Hello my most Wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much. It is great to be writing to you on this day which is 4 days until Christmas. Yay! I love this season of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ!
Dear LORD God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, galaxies, mountains and oceans. Birds of the air, fish of the sea, animals that roam the earth and all of us, your children. Thank You mostly for gifting us with Your Only Beloved, Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. He is of course the reason that we are celebrating this season. We love You LORD. We worship You. We thank You that You were born and died that our sins, although they are many, are completely forgiven when we bring them to You in repentance. We bring You our mess and You give us Your Righteousness in exchange.
Thank you for this season of loving and giving. Thank You that You protect us and love us LORD, and want to do life with us. In fact, so much so that You came from Heaven to earth, born as the Baby King Who Rules the world! Not only do You want us to do life with You; You want us to count on You for our provision, protection, guidance, wisdom, blessings, counseling, and correction in righteousness. You give us gifts to use for your glory. You write the story of our lives before we have even taken our first breath. You are the Author and Finisher of our lives.
You give us purpose and destiny no matter who we are. No matter if we are extremely educated or of average intelligence. Whether we work in a professional capacity or a job which requires more physical labor. Whether we are rich or currently living in poverty. We thank You for always being with us and never, ever leaving us nor forsaking us. Thank You that we are never alone and You protect us with Your angels. Thank You mostly for Jesus. In Jesus Precious Name we pray and thank You in advance. Amen. Glory to God!
Just Who is this Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom we celebrate at this Christmas season? The LORD and Savior, God Almighty. He is the LORD Who is spoken of in GENESIS 1:26 LET ‘US’ MAKE MANKIND IN ‘OUR’ IMAGE.
He is JOHN 1:1-5 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD. THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM ; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANY THING MADE THAT WAS MADE. IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN. AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN THE DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT NOT. (kjv)
JOHN 1:14 AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US. AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.
Jesus was prophesied to be born in the town of Bethlehem hundreds, (or thousands of years?-sorry, I am not positive.) of years before He was born. MICAH 5:2-5 {OT} “BUT YOU, BETHLEHEM EPHRATAH, THOUGH YOU ARE SMALL AMONG THE CLANS OF JUDAH, OUT OF YOU WILL COME FOR ME ONE WHO WILL BE RULER OVER ISRAEL ,WHOSE ORIGINS ARE FROM OLD, FROM ANCIENT TIMES.”
MATTHEW 2:1-6 {NT} AFTER JESUS WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA, DURING THE TIME OF KING HEROD, MAGI FROM THE EAST CAME TO JERUSALEM AND ASKED, “WHERE IS THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN BORN KING OF THE JEWS?”
Jesus was born of His Mother Mary who was a virgin. ISAIAH 7:13-14 (Old Testament {OT} for those who do not know) ….THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU A SIGN: THE VIRGIN WILL BE WITH CHILD AND WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND WILL CALL HIM IMMANUEL, (GOD WITH US).
LUKE 1:26-35 {NT} GOD SENT THE ANGEL….TO A VIRGIN PLEDGED TO BE MARRIED TO A MAN NAMED JOSEPH, A DESCENDANT OF DAVID. THE VIRGIN’S NAME WAS MARY.
ISAIAH 9:6-7 FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN; AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE UPON HIS SHOULDER. AND HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE WILL BE NO END, UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID AND OVER HIS KINGDOM, TO ORDER IT AND ESTABLISH IT WITH JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE. FROM THAT TIME FORWARD, EVEN FOREVER. THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL PERFORM THIS.
Wow that is amazing!! Jesus was prophesied so many times in the Old Testament of the Bible, hundreds of years before He was ever born. Then we get to read about Him in the New Testament. He fulfilled everyone of the prophecies in His Life. These are only a very few. More to come.
This our Amazing LORD God Almighty Who was born as a Baby in a manger and we celebrate His miraculous birth on Christmas. Glory to God!
Well until we get to speak again, I love you all so very much. You are always in my prayers. Most importantly, Jesus loves you. God bless you and all of your generations.