Christ has come to us, that we might go to him." — Charles Spurgeon
If you cannot magnify God, it is probably because you are magnifying yourself.
Charles Spurgeon
God has enabled you to stand, and give you standing, and if you use what He provides you will be able to continue standing against the wiles of the devil. -
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us. —
John Flavel, Sermon 35: The 6th Excellent Saying of Christ upon the Cross: 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, Works 1:437
As children of God, we look back to the birth of Christ and ahead to the return of Christ. From the beginning to eternity, our only hope is Christ.
See how low he fell to lift us from our fall!" — Charles Spurgeon
"In unfolding redemption, Scripture always puts these things together - Bethlehem and Calvary, the cradle and the cross, the incarnation birth and the atonement death; and what it hath joined we dare not put asunder." -Robert Macdonald of Blairgowrie.
Christmas Day at the Metropolitan Tabernacle (1870) At the Metropolitan Tabernacle on Sunday there were no outward signs of Christmas. The Tabernacle wore its usual appearance, only that owing probably to the inclemency of the weather it was not crowded as it ordinarily is.
Love is the truest touchstone of sincerity. - Thomas Watson
Christ as mediator purchases holiness and spiritual happiness for men. But the sum of all holiness and spiritual happiness consists in the bestowment and indwelling and influence and fruits of the Holy Ghost in the heart.
Jonathan Edwards
It's Christmas Day from high above, we look to Jesus and His love.
We all wake up with excitement and joy, as each child anticipates a new Christmas toy.
The tree is decorated with ornaments and lights, that are all lit up throughout the night.
The morning smell of coffee brewing, and we look outside to see it snowing.
With each Christmas gift under the tree, we check the tag is it for you or for me?
We open our gifts with such delight, there is something about Christmas that makes it right.
Family and friends God bring together, it's God's way of showing us how to love one another.
For Jesus was born on this Christmas Day, the greatest gift that's come our way.
So embrace the gift of unconditional love, it's God's gift to us from heaven above.
Merry Christmas. Wayne Bell.
Through His word, God calls us to lives of continual prayerfulness. "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Jesus also calls us to this life of prayer, both by His teaching and His example. "Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart…in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed" (Luke 18:1 and Mark 1:35).
We are to engage every issue of life every day in every way through Spirit-led prayer: "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit" (Ephesians 6:18). In addition to this extensive call to prayer, the word of God also gives us heavenly insight concerning the general content of our prayers.
The basic request of this majestic prayer was to learn about, and walk in, the will of God. We "do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him."
Over and over and over again the prophecies about Messiah were fulfilled in Jesus’ life. No one could ever have accomplished that except the actual Messiah sent from God Himself! Because of that, we can know that He is the One and trust that because what was said about Him was true, what was said about the future is true, too! Hallelujah and amen!
He has come! We don’t need to weep over the lack of a new covenant, a new testament, or a new promise in the personhood of Jesus Christ! He came for you! Rejoice!
Yeshua went out of His way to make this message clear to bring salvation to the entire world, unifying the Jew and Gentile in the Kingdom of God.
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Translated from Latin (Veni Emmanuel, chant) by John Mason Neale, 1851
The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that he might offer up his life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.
~Billy Graham~
He who was born at Bethlehem is God, and “God with us.” God––there lies majesty; “God with us,” there lies mercy. God––therein is glory; “God with us,” therein is grace. God alone might well strike us with terror; but “God with us,” inspires us with hope and confidence.
~C. H. Spurgeon~
The King of kings was born. Again, Jesus was not born in a palace––in a royal court––but in a simple stable, or a shepherd’s cave. In that place of seclusion, away from all others, Mary and Joseph must have lovingly looked down at Jesus. I am sure they reflected on the angel’s words to them: “…therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God (Luke1:35). “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). They knew God had sent His Son into the world.
O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye
To Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels
~John Francis Wade~
Most people have heard this angelic message and know that a Savior–– Christ the Lord––has been born in Bethlehem. But how has the message of Christ’s birth changed your life? A Savior needs to be sought for the forgiveness of sins. There should be repentance and acceptance. He is a King who ought to be adored and worshiped.
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