Keeping Christmas in Perspective
Christmas has become very commercialized; it has become about buying presents instead of giving. The malls are crowed with people trying to buy their family members and friends the most expensive gifts. That is ok as long as in the center of the season is Christ. You can live on the streets or in the largest mansion and still have the spirit of Christmas in your heart. Christmas is not about gifts; it is about the Giver and His ultimate gift of love. (Isaiah 9:6) “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.†As long as you have Him in your heart you can celebrate Christmas wherever you are and whenever you want. Christmas is about the ultimate gift of love born into a spiritually dying world to bring us peace, love and salvation. (John 3:16) “For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.†You can speak about everything else and even the devil and every other religion but mention Christ at Christmas!! Some stores in becoming politically correct are now calling the Christmas tree a holiday tree. We need to go back to the beginning when love was first born into the world. God saw that there was no one to atone for the sins of the world, so He sent Himself in the form of Jesus. (Isaiah 59:16-17) “He saw that there was no one, He was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so His own arm worked salvation for Him, and His own righteousness sustained Him. He put on the righteousness as His breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.†There is no greater show of love that to lay down your life for someone else. (John 15:13) “Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends.†Jesus is that love and that is how we know what love is, (I John 3:16) “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.†Let us remember Jesus in this season; the time that God’s never-ending, always abounding love, grace, truth and forgiveness was birthed into the world. When you ask if maybe He has a miracle in store for you, ask yourself, have you received the best miracle of all? Have you received Him and His free gift of salvation? It is not too late.
A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
Is there a miracle in store for you? Just take a look around and see the beauty of the world. It’s there for all to see. There are trees big and small and flowers of every color. There are mountains standing high; some are rocky with a beauty all their own and some are covered with a diversity of trees, with leaves of different sizes and just as beautiful when blowing in the breeze. There are springs of water everywhere, some flow into rivers, some into lakes and still others into the sea which flows into the oceans wide and deep.
Is there a miracle in store for you? The beauty of the world in which God created is a miracle in itself. But if that is not enough; take a breath. The air that you breathe and the ability to breathe in itself is a miracle from God. Look into the eyes of a newborn baby and you will see the miracle of birth and life in which God has given to you and me.
Is there a miracle in store for you? From the creation of the world to the breath of life given to each of us, God gives a miracle every day.
Yet, He gave us another miracle in the birth of Jesus Christ.
The miracle He gave us in Him is the gift of eternal life. This gift is for free and it is for all who will believe and receive. This is the greatest miracle of all!
Examine your life and how you have been celebrating Christmas. Have you been keeping Christ in Christmas or have you gone commercial as well? Have you ever invited Him into your heart? If, not He is just a prayer away and it will be the best Christmas present you will ever receive! This gift does not expire and does not go bad, the Lord’s free gift of salvation lasts for all eternity!
Christmas has become very commercialized; it has become about buying presents instead of giving. The malls are crowed with people trying to buy their family members and friends the most expensive gifts. That is ok as long as in the center of the season is Christ. You can live on the streets or in the largest mansion and still have the spirit of Christmas in your heart. Christmas is not about gifts; it is about the Giver and His ultimate gift of love. (Isaiah 9:6) “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.†As long as you have Him in your heart you can celebrate Christmas wherever you are and whenever you want. Christmas is about the ultimate gift of love born into a spiritually dying world to bring us peace, love and salvation. (John 3:16) “For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.†You can speak about everything else and even the devil and every other religion but mention Christ at Christmas!! Some stores in becoming politically correct are now calling the Christmas tree a holiday tree. We need to go back to the beginning when love was first born into the world. God saw that there was no one to atone for the sins of the world, so He sent Himself in the form of Jesus. (Isaiah 59:16-17) “He saw that there was no one, He was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so His own arm worked salvation for Him, and His own righteousness sustained Him. He put on the righteousness as His breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.†There is no greater show of love that to lay down your life for someone else. (John 15:13) “Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends.†Jesus is that love and that is how we know what love is, (I John 3:16) “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.†Let us remember Jesus in this season; the time that God’s never-ending, always abounding love, grace, truth and forgiveness was birthed into the world. When you ask if maybe He has a miracle in store for you, ask yourself, have you received the best miracle of all? Have you received Him and His free gift of salvation? It is not too late.
A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
Is there a miracle in store for you? Just take a look around and see the beauty of the world. It’s there for all to see. There are trees big and small and flowers of every color. There are mountains standing high; some are rocky with a beauty all their own and some are covered with a diversity of trees, with leaves of different sizes and just as beautiful when blowing in the breeze. There are springs of water everywhere, some flow into rivers, some into lakes and still others into the sea which flows into the oceans wide and deep.
Is there a miracle in store for you? The beauty of the world in which God created is a miracle in itself. But if that is not enough; take a breath. The air that you breathe and the ability to breathe in itself is a miracle from God. Look into the eyes of a newborn baby and you will see the miracle of birth and life in which God has given to you and me.
Is there a miracle in store for you? From the creation of the world to the breath of life given to each of us, God gives a miracle every day.
Yet, He gave us another miracle in the birth of Jesus Christ.
The miracle He gave us in Him is the gift of eternal life. This gift is for free and it is for all who will believe and receive. This is the greatest miracle of all!
Examine your life and how you have been celebrating Christmas. Have you been keeping Christ in Christmas or have you gone commercial as well? Have you ever invited Him into your heart? If, not He is just a prayer away and it will be the best Christmas present you will ever receive! This gift does not expire and does not go bad, the Lord’s free gift of salvation lasts for all eternity!
