Luke 1:67-79

This Christmas, we are not just called to receive Him. We are not just called to behold Him. We are called to share Him.

May the blessings of God’s gift fill you so completely that it runs in you and through you and blesses those around you. May your heart be filled with hope, peace, joy, and love this season and always. Merry Christmas!

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Luke 7:36-50

You are an ambassador for Christ, and there is no greater honor or privilege. Every conversation, every interaction you encounter with those around you, every word, every attitude shown through your body language, is your chance to represent Christ Jesus and His unsurpassing love to others.

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1 John 3:16-18

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.” We are called to a different kind of death - death to our selfish nature. Death to the part of us who wants to be right, have our way, or seek our own good.

Can you think of a time that God asked you to show love to someone you didn’t particularly like or put someone else’s needs before your own (even though you didn’t want to)?

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Love is who God is. Love is part of His unchanging nature. Our opening readings come from the books of Malachi and James:

“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

We can take great comfort in the fact that we have a God that does not change. Theologians refer to this attribute of God as the “immutability of God.” God does not change.

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“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.” Listen to this passage from the book of Numbers and note the comparison Jesus is making between himself and the bronze snake.

“They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.”

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Keep me safe, O God,
for I have come to you for refuge.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Master!
Every good thing I have comes from you.”
The godly people in the land
are my true heroes!
I take pleasure in them!

Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods.
I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood
or even speak the names of their gods.

Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.
You guard all that is mine.
The land you have given me is a pleasant land.
What a wonderful inheritance!

I will bless the Lord who guides me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I know the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.

No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.[b]
My body rests in safety.
For you will not leave my soul among the dead[c]
or allow your holy one[d] to rot in the grave.

You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever.

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Psalm 126

There are so many ways God makes His power known in our lives. When we stop long enough to reflect on all the ways that He works in our lives, we can’t help but to be filled with the joy that comes from knowing He is who He says He is, He is with us, and He loves us.
What are examples of ways God has worked in your life?

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John 13:1-17

If we are seeking true joy, it won’t be found in self-service and gratification. Serving others doesn’t seem fulfilling, but when we adopt the mindset of Christ and honor others above ourselves, we take on a servant-attitude and find we are filled with the peace and joy that Jesus promises.

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