I am turning over the weekly text to the great orator, Linus Van Pelt to give us the "True Meaning of Christmas." It's not just for Charlie Brown, ya blockhead, it's a free gift given for all to receive!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
Weekly Text 12/18/2024
Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV
[6] "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this."
It's very easy as we look at our circumstances and the craziness of the world around us, to read verse 7's proclamation-"Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end"-and say, "God, I'm not seeing it."
This is the moment we need The Holy Spirit to remove the scales from our eyes so we can have a God's-Eye view of history and our present day.
Philippians 2:9-11 gives us a glimpse of this prophecy's fulfillment....
[9] "Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, [10] so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
This Advent and Christmas Season, allow The Holy Spirit to clear and expand your vision to see the full reality of God's Promises unfolding in our midst today and all the tomorrows to come!
Be blessed and be a blessing!
Weekly Text 12/11/2024
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4:18-19
Early in His ministry, Jesus
returns to His hometown of Nazareth. While there, He went to the synagogue and
took his opportunity to read from the scroll of Isaiah. He went right to
the verses quoted above and had a mic drop moment. This caused quite a
reaction from the crowd to the point of taking him to the cliff's edge with the
intent of throwing Him over! Jesus survived the uproar and went on His
way.
The point of Jesus' reading and
testimony was to declare His Mission to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah
regarding the coming of the Messiah.
In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus,
"The Light of The World", informs us that, we too, are to be
"lights of the world." Then in John 14:12-14, he makes the
astonishing claim that in His Name and in the power of The Holy Spirit, we will
do far greater things than He!!
The takeaway? His Mission
is now Our Mission!
*Proclaim Good News to the
poor.
*Proclaim Liberty to the
captives.
*Give Sight to the blind.
*Bring Liberty to the oppressed.
*Bring the Favor of the Lord.
This is the message of the
Christmas Season and our daily mission!
Now, let's break out into a
round of "This Little Light of Mine!
May your Christmas Season be
blessed as you bless others with the Light of Christ!
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