians, we’ve listened to all sides and tried all things. We had friends that used to do theit gift giving on Thanksgiving in order to focus their family totally on Christ for Christmas. Guess what. They’re kids are all grown now and like to spend Christmas just like the rest of America does.

We’ve also had friends that figured trying to spend Christmas in a Christian way was not only impossible, but wrong. Christ was actually born in the spring, when the shepherds were watching their sheep at night (for newborn lambs) and December 25th was only chosen as a date in order to distract the pagans from their traditional holiday, which was on December 25th. So this family figured it was actually wicked to celebrate Christ’s birth on that day.
hmmmm.

Anyway, we did try making Christmas a day to focus on Christ instead of gifts. And I was miserable. Not for myself, but for the kids. I guess the tradition is just engrained in me. I can’t enjoy it anyother way. The next year, we tried to do it again. I held out all the way till Christmas Eve. Then I couldn’t stand it. We rushed out and spent hundreds of dollars all in one night. And hey, we didn’t get the sales prices I love so dearly.

So yes. I am going to be out there the day after Thanksgiving with the rest of them. Getting my sale prices, and enjoying my holiday. Just as I know that my Lord and God would love me to.
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Christmas…a time to ignore the mocking and speak the name of Jesus Christ

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Nov 242008
 

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While it is true, as they say, that there appears to be a media war on Christmas with many businesses and government entities feeling they can’t even mention the Holiday by name, Christmas is still the one time of the year when it is acceptable to the name Jesus to most of your non-Christian friends, family and co-workers.

It is still okay to send Christian themed Christmas cards with pictures of the baby Jesus adorning the front and perhaps a Scripture verse inside. That’s the simplest way one can express Jesus Christ to one’s non-believing loved ones.

But your newsletter is an even better place to express Christ. It doesn’t have to be an in-your-face declaration of belief or a long drawn out theology essay. But it could be if that’s what you feel drawn to do.

One of the best ways to express Jesus Christ in your Christmas newsletter is to simply tell the wonderful stories of the various events throughout this last year that really spoke to you about God’s love. Tell the story. Tell how He’s been there for you, how He’s taken care of you. How He has taken care of others. How He has directed you to care for others. Tell them the story. I’ve told the story of the tree that came within inches of hitting one of my sons. The timing on that was a miracle, as he’d just gotten in the door when the tree trunk fell smack across the stoop. That was only one of many great stories we’ve had to tell. I’ve been amazed by the responses I get year after year. Now, when I have a crisis, my non-Christian sister has more faith than I do. She says quite sincerely, “oh, it will be resolved in a couple of days. It always is with you.”

I always put somewhere on my newsletter every year that Jesus didn’t stay in the cradle. He grew up, suffered, died on the cross, and rose again for our sin. (not those exact words, but to that effect.) I don’t put much more than that, but I could if I felt it would have an impact. If you feel lead, tell what ever part of the story you wish, or devote your entire newsletter to God’s glory and Gospel. After all, it really is the “Good News.”

The important thing is to not to miss the opportunity to use the newsletter to speak to your beloved family members – especially the ones you rarely have a chance to sit down and have a one-on-one with. Christmas newsletters go out to everyone on your list. It’s time to use them for God Glory.

The other thing that is fun to do at Christmas (and Easter for that matter) is to get Christian themed gifts for your non-believing Grandchildren or the children of your non-believing sibling’s.
I was very surprised at a woman’s Bible study several years ago when a few of the elderly women were saying that they have no idea what to get their young, non-Christian grandchildren. The answer is so simple. Veggie tales movies are a great gifts. They never say the name of Jesus Christ out-right, which might cause non-Christian parents to toss the gift, but focus on the attributes of Christ through fun, creative Bible story oriented cartoon and song.

There are also fun children’s Bible CD’s and colorful books. Christian book stores are full of great gift ideas. They have ideas for the teenagers as well, including CD’s, books, jewelry, clothing, and nick-nacks. Some of these items could be an open door to further discussion. Few things are more important than a Grandparent taking the time to share Jesus Christ with the grand kids.

Most times of the year it’s very difficult to find ways to reach out to non-believing family members. It’s sad to miss the opportunity Christmas gives us to be a witness for Jesus Christ.

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