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CHRISTMAS is a time of thanksgiving
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CHRISTMAS is a time of thanksgiving when we celebrate the coming into our world, Earth, from Heaven, of God’s only son, born on Earth as a human being about 2012 years ago at Bethlehem in Judea.
From Heaven he came as our Saviour King for that is what the title JESUS CHRIST means. He came so he told us because, his Father had sent him as fulfilment of prophetic messages to Isaiah 700 years before and Micah about 400 years before, that God’s anointed Messiah would come to lead His chosen people back to God’s ways
He came, so he said, to reconcile people with God, who had designed and placed us in the universe he had created, and continued to sustain and expand
He had come to pardon us for all the wrong things in our lives, and give us peace with God.
To show to us the love of God and teach us how to love God ourselves, to talk to him, worship him, respect and obey him, and to love our fellow humans as much as we love ourselves.
He came to open up a way of access into Heaven for us,
for our access there was blocked by our disobedience and lack of faith in God. He tells us plainly “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me”. and he said to his followers before the civil and religious authorities arrested him
"I am going away for a little while, but I will return. In my Father’s house are many rooms. I go to prepare a place for you and I will come back so that I may take you there.”
He spoke of his Resurrection, because he was certain and confident that his own death, the supreme sacrifice of love, would provide us with forgiveness and pardon, and that God his Father would raise him triumphant from death, and would do the same for everyone who trusts and obeys him.
So it turned out for Jesus returned to life, and was seen by upwards of 500 of his friends over a 6 week period before he returned into Heaven.
Heaven is a dimension of the Universe. When humans die, their bodies disintegrate and their souls sleep until the final day of Judgement and Destruction.
But to those who rely on Jesus as their Saviour, their souls go to be with Him where He is, to begin the eternal life his Father has promised. “God so loved the world that He gave us his only Son that whoever believes on him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” God can change us all.
The choice of believing is ours to make. His offer is to us all. To benefit we don’t have to be religious and no one is better than anyone else. Only God can accept us, and make us better people. He undertakes to do that. He gives us his own Spirit to teach us how to serve Him. If we do good it is not to save ourselves but in gratitude for being pardoned.
His offer is retrospective to include all who believed in God before he came, while those alive who do not have opportunity to know the truth about God will be judged by Jesus Christ according to their response to what limited.
knowledge of God they have and how they behave, Christ’s sacrifice provides for their pardon too. All we have to do is turn humbly to Him to learn to trust and obey him. Those who choose to reject Him do so at their own risk
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Don’t be afraid [ add your name here ] you are deeply loved by God. Be at peace. Take heart and be strong” God’s promise to Daniel and to us all”
Found In the Bible, book of Daniel chapter 10 v 19 New Living Translation
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Re: CHRISTMAS is a time of thanksgiving
« Reply #1 on Dec 21, 2007, 5:28am »
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GREETINGS
.
Christina Rossetti reminded us over a century ago
as we give thanks for the birth of Jesus Christ.
If I was a Shepherd - I would bring a lamb.
... If I was a Wise Man, - I would do my part .
Yet what can I give him? - Give my heart.!
..
If we go on giving him ourselves, our lives, our service, our gifts, our skills He will do the rest.
I WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2007
WITH SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO COPE WITH THE STRESS OF THE SEASON WITH CONTENTMENT & INNER PEACE
and
A SATISFYING PURPOSEFUL and EFFECTIVE YEAR AHEAD
Kind regards
JOHN
At times we may buckle under the burdens, stress and pressures of life and wonder if it's worth the struggle.
At times we want to be more useful but are prevented.
At times we may be insensitive to the opportunities open to us or to the ability of other people to help.
God understands, He compensates for our weakness. When He seems most noticeable absent he is really close by and upholding us. As in the famous poem "Footprints" when the believer stated that in the times of his greatest need, only his own footprints appeared in the sand. The Lord replied "my precious child I never left you in your times of trial. Where you see only one set of footprints, I was carrying you
God has limitless ways of reaching people, and you are one of them.
