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The Lord will give you a sign

The countdown continues and so, I thought I would just keep sharing Josh’s great list of Christmas Hits.  Yesterday – Winger’s Silent Night ,  Winger – That’s  right- The 80’s rock!  I hope this helps get in the the spirit.  For me personally I have two songs competing for time in my head, this morning I am alternating between

Glória in excélsis Deo

and

Dinkletown children: Ya, hey! We’re glad to say
That Christmas time is here!

We can’t believe it’s Christmas!
Been waiting for a million hours
Can’t believe it’s Christmas,
Oh what a nifty day!

We can’t believe it’s Christmas!

Man, this is a great great time of year! Enjoy it – draw closer to your savior, as you remember his birth. Immanuel, God with us.  That’s something to get exciting about!

Isaiah 7:14 (New International Version)

14 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.

Matthew 1:23 (New International Version)

23“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”

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Be Confident

Wow!  only 17 days until Christmas!  It just makes me want to sing!  I have a facebook friend who is posting a Christmas song each day until Christmas.  Yesterday his post was Twisted Sister’s ” I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”.   Something seems really really odd about that! (thanks Josh!)

Anyway, lets continue on, and continue in him – as we have promises waiting for us, and when He comes back you want to be confident!  So even though we are saved by grace, it seems to be that there is an expectation of some sort of righteous living. That’s the daily transformation to be more and more like him.  We can do it!

1 John 2:28-29 (New International Version)

28And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

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Mercy Exists

Over the last few days I have been writing alot (and thinking alot) about humility and reducing your own self thought – and giving it over to God.  This is a harder thing to put into practice then it seems on paper, but we all know that when you do it always works out.   The rest we get, the inner peace, it is absolutely amazing.  However, you can’t stop, its an everyday thing.  Hebrews 4 talks about this a little bit.  It holds up that ultimate rest and peace that we will attain when we hold fast and be diligent and submit ourselves everyday.

So today hold fast to your confession, and live boldly knowing the victory is yours.  Be transformed by humility, and mercy and grace!

Hebrews 4:14-16 (New International Version)

14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens,[a] Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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The Annoucement

With only 18 days left until Christmas I think its time to start the rejoicing!  Today lets look at the event that happening several months before the birth – Gabriel’s visit. Here we find words like Rejoice, blessed, great, Highest.  Surely a great and wonderful thing was about to happen for all mankind.

So as you continue to shop, and decorate and make merry with friends.  Remember, the wonderful plan that was set up years before this birth to make this historical birth take place.

He will be Great!  and I stand in awe – I hope you find some time to as well.

Luke 1:26-33

26-28In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin’s name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You’re beautiful with God’s beauty,
Beautiful inside and out!
God be with you.

29-33She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, “Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus.

He will be great,
be called ‘Son of the Highest.’
The Lord God will give him
the throne of his father David;
He will rule Jacob’s house forever—
no end, ever, to his kingdom.”

Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

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Snow in Chattanooga!

I usually don’t post on Saturday, but its such an unusual event that  I thought I would.

Here is what I woke up to this morning:

Back Porch

Snow in the Mailbox

It appears the government bubble may be broken!

Have a great day and Go Buccaneers!

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped…

Philippians 2:5-6, New International Version