Pray about the Gift

I get frustrated during the Christmas season. Not for the usual reasons of shopping and cooking and baking and parties but because so many people celebrate Christmas who aren't Christians. Therefore, they aren't celebrating the birth of Christ, they're just in it for the pagan aspects of the holiday. I know a lot of people may look at it differently, but that's how I see it. It breaks my heart when I think about the fact that the two MOST important Christian holidays are marred with paganism.
     So, I would like to spend the next two weeks praying diligently about the "Reason for the Season". Let's pray that our own focus during this time is on the birth of Jesus. We can also pray that others come to know Jesus through the miracle that is the true Christmas story. My plan is to share the whole story between now and the 25th, so you can share it with others.
     Let's begin:

 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”

 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom 

there will be no end.”

 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”

 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.”

 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” 

And the angel departed from her. 

Luke 1:26-38 NKJV

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Please join me this week in praying about the true meaning of Christmas. Let us pray for focus on the birth of Jesus and that our focus may touch the hearts of non-believers. Let us share the event of the Virgin birth and spread the Good News of what this historical event means to each of us. Let us emphasize that the only gift that matters this Christmas is that our Lord and Savior was born into this world, one hundred percent human, to rescue His fallen children.

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