So if you don’t think your role is achieving anything, or that He can use you, think again.
76-year-old Ethel Hatfield desired to serve her Lord Jesus whom she greatly loved and admired. She asked her pastor if she could teach in the Sunday School class. He said "No - you are too old" and she was disappointed.
Then one day when Ethel was attending her rose garden, a Chinese student from the nearby university stopped to comment on the beauty of her flowers. She invited him in for a cup of tea. As they talked together she had the opportunity to tell him about Jesus and his love and what that meant to her. It could have put him off but it didn't. He appreciated her sharing with him her experience.
He returned the next day with another student and that was the beginning of Ethel’s ministry. Ethel was delighted to be able to share knowledge of her Lord and Saviour with these students, and because of her age the students listened to her with respect and appreciation.
A group of 70 Chinese believers sat together at her funeral. They had each been won to Christ by a woman who was thought to be too old to teach a Sunday School class!. One door may close to us because there are others who can do that, because the LORD has something else for us to do, that no one else can do.
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Amid all the Christmas activities one man is often forgotten. Joseph. The man God trusted so much that he placed His Son in his home to love and nurture. What a responsibility! As we read about him Joseph comes across as just, righteous, merciful, protective, courageous, but above all obedient.
When asked to take Mary as his wife, he obeyed. When told to take his wife and their child into Egypt, he obeyed.
Trusting God, Joseph followed through on everything God asked him to do.
God has deliberately chosen you for a role, service, or ministry, that at this time no one else can do, to reach people that no one else will reach, and to serve where no one else is acceptable.
It matters not which path on earth our feet are made to trod, It only matters how we live, - obedient to God
We give Him but his own
Whatever the gift may be
All that we have is His alone
A trust, from Him, indeed
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CHRISTMAS is a time of thanksgiving when we celebrate the coming into our world, Earth, from Heaven, of God’s only son, born on Earth as a human being about 2012 years ago at Bethlehem in Judea.
From Heaven he came as our Saviour King for that is what the title JESUS CHRIST means. He came so he told us because, his Father had sent him as fulfilment of prophetic messages to Isaiah 700 years before and Micah about 400 years before, that God’s anointed Messiah would come to lead His chosen people back to God’s ways
He came, so he said, to reconcile people with God, who had designed and placed us in the universe he had created, and continued to sustain and expand
He had come to pardon us for all the wrong things in our lives, and give us peace with God.
To show to us the love of God and teach us how to love God ourselves, to talk to him, worship him, respect and obey him, and to love our fellow humans as much as we love ourselves.
He came to open up a way of access into Heaven for us,
for our access there was blocked by our disobedience and lack of faith in God. He tells us plainly “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me”. and he said to his followers before the civil and religious authorities arrested him
"I am going away for a little while, but I will return. In my Father’s house are many rooms. I go to prepare a place for you and I will come back so that I may take you there.”
He spoke of his Resurrection, because he was certain and confident that his own death, the supreme sacrifice of love, would provide us with forgiveness and pardon, and that God his Father would raise him triumphant from death, and would do the same for everyone who trusts and obeys him.
So it turned out for Jesus returned to life, and was seen by upwards of 500 of his friends over a 6 week period before he returned into Heaven.
Heaven is a dimension of the Universe. When humans die, their bodies disintegrate and their souls sleep until the final day of Judgement and Destruction.
But to those who rely on Jesus as their Saviour, their souls go to be with Him where He is, to begin the eternal life his Father has promised. “God so loved the world that He gave us his only Son that whoever believes on him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” God can change us all.
The choice of believing is ours to make. His offer is to us all. To benefit we don’t have to be religious and no one is better than anyone else. Only God can accept us, and make us better people. He undertakes to do that. He gives us his own Spirit to teach us how to serve Him. If we do good it is not to save ourselves but in gratitude for being pardoned.
