Merry Christmas | Wordscroll

Last night, a group I am blessed to serve with, 5loaves2fish, offered our homeless a special meal of Roast Pork Tenderloin, caramelized with a delicious mustard sauce and served with a pour-over of rich au jus. This was accompanied with roasted fresh purple carrots and potatoes, Ceasar salad, homemade dinner rolls and fragrant, homemade sticky Cinna-bites for dessert.

It is Jesus’ gift to me, to be given the privilege to offer such a beautiful and delicious meal to a special group of guests–near and dear to His heart! It is in His trust that we love as He loves. It is out of His compassion that we pour His love out of our hearts week after week, all year long, year after year.

It is truly better to give than to receive, but we could truly not give, lest first we’ve received–kindness and grace only come from above.

We love, because He first loved us.

If your thoughts and heart are irritated to hear of a lavish meal and warm bed being offered to those without, my prayer is for you to receive; for they have found the riches you lack–

they truly appreciate and want to give back!

“We love, because he first loved us. If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.” I John 4:19-20

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I pray that you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

May your heart be filled with His love and compassion to overflow onto those He leads your way.

May you have peace that surpasses all understanding. May you be rich with the true riches found only in Him!

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV

May you find Jesus, and He will then be with you every step of the way.

May you be BLESSED!

This, my friends, is the true meaning of Christmas . . .

“He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.” Luke 3:11

“Is this not the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness. If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. and your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.” Isaiah 58:6-12

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.” John 3:16-18

JESUS, is the True meaning of Christmas! ♥

This year, if you haven’t already, choose to RECEIVE and truly LIVE–to GIVE–the True Meaning of Christmas!

Merry Christmas

My birth was not a ‘season’ but the beginning of the end–which is the beginning.

“And 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 bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.”” Luke 1:30-33

All must die, for the body is not eternal; the spirit would live forever, were it not for sin. Sin brought death to the spirit, while the body lived on–for the spirit to live for eternity it must be born anew–made new.

“–Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3

I came as a child that you might ‘see’. I came as a babe that you might believe…

that you could be made new–totally freed, from a life of sin and death. A life without Me–yearns to be free.

Invite Me to your home this night. Ask Me in–I’ll bring the light. And then you’ll ‘see’ that all you need, is the gift that was given–the One True Light.

“In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:4

That Light is Me.

“The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world new him not.” John 1:9

“And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7