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Have A Holy & Happy Christmas!

“A New Heaven and a New Earth. I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone. Then I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, dressed like a bride ready for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “God lives with humans! God will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There won’t be any more death. There won’t be any grief, crying, or pain, because the first things have disappeared.” ⁵The one sitting on the throne said, “I am making everything new.”” -Revelation 21:1-5

Tonight we celebrate the birth of Jesus. He gave us such amazing Gifts when He was born. Jesus built us a Bridge to the Father and gave us a way Home. A way to Heaven, the Garden of Eden. Tonight, the Light is born 🙂 A Light that will lead us Home.

And we know that we will once again live in the Garden of Eden A Garden of such astonishing beauty; we will be overwhelmed with how much God loves us. Swaying trees in a gentle breeze, flowers so beautiful that we can only stand amazed while their fragrance takes our breath away! And as the sunlight dances on the water, our eyes are truly able to see God’s Light for the first time :). So beautiful and peaceful that we just want to lay among the flowers and gaze at the water.

There will be mountains to climb and adventures to enjoy. We will see colors that astonish us. Beautiful colors that we have never seen before. And there will be work. Only it will be work that brings us joy! For there will be no fatigue or stress or the pull of needing to do more than one thing. There will be people that we love and that love us! And hugs, hugs that are deeper and last longer. Hugs that will be more…

In the Bible it says, “the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.” – Isaiah 11:6. And as the animals join us, we will be filled with joy, and we will laugh, for in Heaven there is no fear!

And we WILL eat :). The trees will be bursting with all kinds of fruit. We will have a seat at God’s Table:

” the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.” – Isaiah 25:6

Greatest of all, we will walk with God and we will never be separated from Jesus again!

Thank You Jesus 🙂

What Future Will We Choose?

“I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.”-Isaiah 66:4-5

This does not have to be our future. God gave us a choice. He sent His only Son Jesus to Save us!

This Christmas, as we celebrate His birth, we can also recommit ourselves to Truly Following Christ. Let that be our Birthday Gift to Jesus.

Pray For Peace!

In Matthew 24, verse 24, Jesus warns us that:

“For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” – Matthew 24:24

So how will we know when Jesus truly returns? We know many things, but one of them is that Jesus will never contradict what is in God’s Word. Never.

The Bible is our resource; we need to read it.

And as we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, we can celebrate the Hope that Jesus gives us. The knowledge that we are saved because He chose to be born. Truly we are Blessed. Thank you Jesus!

Prepare, Pray and Be Ready!

“Be Born In Me”

Thank You!

Christmas, in a sense, began with Mary’s Yes. We often forget just how young Mary was. Just a girl. How overwhelmed She must have been! I can’t even imagine how filled with love Her Heart was for God! Or how filled with courage and faith :).

That Mary said Yes to God, and helped to give us the Greatest Gift we have ever received: Jesus.

Thank you Mary, we will always be so very grateful 🙂

The Love Of Christ :)

It’s hard to even begin to imagine the depth of the Love it would take for anyone to come down from Heaven to Earth, much less the depth of Love and Strength it took for Jesus who knew the painful future He would face-just to rescue us.

I wish that I could say that I would do that, but I just don’t have the Love and Strength that Jesus has.

And I think of the love that Mary and Joseph must have had both for our Father and for Jesus, and for us. And I am so very grateful to all of them. I always will be. Just as I am so very grateful to the Holy Spirit. Always. ?

But there is another reason that I am so very grateful to Jesus. He’s always there for me. When I am happy and when I am sad. When I am strong and when I am weak. When I am laughing and loving, and when I am lonely and lost. Jesus is always there-loving me.

No matter how I am. No matter where I am. Jesus is with me. If I fall, Jesus picks me up. And if I get lost, Jesus comes running after me. He never lets me get lost for long and His love for me is not dependent on any actions I take-or don’t take. And Jesus listens, really listens, all the time, with an intentness and compassion that would touch the hardest of hearts.

Jesus Loves me Unconditionally. And unlike the world, which often measures our success by our financial or career success. Jesus doesn’t measure mine. He just wants me to love Him back ?.

We love Jesus, because He loved us first. So this Christmas, let’s just say Thank You ?

“I will Bless those who Bless you (Israel)-Genesis 12:1-3

This Christmas, we can Bless Israel!

The Jewish People have always been God’s Chosen People; they always will be. We share with many of those of Jewish faith a Love of Christ, and always will. And despite our different countries and backgrounds, we are of the same family-Christ’s family. For we are brothers and sisters in Christ, and will go to Heaven together. In other words, we are Citizens of Heaven first, and foremost, always.

There is a group of gentiles and Jews who have come together to worship our Lord from different nations-in Israel. Their music is truly an inspiration.

To learn more about them:

Please pray for each of them and their ministry!