MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

Merry Christmas Eve to you and your family from all of us. Christmas is almost here and 2020 will soon be gone. 2021 is on it’s way if the Lord tarries. While we understand that no one knows the exact date when Jesus was born in a manger, we choose to honor Jesus’ birth. Many argue about pagan worship and festivals, with others saying we should not celebrate. 

We choose to celebrate Christmas all year long. I chose a few years ago to leave a small tree up all year long. It has small manger scenes all over it. Many don’t even notice it as it blends in and looks like a decorative tree in the home. 

Just as Jesus came, He has sent you into the world through your mother’s womb to carry the gospel—the Good News—to those around you. Even though you may feel you simply blend in and no one notices you, there are people within your reach on a daily basis that need to know JESUS. They need to understand eternity and life after death. Choose today to share the hope you have in Jesus Christ. If you don’t know Him, today is a perfect time for you to receive Him as Lord and Savior.

For me, I choose to celebrate and honor and thank the LORD for coming to live among us, to save all mankind from sin, and for showing us a better way—the only way to the Father for eternity. Jesus is the way…. 

It is written: Jesus answered, “I am the way the the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). 

No matter what day or time Jesus was actually born, we need to live a life of thankfulness. It’s nice to receive a card in the mail and to be remembered at Christmas, or any time of the year for that matter. We honor Jesus when we choose to fellowship with Him and with family and friends and when we come together corporately with other believers and those searching for Truth. We must give thanks to Him and not take anything for granted. He came in the fulness of time, and that was God’s perfect time. Jesus came to show us His love. He came to teach us how about the power of God and how to love others. He came to save us and to send us out—to tell the world about Jesus. To show compassion and to notice people, to live a life of love and compassion with those who need a Savior. 

God is faithful and His Word is alive. It is true and comes to pass just as He says. 

I pray that you and your whole family are saved. It is written: “And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31). 

2020 has been a year that the entire world will never forget. With the world in crisis, and people searching for Truth, with lives being tossed in the air like a tornado has hit, to people living in uncertainty for jobs and finances and health—it has been a worldwide altar call for everyone to turn to Jesus. He is our HOPE!

Right in the midst of uncertain times, in the days of Herod, Jesus came to live among us. He is also coming back again. I pray you are ready! Until then, we are to occupy—to be the hands and feet of Jesus. “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). 

This is the Great Commission no matter where we live, and no matter what we face. Live to know God and make Him known. If you feel like you have messed up–repent–and tell people how you overcame–turn your mess to a message of hope for others. 

Tell the world about Jesus—starting in your sphere of influence to the nations—wherever God sends YOU!

Merry Christmas to you and your family from ours! For me and my household, we choose to serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15). 

God loves you with an everlasting love!

His love and mine,

Deborah