Matthew 1:18-25 JOY TO THE WORLD THE LORD HAS COME

Matthew 1:18-25-Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Debra

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Matthew 2:16-18 King Herod Orders Killing of Infants

Matthew 2:16-18- Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was utterly furious and sent forth and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and the surrounding region, from two years old and under, based on the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet:

18 “In Ramah a voice was heard, grieving and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”[c]

Herod, having realized that he had been tricked by the "wise men" who did not return to him to tell him where "Jesus" was, became furious, frustrated, enraged, fearful and angry. Evil at it’s worse!

In the midst of his fury of roller coaster emotions, Herod now set forth in motion his plot to kill "Jesus" by ordering every male child in Bethlehem and the surrounding region, from 2 years old or under be slaughtered.

Although Herod was the king and His commands would be put in action, He is not the ultimate authority, God is!!

Even though the ruthless command of Herod was carried out in the brutal killing of all infants 2 years old and younger, Jesus was spared for God directed Joseph to take Him to Egypt where He would be safe until the death of Herod.

Instead of singing, rejoicing and worshiping at the good news of the arrival of the long awaited "Messiah", there was jealousy, doubt, unbelief, hate, rage, anger, disbelief, rejection and on and on.

God has given His Son, Jesus as the ultimate sacrificial offering for the sins of humanity through the shedding of His blood at Calvary.

Jesus was born to die for you and I. The question to be answered on today by you is "how will you respond" to Jesus birth?"

God bless.

Debra

Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37 Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”

27 He answered, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind’[a] and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”

28 He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 Jesus answered, “A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 

32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him and passed by on the other side. 

33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 

35 The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, ‘Take care of him. I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.’

36 “Now which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”

37 He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.”

God bless.

Debra

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PSALM 100 A CALL TO PRAISE THE LORD

Psalm 100: 1-6  1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth! 

2 Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.

God bless.

Debra

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Psalm 119:67 Wandering Away From God's Word Brings Affliction

Psalm 119:67 Before I was afflicted I wandered, but now I keep Your word.

Afflicted-enuth in greek- Affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering grief or distress, of any kind;  Difficult or painful circumstances or situations.

Wandered- to stray, ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view; as, to wander over the fields; to wander about the town, or about the country. To deviate from duty.

The psalmist declares in this text that affliction was good for him because it forced him back to God. The Psalmist learned the price of going astray and the consequence of affliction that comes with straying away from God.

Where has straying away from God landed you at? What trap or pit have we fallen into? Has affliction lead us back to the Word of God? I can only hope and pray that it did.

It is the Word of God that brings our flesh under subjection and obedience to the authority of God's Word. God and His Word go hand in hand. You can not have one without the other.

Pain, suffering, and affliction is a resounding alarm clock for all of us!

Through the process of affliction we as believer learns to appreciate the goodness of God’s character and His actions. Therefore, being afflicted leads us to greater intimacy with God.

Afflictions of life has taught me to humble ourselves before God and under His Mighty Hands.

Affliction produces in us patience and submission to the divine will of God for our lives.

Affliction calls us from wandering to returning to the path of Holiness and duty in the Kingdom of God.

God knows the heart of every one of us and he knows the best way to reach our hearts.

Before I was afflicted I wandered, but now I keep Your Word.

Is this your testimony on today? It’s mine!

God bless.

Debra

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Proverbs 3:5-6 TRUST GOD

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.

Trust God and you will never go wrong. Romans 10:11-For the Scripture says "Whoever believes in Him will not be ashamed."

God promises if we trust Him with all our heart and lean not unto our own understanding, but in all our ways reverence, acknowledge, respect, seek, trust and obey Him, then He will go before us and clear that path way for us.

Trust God on today for He is a guaranteed pathway in every situation.

God bless.

Debra

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Psalm 91:1-2 It Is Time To Run For Shelter

Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”

This  Psalmist describes this secret place (shelter) as "the Most High."  God Almighty Himself. God's shelter (under His wings)  is a "secret place."

.Believe it or not, but we are living in a time that the bible describes as "perilous" times.

We are living in a time where the Apostle Paul describes as the “days of evil” where trouble is on every hand.

If you do not know Jesus Christ for the pardon of your sins, the time to get to know Him is now.  The time to accept Him by faith is now.

If God is not your “secret place of safety” you will not be secured from the dangers and snares of this world that is guaranteed to come, nor in the life after this one in which you now live is over.

