Merry Christmas
Category ChristmasIn the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God."
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
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In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom HIS favor rests."
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
Merry Christmas to all of you. May God bless you and protect you.
-Devin.
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Hope all is well with you. Keep us in your prayers this Christmas. My mom had chest pains this morning before church time. Wound up calling 911 and we spent the whole day at the hospital. She had a significant heart attack there in the emergency room. The doctors were able to to a heart cath and inserted 3 stints. She's doing much better but is spending the night in ICU. We'll be spending Christmas Day at the hospital.
We thank God that she didn't wait and try to ignore the pain. We thank God for the cardio team that came in on Christmas Eve to do the procedure and we thank God for our pastor and the people at our church who lifted us up in prayer. We thank God for all the people from her church who were there for us today in body or spirit, and we thank God for every little way today that he reassured us of his presence.
Merry Christmas
- Chuck Dean -
Posted by Chuck Dean At 10:57:51 PM On 12/24/2006 | - Website - |
I will pray for your mother and your family, and I'll ask others to add her to their prayer lists as well.
In Christ,
-Devin.
Posted by Devin Olson At 09:07:44 AM On 12/25/2006 | - Website - |