[Faith-talk] FW: [MastersList] Christmas Encouragement by Greg Laurie

[Ericka]

Thanks Eric.

Ericka Short
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> On Dec 10, 2017, at 9:34 PM, Eric Calhoun via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
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> 
> Original Message: 
> From: "Bonnie Ainsworth" <cedarwoman1965 at gmail.com>
> To: MastersList at groups.io
> Subject: [MastersList] Christmas Encouragement by Greg Laurie
> Date: 
> Sun, 10 Dec 2017 04:13:26 -0700
> 
> Are You Prepared?
> 
> 
> When the first Christmas came, when Jesus was born, most people missed
> it.
> Of course, there were no telltale signs like reindeer on front lawns. No
> Christmas songs had been written. There were no colorful, twinkling lights
> or sales at the downtown market. Children did not find it hard to sleep
> that night, because it was a night like any other night.
> 
> 
> But the first Christmas was not without its signs, which dated back a few
> centuries. The Hebrew prophets had predicted the Messiah was coming, and
> they were very specific in pointing out that he would be born of a virgin
> in the little village of Bethlehem: " 'But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
> though
> you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come
> forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of
> old, from everlasting' " (Micah 5:2).
> 
> 
> On the first Christmas, it was pretty much business as usual. Things had
> been bleak for the Jewish people for some time. There had been an icy
> silence from heaven. Four hundred years had passed, and there had not been
> a single prophet to speak for God. There had been no miracles performed.
> They were under the tyranny of Rome. Things were very dark. It was time
> for
> the Messiah.
> 
> 
> Yet when He finally arrived, so many missed it: The innkeeper. The people
> of Bethlehem. The scholars. Herod. All of Rome. Only a handful of people
> got it and were ready.
> 
> 
> Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth again. The question is, have we
> done more to prepare for the celebration of a past event than we have for
> a
> future one? We may all be ready for Christmas, but are we ready for the
> return of Christ?
> 
> 
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