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Faith by Debbie Wallis
“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,” Luke 2:6-7.
Monday, December 14, 2015 which I will give for the life of the world." Jesus' birth in Bethlehem is more than a census decree. It’s God designed and directed.
through Me.” John 14:6. Purposely look for the manger in Naivety scenes this Christmas. The Bread of Life was born to be the Broken Bread for your The shepherds were forever salvation. It’s not by changed that first Christmas night. happenstance that the enemy of We should learn and follow their our soul wants to have it removed example as we celebrate Christ's from our eye sight. Hide the birth at Christmas. The shepherds vision of Jesus born in a manager broke their own rule of leaving their in your heart because the day has sheep behind. They walked away in come where there are few to view. search of the new thing the Lord was doing. Luke 14:26 says, “You “And He took bread, gave thanks cannot be My disciple unless you and broke it, and gave it to them, love Me more than you love your saying, "This is My body given for father and mother, your wife and you; do this in remembrance of children, and your brothers and Me." Luke 22:19. sisters. You cannot come with Me unless you love Me more than you If you don’t have a Bible please love your own life.” Luke is not contact me at telling us we have to literally leave sfadebbie@yahoo.com and I will all of our family like the disciples provide you one. did. He is saying if Jesus asks you to…would you be willing? You can have no one or no thing that you cherish more than following Jesus. Not just in words but in all your actions.
Luke 2:17 tells us that the shepherds shared their experience with everyone they could find. They couldn't stop talking about Jesus and what God had done for them. In Luke 2:20 it says the shepherds left the manger "glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen.” Shepherds lived their lives like peasants. Most spent their lives on the edge of Christmas is good news because of society, feeling disconnected from Easter, but there would be no cross the God of Israel. Through Jesus, God brought these men near and without the manger. Jesus was laid as a baby in a manger with the they couldn't help but worship! remnants of animal feed and hay. There is nothing we can do to make Shortly before Calvary, Jesus would take a loaf of bread, break it our way to God. God made His and tell His disciples, "This is My way to us through the birth of Jesus. New life will not be found in body given for you" Luke 22:19. anything we may do for God but Jesus' purpose in coming to earth only in what Jesus has already done was to be broken for our sins. for us. “Jesus answered, ‘I am the Jesus would also declare in John way and the truth and the life. No 6:48 and 51, "I am the Bread of one comes to the Father except Life. ... This bread is My flesh, Nativity scenes decorate our homes, our lawns and our Christmas cards. For many of us, the manger is a reminder of the true meaning of the holiday when Christian roots seem to be threatened. When Jesus was born, a manger was not a decoration. It was where food would be placed for sheep and other animals.
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