God Is with You This Christmas and Ever

“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” Matthew 1:23

You may have been abandoned in life by your parents, or your spouse, or your children, or your friends. Because of that abandonment, you approach this Christmas season in pain and full of heartache. But, the Bible says God will never abandon you

Everyone else may abandon you, but God will never abandon you. You may not feel God’s presence in your life right now, but that is no indication that God is not there. He is with you – even now and unto the end of the age (Matthew 28:20)

Would you be surprised to hear that God hates loneliness? He not only hates loneliness, he understands what it means to be lonely. The Bible records that when God created man, he said, “It isn’t good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18 LB)

The good news is this: Because of the birth of Jesus, you now know that God is with you, and you never have to face another day alone. God being near removes your fear. You don’t have to worry; you don’t have to sweat it; you don’t have to be anxious about what’s going to happen.

You may not feel like God is with you; in fact, some days, you may not even feel like he’s on the planet! But his presence in your life has nothing to do with your feelings.

Through the birth of Jesus, God says, “I’m going to give you hope.” If you’re lonely this Christmas, let Jesus fill the void in your heart.

Thanks to Pastor.Rick Warren http://www.saddleback.com/

Let's Hav a Simple, truthful and a Spiritual Advent

Let's worship the lord as truthful, as simple and as spiritual as ever during this Advent.

John 4:23 (The Message)But the time is coming--it has, in fact, come--when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. "It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship

When the Shepherds came to worship, they came with empty hands, willing hearts and an open mind. The Wise Men came with some ideas and brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.It is easy to get caught up in “little rituals”.

They are all around us in life and we feel sometimes fell more comfortable when “little rituals” are being performed and spoken in a formula of words.

As we approach Christmas we need to seek to worship Jesus in a simple yet truthful and spiritual way. They may mean leaving of the little rituals and just doing it in simple faith the Shepherds who said “let u go and see this thing which has been made known to us”.

Thanks to OzThoughts

Merry Christmas

Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross

Comforting texts of Fanny

You Are Amazing Lord...may the wicked be no more

Psa 104:1 O LORD, my God, how great you are! You are clothed with majesty and glory;
Psa 104:2 you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent

Psa 104:4 You use the winds as your messengers and flashes of lightning as your servants.

Psa 104:5 You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.

Psa 104:6 You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains.

Psa 104:10 You make springs flow in the valleys, and rivers run between the hills.

Psa 104:11 They provide water for the wild animals; there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psa 104:12 In the trees near by, the birds make their nests and sing.

Psa 104:13 From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.

Psa 104:14 You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops

Psa 104:15 and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.

Psa 104:16 The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain-the LORD's own trees, which he planted.

Psa 104:18 The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.

Psa 104:19 You created the moon to mark the months; the sun knows the time to set.

Psa 104:20 You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.

Psa 104:21 The young lions roar while they hunt, looking for the food that God provides.

Psa 104:22 When the sun rises, they go back and lie down in their dens.

Psa 104:23 Then people go out to do their work and keep working until evening.

Psa 104:24 LORD, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.

Psa 104:25 There is the ocean, large and wide, where countless creatures live, large and small alike.

Psa 104:26 The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.

Psa 104:27 All of them depend on you to give them food when they need it.

Psa 104:28 You give it to them, and they eat it; you provide food, and they are satisfied.

Psa 104:29 When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came.

Psa 104:30 But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth. Psa

104:31 May the glory of the LORD last forever!May the LORD be happy with wat he has made!

Psa 104:33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; as long as I live I will sing praises to my God.

Psa 104:34 May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.

Psa 104:35 May sinners be destroyed from the earth; may the wicked be no more.

Praise the LORD, my soul! Praise the LORD!