There is a "CLARION" call from heaven to earth to all man, woman boy and girl on today. The call is simple, yet profound. "IT IS TIME TO RUN TO JESUS FOR SHELTER IN LIFE’S STORMS!"

When you have put your faith and trust in the Lord, truly you can profoundly declare and proclaim vs#2 of this text as your personal testimony, which says "I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”

IT IS TIME TO SEEK SHELTER!!! WILL YOU HEED THE WARNING?

God bless.

Debra

Psalm 63:1-5 Seek God Early

Psalm 63:1-5  O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You,  my flesh faints for You, in a dry and thirsty land with no water.

2 I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your loving kindness is better than life, my lips will praise You. 

4 Thus will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. 5 My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

There is something about seeking God's presence early in the stillness of the morning. This is the time when our minds and hearts are the clearest.

The Psalmist declares that "early" will he seek the Lord, for when he thinks on the Lord his soul thirst and his desire to find God is like one that is thirsty for water. A place of desperation in seeking God, or eventually die.

The Psalmist had past experiences with God. He say "I have seen you in the Sanctuary in power and glory" and because of who God is, he will continually to praise God with the fruit of his lips.

Is it your desire to seek God on today as a deer that pants after the water brook? Is seeking God a matter of life or death for you? Well, seek Him with all that is in you. It’s time to seek Him with in spirit and in truth, with all that is in you, for indeed that is the place where you will find Him.

Scripture declares that he or she who seek the Lord with their whole heart will find Him.

Let today be the day that you declare "praise is what I do," when I want to be close to you. Allowing the Holy Spirit to take you this place in God would bring us to a place of remembrance of how good is and has been to us over the years, despite us.

God, we thank you! We praise you Lord God! We love you and we lift up Holy hands in our secret place unto you alone.

People of God! Seek the Lord your God while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near.

God bless.

Debra

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Romans 8:35 Hold On To God's Unchanging Hands

Romans 8:35-Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?

Feeling separated from God due to the test, trials, burdens, heaven heart and struggles of life?

The good news on today is that scripture declares that nothing that happens to us nor anything that comes against us shall separate us from God's love for us.

The Apostle Paul give us hope in vs#38-39 of this text. Hope that we must grab on to and hold tight to as our own.  

We must be convinced or persuaded in our minds that NOTHING can ever separate us (those who are in Christ Jesus) from God's love; not sickness, death, life, angels, demons, fears of today or tomorrow, worries and not even the power of hell (satan himself) can separate us from the love of God that is and has been revealed through Christ for us in God's atoning work on our behalf at the Cross.

PEOPLE OF GOD, HOLD ON!!!

 There is a song that my parents and the Saints of old used to sing when I was growing up as a young girl that says "Hold to His Hands."

Hold to His hand, God’s unchanging hand! Hold to his hand, God’s unchanging hand! Build your hope on things eternal and Hold, Hold, I said Hold to God’s Unchanging God!

People of God, even in the struggle, "HOLD ON TO GOD'S UNCHANGING HANDS!!!

God's promise to us on today people of God is  "VICTORY IS GUARANTEED TO BE OURS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS!!"

Hold to God’s unchanging hands!

God bless.

Debra

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Psalm 146:3 Where Is Your Hope?

Psalm 146:3-MEV-Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, whom there is no help.  

Where is your hope? Is it in you? Is it in other people, in your status in society, in your family heritage, in your spouse, in your children, in your marriage, in your finances, the government, in your connections to other people, in your title, in your leaders or in your God?

Have you placed your hope in man? You are guaranteed disappointment, disillusion and eventually defeat. Man can not save you, only God can! Romans 10:22-that those whose hope is in the LORD will not be brought to shame.

Regardless of who we are as humans, none of us can be compared to God, our Creator.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man who can make you a promise on today and break it tomorrow.

Like the weather, man changes from day to day, but scripture declares that our God changes not for He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

God's Word says this concerning the heart of man Jeremiah 17:9 "The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

Where have you placed your hope on today? Who are you trusting for your salvation? Who are you trusting to bring back your wayward child, who are you trusting to save that unsaved spouse or family member, who are you trusting to save your marriage and your family, who are you trusting to for the breakthrough you desperately stand in need of? WHO IS IT?

What will be your reward in eternity if you transition from earth to eternity apart from God because you chose to put your trust in man and not God?

God is the anchor of our soul!

Have you dropped your anchor of hope in Him today? 

God bless.

Debra

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