His offer is retrospective to include all who believed in God before he came, while those alive who do not have opportunity to know the truth about God will be judged by Jesus Christ according to their response to what limited.
knowledge of God they have and how they behave, Christ’s sacrifice provides for their pardon too. All we have to do is turn humbly to Him to learn to trust and obey him. Those who choose to reject Him do so at their own risk
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JEM
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS AND TRUE CHRISTIANITY TODAY?
access:- www.rejesus.co.uk
Don’t be afraid [ add your name here ] you are deeply loved by God. Be at peace. Take heart and be strong” God’s promise to Daniel and to us all”
Found In the Bible, book of Daniel chapter 10 v 19 New Living Translation
JEM
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member is online
Joined: Nov 2005
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Re: CHRISTMAS is a time of thanksgiving
« Reply #1 on Dec 21, 2007, 5:28am »
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GREETINGS
.
Christina Rossetti reminded us over a century ago
as we give thanks for the birth of Jesus Christ.
If I was a Shepherd - I would bring a lamb.
... If I was a Wise Man, - I would do my part .
Yet what can I give him? - Give my heart.!
..
If we go on giving him ourselves, our lives, our service, our gifts, our skills He will do the rest.
I WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2007
WITH SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO COPE WITH THE STRESS OF THE SEASON WITH CONTENTMENT & INNER PEACE
and
A SATISFYING PURPOSEFUL and EFFECTIVE YEAR AHEAD
Kind regards
JOHN
At times we may buckle under the burdens, stress and pressures of life and wonder if it's worth the struggle.
At times we want to be more useful but are prevented.
At times we may be insensitive to the opportunities open to us or to the ability of other people to help.
God understands, He compensates for our weakness. When He seems most noticeable absent he is really close by and upholding us. As in the famous poem "Footprints" when the believer stated that in the times of his greatest need, only his own footprints appeared in the sand. The Lord replied "my precious child I never left you in your times of trial. Where you see only one set of footprints, I was carrying you
God has limitless ways of reaching people, and you are one of them.
So if you don’t think your role is achieving anything, or that He can use you, think again.
76-year-old Ethel Hatfield desired to serve her Lord Jesus whom she greatly loved and admired. She asked her pastor if she could teach in the Sunday School class. He said "No - you are too old" and she was disappointed.
Then one day when Ethel was attending her rose garden, a Chinese student from the nearby university stopped to comment on the beauty of her flowers. She invited him in for a cup of tea. As they talked together she had the opportunity to tell him about Jesus and his love and what that meant to her. It could have put him off but it didn't. He appreciated her sharing with him her experience.
He returned the next day with another student and that was the beginning of Ethel’s ministry. Ethel was delighted to be able to share knowledge of her Lord and Saviour with these students, and because of her age the students listened to her with respect and appreciation.
A group of 70 Chinese believers sat together at her funeral. They had each been won to Christ by a woman who was thought to be too old to teach a Sunday School class!. One door may close to us because there are others who can do that, because the LORD has something else for us to do, that no one else can do.
*******************************
Amid all the Christmas activities one man is often forgotten. Joseph. The man God trusted so much that he placed His Son in his home to love and nurture. What a responsibility! As we read about him Joseph comes across as just, righteous, merciful, protective, courageous, but above all obedient.
When asked to take Mary as his wife, he obeyed. When told to take his wife and their child into Egypt, he obeyed.
Trusting God, Joseph followed through on everything God asked him to do.
God has deliberately chosen you for a role, service, or ministry, that at this time no one else can do, to reach people that no one else will reach, and to serve where no one else is acceptable.
It matters not which path on earth our feet are made to trod, It only matters how we live, - obedient to God
We give Him but his own
Whatever the gift may be
All that we have is His alone
A trust, from Him, indeed
*******************************
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