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It is that time of year again…when presents, trees, and stockings consumes our lives.It is easy to get caught up in all the commercializing of Christmas.Every place you go is covered in red and green and there are lights every where.There are sales at our favorite stores.Everyone is full of joy, OK maybe that’s a lie.Everyone is grumpy and stressed out because of their last minute shopping.I love getting presents, don’t get me wrong but it seems to consume our lives during this season.It goes from a season of giving gifts to a season of giving the finger.But this is all to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, right?Although this is my favorite time of year, I too get caught up in the importance we place on what we give and what we get, instead of focusing on why Jesus came.Today I was at North Point Community Church and had to leave because all the overflow rooms were full and come back to the 12:45 service to get a place to sit.It offered an hour and fifteen minute break from the Christmas rush in our lives.It gave me and the thousands of others there to worship a chance to remember the true meaning of the word Christmas.It allowed me to remember the reason we celebrate.Christ came for the soul purpose to die for us and redeem us from sin.Not only was He sent to die for our sins, but He did die for our sins.Never will there ever have to be someone else come to save us again.So during this time of Christmas, celebrate His birthday, but more importantly celebrate the reason for His birthday.Merry Christmas!
Darren
You know, a lot of times I just laugh off the ignorance of people.I find it funny how a person who has denied God their entire life, makes it a point to express their atheist views.I have never been a person who gets angry by what people say about God and frankly it just opens my eyes.All criticism towards God encourages me to continue to put the up most faith in the God who is mighty to save and just shows me how important it is to continue to share the story of Christ.I came to the realization that people voice their opinions and disagreements about God to the mass public only do it because they cannot deny the true life change people have experienced throughout history.By acknowledging you have thought about if there is a God or not further shows your deep thoughts about the subject.You do not have to accept the truth to believe in the truth.Denial of the truth is an actual acknowledgment of the truth.In order to feel better people claim there is no God.It is something they have to go out of their way to make sure people know.That shows that God is an important subject in their life.He is revealing Himself to them, so they must push Him away and bash God in order to feel they have not accepted the underlying truth that God is real!
Darren
How come we always want others to grow around us? Like our friends, because the choices they make…But we Don’t want to grow ourselves. It is like we feel like we are growing by trying to make them grow. Forcing someone to grow is not true growth in God.
Why do we say “He died doing what he loved?”
How cool would it be to hear someone say, “He died doing what the Lord loved!”
Why do people ask, “Have you seen change in me since I became a Christian?”
Shouldn’t you be able to see it too….?
If someone can be a recovering alcoholic, say for 7 years, does that mean we are recovering sinners?
When we hear someone has been clean from drugs for months now, should we say I have been clean from sin for months now?
Why do we get scared when we read we are not promised tomorrow or we are vapor that appears for a while and then it’s gone?
Is it because we feel we have not lived to the fullest for God, given it our all, and witnessed to everyone we could?
Why does everyone want to live with God in heaven, but no body wants to live for God on earth.
Since God has given us freedom of choice, and we chose to sin…Doesn’t that mean we have the freedom of choice to not sin? Or has the church and society stitched in our minds that we can only sin (or we cannot live clean). We have freedom of choice, we can use it for good or for bad.
Just a few thoughts I had floating in my idea notebook, I have them Copyrighted fo sho, so you might be hearing them from the pulpit in a few short years, Lord willing.
Sweet!
