TODAY’S LESSON:
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
WHEN I WAS A CHILD,
I SPAKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD,
I THOUGHT AS A CHILD:
BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN,
I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS.
I CORINTHIANS 13:11
WHEN I WAS A KID CHRISTMAS MEANT
PRESENTS, PRESENTS, AND MORE PRESENTS.
THEN AS I GREW OLDER CHRISTMAS MEANT
LOTS OF GOOD FOOD!
BUT NOW THAT I’M AND ADULT CHRISTMAS MEANS
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
YOU MAY ASK, WHAT ABOUT JESUS?
WELL, JESUS IS MY BROTHER AND MY BEST FRIEND.
AND THERE IS A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.
PROVERBS 18:24
I STILL LIKE GETTING PRESENTS
AND OF COURSE ALL THE GOOD FOOD,
BUT MY FAVORITE PART OF CHRISTMAS
IS WHEN I’M MAKING OUT MY LIST
OF THOSE WHOM I WANT TO GIVE GIFTS TO .
JUST IMAGINING THEIR REACTION WHEN THEY OPEN MY PRESENT.
I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY IT MAKES ME FEEL.
IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.
ACTS 20:35b
IT’S FUNNY HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
WHEN MY DAD WAS A KID
ROCKS AND STICKS WERE THE ULTIMATE PRESENTS.
NOW IT’S IPODS AND CELL PHONES.
A BIT OF AN EXAGGERATION: MAYBE,
BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE.
IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS:
I THESSALONIANS 5:18
AND I HAVE FOUND THE MORE THOUGHT YOU PUT INTO A GIFT FAR OUT WEIGHTS ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU COULD SPEND.
AND THAT WHICH FELL AMONG THORNS ARE THEY,
WHICH, WHEN THEY HAVE HEARD, GO FORTH,
AND ARE CHOKED WITH CARES AND RICHES
AND PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE,
AND BRING NO FRUIT TO PERFECTION.
LUKE 8:14
I PRAY THAT THIS CHRISTMAS WILL MEAN MORE TO YOU
THAN JUST PRESENTS AND GOOD FOOD.
IT IS BECAUSE OF CHRIST AND CHRIST ALONE
THAT WE HAVE CHRISTMAS.
AFTER ALL, IT BEARS HIS NAME!
CHRIST-MAS
AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID UNTO THEM,
RENDER TO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR’S,
AND TO GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD’S.
MARK 12:17
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