LOVE JOY PEACE AT CHRISTMAS TIME
by LILACLADY JUNEBUG2
CHRISTMAS AT MY PLACE
JESUS CHRIST
IS THE FOCUS
OF
MY
CHRISTMAS.
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LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH
BIRCH BAY, WA
"A LIGHTHOUSE INDEED"
is my church.
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE
LOVE, JOY, PEACE AT CHRISTMAS TIME
SO LONG AGO I REMEMBER
WHEN MY MOM AND DAD MOVED
OUR TRAILER HOME INTO A LITTLE
TOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS
IT SNOWED A LOT.
AT SEVEN YEARS OF AGE
I ENJOYED WALKING ONE
DAY AND FOUND A CHURCH
MUCH LIKE THIS ONE
AND IT WAS OPEN.
I WANDERED IN, AND LADIES
BUSTLED AROUND
DOING THINGS. THEY NEVER
CRITICIZED ME FOR
ENTERING.
THEY NEVER GAVE
ME ANY WORD
AS TO WHY THEY
WERE THERE.
I WENT AWAY
AS EMPTY
AS WHEN I WENT IN.
LOVE JOY PEACE
IS MADE POSSIBLE
AT CHRISTMAS
THROUGH
FAITH
IN
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
laid down his sweet head,
The stars in the sky
looked down
where he lay,
the Little Lord Jesus
asleep in the hay."
THIS LORD JESUS
IS
THE SAME
YESTERDAY
TODAY
AND
FOREVER.
Hebrews 13.8
THIS LORD JESUS
LOVED US AND CAME
FROM HEAVEN TO
BECOME OUR SAVIOR
HIS NAME IS JESUS
MATTHEW 1.21
The angel instructed Joseph "Thou shalt
call his name JESUS, for He shall
save His people from their sins."
THIS LORD JESUS
IS THE ONE
WHO
IS
THE EXACT IMAGE
OF THE INVISIBLE
GOD IN BODILY FORM,
Colossians 1.15
THIS LORD JESUS
is our source
of love
joy
and
peace.
John 17. 3
And this is life eternal
that they may know
thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ , whom
thou hast sent.
Jesus praying to the Father
declared Himself to be
life eternal for all
who would believe.
and the glory of the Lord is upon thee.
Isaiah 60.2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover
the earth, and gross darkness the people:
but the LORD shall arise upon
thee, and his glory shall
be seen upon thee.
Isaiah 60.3
And the Gentiles shall come
to thy light,
and kings to the brightness
of thy rising.
Isaiah 9.2 The people that
walked in darkness have seen
a great light: they that dwell
in the land of the shadow of death,
upon them hath the
LIGHT shined.
Isaiah 9.6 For unto us
a child is born, unto us
a son is given.
Hebrews 13.8
Jesus Christ the same
yesterday,
today,
and for ever.
Matthew 8.31
And he began to teach
them, that the Son of man
must suffer many things,
and be rejected of the elders,
and of the chief priests,
and scribes,
and be killed,
and after three days
rise again.
Matthew 8.31
THIS WAS FULFILLED
WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM
THE GRAVE.
I Corinthians 15. 1-10
Paul, writing to the church in
Corinth, states
1.Moreover, brethren,
I declare unto you the gospel
which I preached,
which also I have
received,
and wherein ye stand:
2. By which also ye are
saved, if ye keep in memory
what I preached unto you,
unless ye have
believed in vain.
3. For I delivered unto you
first of all that which I received,
how that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures:
4. And that he was buried, and
that He rose again the third day
according to the Scriptures:
5. And that he was seen of
Cephas, then of the twelve:
6. After that, he was seen of above
five hundred brethren at once;
of whom the greater part
remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep.
7. After that he was seen of James; then of
all the apostles.
8. And last of all he was seen of
me also, as of one born out of
due time.
9.For I am the least of
the apostles, that I am not meet
to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the
church of God.
10. But by the grace of God
I am what I am: and his grace
which was bestowed
upon me was not in vain:
but I labored more abundantly
than they all: yet,
not I, but the grace
of God which was with me.
I Cor 15. 1 - 10
JOY COMES FROM BELIEVING
TRUSTING CHRIST
WILL BRING JOY
AT CHRISTMAS.
Romans 10. 17
faith cometh by hearing
and hearing by the word of God.
John 1.12,13
11. As many as received him,
to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name;
13. which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but
of God.
John 1.14
And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the
only
begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
John 1.18
No man hath seen God at any time;
the only begotten Son, which is
in the bosom of the Father,
he hath declared him.
WHEN A PACKAGE IS SENT,
AND INSURED,
THE DECLARATION
OF THE CONTENTS
IS PLACED ON THE PACKAGE.
When a Ship leaves port
with any drums or
containers or packages,
it has to have
a DECLARATION OF CONTENTS
in it.
Even when a train leaves Birch Bay and
Blaine for other areas
it must be examined
for "bombs" or "explosives"
or "drugs"
Contraband is not allowed.
A declaration of all contents
is necessary for the
authorities
to let it pass through
the border here
from
the U S A
to Canada,
and
from
Canada
to
U S A
Joy comes out of Sorrow
Jesus said in Matthew 4.17 Repent;
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Jesus said in Mark 1.15
The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand;
repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Luke 4.21
And he began to say unto them,
this day is this scripture fulfilled in
your ears.
He read from Isaiah 61.2
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel to the
poor; he hath sent me to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight
to the blind, and
to set at liberty
them that are
bruised.
This was Jesus declaring
WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE
WAS HERE FOR.
PEACE COMES
WHEN WE ARE
RECONCILED TO GOD.
Romans 3.23 All have
sinned and come short
of the glory of God.
Romans 6.23 For the
wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is
eternal life
through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jesus prayed
a prayer that is recorded
in John chapter 17.
I consider it
THE LORD'S PRAYER
for the prayer
most people know
is the
MODEL PRAYER
that Jesus gave to show
his disciples how to pray.
John chapter 17
He talks with the Father
and I recommend you
read it for this Christmas
as this is why
He was born in
Bethlehem
more than 2000 years ago.
He who IS AND WAS
AND ALWAYS SHALL BE
is
the same one
who will come
to take
His bride the
Church home
to be with him for ever.
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