Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The Joy of Christmas!


ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, INC.
“Therefore encourage one another and build
each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
I Thessalonians 5:11

December 1, 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Those two words bring joy to our hearts when we speak or hear them spoken.  Christmas…..the time of year that we are reminded of just how very much God loves us.  Psalm 103:11 says, “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him.”  But God didn’t just tell us in Psalm 103 how much He loves us.  He proved that “love is an action” when He left His sinless, perfect domain in Heaven and came down to our sin filled, imperfect world on this earth and took on the form of a man.  When Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem so long ago, God delivered the message in person that “…He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”  I John 4:10

I loved this Jesus pin when I first saw it.  It encompasses so much of who Jesus is and what He has done for us.  I find it to be a reminder to us that “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.”  John 3:16.  It is my prayer, that this Jesus pin reminds you of just how much God loves you, who you are in Christ and what your future holds when you have Jesus in your life.

YellowLight:   “Jesus is the light of the world.” John 9:5; “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.”  John 15:9

Black – Sin:   “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”  Romans 3:23

Purple Repentance:  “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord…”  Acts 3:19

RedJesus shed blood:  “…the blood of Jesus purifies us from all sin.”  I John 1:7

White – Purity“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;”   Isaiah 1:18

BlueBaptism:  “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.  And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”  Acts 2:38

GreenNew Life:  “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; the old has gone, the new is here.”  II Corinthians 5:17

JESUS – “Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  Philippians 2:9-12

I encourage you today to embrace Jesus.
Remember who He is;
Remember all that He has done;
Remember all that He is going to do;
Remember to share Him with others;
and then most importantly,
Remember that it is all for YOU!