[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] The ordinary and miraculous birth of Jesus - Senior Living Ministries

[Eric Calhoun]

Next series of messages, I want to focus on the Christ Child.


Original Message: 
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Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] The ordinary and miraculous birth of Jesus -
Senior Living Ministries
Date: 
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:47:54 -0500




           
             
              The town of Bethlehem was abuzz with people coming to pay
their taxes. And weary travelers found shelter wherever they could. But
outside of Bethlehem, in the rocky, open fields, shepherds were busy
watching their flocks under a starlit sky.   
                 
                         
                        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....
                        - Luke 2:8-9 
                       
                 
                 
                 


            They were ordinary shepherds, completely ordinary people,
doing ordinary work. But this was no ordinary night!

            The town of Bethlehem was humming with people returning home
for the census. And as these humble shepherds looked over the little city
filled with visitors and travelers, they could have never imagined what was
about to happen.

            How terrified these lowly people must have been when the
angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in the glory and splendor of God,
declaring that the Savior had been born!

            Suddenly these ordinary shepherds had become the invited
guests of honor to witness all of heaven rejoicing in her King, singing,
"Glory to God in the highest! Peace on earth! Good will to men!"

            Oh, how it must have pleased the heart of God to announce the
glorious birth of His Son to those who were humble and lowly. And who
better to appreciate the birth of the Lamb of God than shepherds who
faithfully kept watch? 
            Prayer Challenge
            The apostle Paul said, "God chose the foolish things of the
world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame
the strong" (1 Corinthians 1:27). We see this truth profoundly in the story
of Jesus' birth. Thank God that He uses ordinary people to do extraordinary
things for His glory!
             
           
             
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