What is Christmas all about?

John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

This time of year, many try to put into words what Christmas means. I think the verse above spells it out.

What excitement! Can you imagine the scene in heaven before Christ's birth? So exciting and profound that angels came to announce His birth.

A star was set in the heavens to guide wisemen to the place of His birth.

Everything was ready. The time was right for the birth of the Savior of the World.

And heaven and earth waited for the King of Kings to grace the abode of men. And in coming, Jesus, Immanuel, = God with us.

Get excited! For many this season will be their time of receiving the King. Send out the invitations. There are still those wisemen seeking the Lord. Be very excited. For the King of Kings Reigns. And HE is coming again.

Rejoice

Where's Jesus?

Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me

I was having a snarky attitude the other day. I didn't want to have to do something for someone else. It wasn't a big thing , I was just being a brat. The Lord, so gentle, prompted me to remember whatever I do for another, I am doing for Him.

Now that changes everything.

Want to serve Jesus? Serve others. Want to find Jesus? Look around you, He is in your fellow believers.

Go and love the Lord wherever you find Him.

Jesus Heart Me.

During praise and worship last night, those words were impressed on my spirit. Jesus heart me.

Not in the immature speak meaning Jesus love me, but in an overpowering declaration that I need the heart of Jesus.

A plea for the heart of Jesus to overtake and consume me.

2 Corinthians 3:3

³Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

2 Corinthians 15-18

¹⁵ But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; ¹⁶ but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. ¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. ¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. NASB

Pray the heart of Jesus overtake you, to walk in the Spirit of the Lord in liberty, beholding His glory and shining so that those walking in darkness might desire to know Him.

DAY 193

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36 KJV

One of my favorite verses to describe the human condition is:

Matthew 23:24
... which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

How many of us fret and worry over so much - like worrying about buying more clothes when the closet is full, paying bills, what is so and so going to do, what am I going to do, what did they say, what did I say, who is going to run and win the presidency -- but neglect thinking about eternity.

It is important to exercise your right to vote. But whoever wins is temporary.

Who you choose to serve is eternal.

Everything you work so hard to get is temporary. When you leave this life, it stays. But where are you going?

Many hope they go to heaven. Take the time to study the Word of God and know that you can be assured where you are going.

Doesn't eternity mean more than our short life-span on this earth?

Chose life. Choose to believe Jesus and that He is the Son of God, come to give His life as a sacrifice to pay for the sins of the world. In Him is life. Life eternal. Choose Jesus don't perish.

DAY 106

Psalm 8:9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

And what is that NAME?

Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved

In time of trouble, cry out the Name, Jesus. In times of joy, Praise the name, Jesus. In times of prayer, pray in the Name, Jesus.

Jesus - the name you need to know. The One you need to believe. Lord of all.