The true meaning of Christmas is to celebrate what God did by sending His one and only Son, Jesus Christ to this earth to live among us. Jesus lived a perfect sinless life and laid down His life by dying on an old rugged Cross. He bore our sins upon His broken body and shed His blood for us. God raised Jesus to life on the third day and He is at the right hand of the Father. One Day Jesus will return at His Second coming. The Lord didn't leave us as orphans, but He gives everyone who has put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit to indwell every believer.
We remember the manger scene. We remember the shepherds watching their flocks by night. We remember the Angel choir proclaiming, "Glory to God in the highest!"
We must also remember that Jesus was sent on a rescue mission to save us sinners. Jesus came to reconcile us back to God Himself. We are all born bent away from God. We are born with a sin nature. It is hidden within each one of us. Jesus had to come to set us free from the bondage of sin.
Jesus paid the price for our sins by laying down His life for our sins. Jesus took the punishment that we so rightly deserved. We must receive His gift of Salvation. We must receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior based on His finished work on the Cross.
Jesus will give us a peace that surpasses all understanding when we put out faith and trust in Him.
I have wrote some Advent writings that have been read at my Church during this season of Advent. I didn't post the first one last week. I did do an audio version of the reading, but I would like to include the written version in this blog posting as well as today's.
I hope the Lord blesses you as you read them. I just want to thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I really appreciate it. God Bless you.
Here is the first Advent writing:
First Sunday of Advent
– Hope
The world can seem to be a very dark
and scary place to live at times. There
are many people living all around us that feel like they have no hope. There is a lot of anger, despair, and hatred. We can see the looks of hopelessness written
on the expressions of people’s faces that we meet every day.
This being the first Sunday of Advent
we are reminded that there is indeed hope for you and me and also for the
entire world. The Advent season helps
us to prepare our hearts as we celebrate the First Coming of Jesus Christ when
He broke into our hopeless world to shine His light into this darkness.
Matthew 1:23 says, “The virgin will be
with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel”
–which means, “God with us.”
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the
world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not
perish but have eternal life”
God loves us so much that He sent His
one and only Son, Jesus, to earth on a rescue mission to save us from our sins
and to bring us hope that is only found in Him and in Him alone.
[Prayer]:
Lord, We thank You for the hope that we have in Jesus Christ. We thank You Lord Jesus for dying on the
Cross for our sins and giving us hope of eternal life because of Your finished
work on the Cross. We praise Your
name. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
and here is the second Advent reading which was read today in our Church service:
Second Sunday of
Advent: Peace - December 4, 2016
This is the second Sunday of Advent
and today’s theme is peace. There are many people in our world today that are
seeking peace and many fail to ever truly find it. They end up trying to fill the void in their
hearts and lives with things that end up driving them deeper into despair and
heart ache.
The only way to ever have a true
everlasting peace is to come into a relationship with the Prince of Peace
Himself, Jesus Christ. When we come to
know Jesus as our Lord and Savior He gives us a peace in our very hearts that
surpasses all understanding no matter what circumstances we may find ourselves
in.
We are reminded of that night so long
ago when shepherds were keeping watch over their flocks at night and suddenly a
great company of the heavenly host appeared to them praising God saying,
“Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.” (Luke 2:14)
We are also reminded of those words
that Jesus gave to His disciples before He laid down His life for our sins on
the Cross when He said,
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I
give to you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be
troubled and do not be afraid.” (John
14:27)
[Prayer]: Lord,
Thank You for the peace that You give to us through Jesus Christ. We humbly ask for Your peace to dwell in our
hearts through Your Holy Spirit. In
Jesus name we pray, Amen.
I hope that you enjoyed these Advent writings and I hope that the Lord will bless you greatly as you prepare your hearts during this Advent season as we focus on the first coming of Jesus Christ. We also wait in eager anticipation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ when He will return as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
Lord,
We thank You for Your great love for us.
Thank You for sending Jesus Christ into this world to reconcile us back to You.
May You receive all the Glory and Praise from anything we do.
Help us to draw nearer to You O Lord.
I uplift everyone reading this blog to You Lord for healing and encouragement. Bless each one and may we sense Your presence in our lives in a powerful way.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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