Tag: Inspiration

The most Joyful event in human history is the 'Birth of Jesus', God's Only Son.

What is Joy?

~ Jesus First.
~ Others next.
~ Yourself last.

When You Live Your Life with that Attitude as the Basis of how You 'Think, Feel, Plan, Speak, Act and Believe', then You will Experience True 'Joy'.

To be able to Experience 'Real Joy', Jesus Needs to be 'First' in Your Heart, Mind and Soul.

When God Created humans, He Created us to have a Deep & Loving 'Connection' with Him.

Jesus is 'Our Connection' to God.

When God placed Adam & Eve in The Garden of Eden, God was actually 'In the Garden With Them'. 
~ They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden'. (Genesis 3:8). 

It's because Adam & Eve Disobeyed God when the devil 'Tricked' them, that humans became separated from God. (see Genesis 3:1-24)

But God has Always wanted to become Re-Connected to us All, so He sent His Only Son to earth to 'Be' the 'Connection To God'.

That's why Christmas is so Special, it's the Day that we can Celebrate being Re-Connected to 'Our Creator'. 
That's something to be Truly Joyful about.

The Angel said to The Shepherds "I bring you Good Tidings of Great Joy".

There's no Greater Joy than to Experience God's Love for You through His Wonderful Son Jesus Christ. 

~ Positive Bible Verse ~

The Lord has done Great things for us, and we are Filled with Joy.
(Psalm 126:3)

The Reason we Give Gifts at Christmas is to symbolise the Gifts that The Wise Men 'Gave to Jesus'. 
Gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. 

Before Jesus was Born, there was No such thing as Christmas, because Christmas is the Celebration of the Birth of Jesus.

It was a Long Time after Jesus was Born before people started to Give Gifts to 'Each Other'. 

For Hundreds of years 'the Giving of Gifts' was actually on 'The 12th Night of Christmas' (Epiphany), the day that symbolises when The Wise Men visited Jesus and 'Gave Jesus' the Gifts to Him.

It's only been within the past few hundred years that Gifts have been Given on Christmas Day.

It's a Wonderful thing to Give a Gift to see the Joy on a Loved ones face.
And it's a Lovely thing to receive a Gift from someone who has been thoughtful enough to give it to you.

But the Truth is, we Don't actually Need to give 'Each Other' Gifts, because Christmas is Not about us. 
Christmas is Not about me, you or anybody else.
~ Christmas is about Jesus.

There's nothing actually wrong with Giving Gifts, it's a Nice thing to do, but if you spend More Time, Thought and Effort on Gifts than you do on spending Quality Time with Jesus, then you're Missing Out on Experiencing The True Joy of Christmas.

In the same way, if you 'Expect' Gifts from other people or if you're 'moody and complain' if you don't get the Gifts you wanted, then you'll Miss Out on the Joy of what Christmas is really about ~ Celebrating the Birth of Jesus.

The Best Gift You can ever Give is the Gift of 'Giving Your Heart to Jesus'.

The Wonderful thing about that 'Gift' is that it's 'Many Gifts in One'. 
~ It will Show Jesus that you Appreciate Him and Everything He does.
~ It will 'Set You Free' to Truly Enjoy Life.
~ It will Transform Your Life in Beautiful Ways and You will be a Blessing to other people (the Best Gift You can Give to others).
~ And most Importantly, Jesus will be Blessed with Receiving something that is Very Precious to Him ~ 'You'.

~ Positive Bible Verse ~

Love the Lord your God with all your Heart, with all your Soul, and with all your Mind.
(Matthew 22:37)

The Wise Men made the 'Wisest Choice' of their Lives to Seek Jesus, and Not stop until they Found Him.

They probably travelled over 1,000 miles through Vast Deserts and Mountains. The Journey might have took them over a year, but they remained 'Focused on Jesus' the Entire Journey.

The Shepherds also Searched for Jesus and didn't stop until they Found Him in The Stable in a Manger.

They made the 'Wise Choice' to Believe The Angel and to go to Look for Him. That one Choice Helped them Stay 'Focused on Jesus'.

These small groups of Shepherds and Wise Men were the first people to 'Seek Jesus', and they would have then Lived the Rest of their Lives Full of God's Peace, Love and Joy, simply because of making that 'Wise Choice'.

Over 2,000 years later, people are Still making the same 'Wise Choice' to Seek Jesus.

There are now Billions of Christians (Followers of Jesus) around the world, and continuing to Grow.
As you read this there will be people all over the world making that same 'Wise Choice' to 'Follow Jesus' right Now. 

The word Christian literally means 'To Follow Jesus'.

The 'ian' part of Christian means 'Follower', and 'Christ' is Jesus, so Christian means 'Jesus Follower'.

The first people who were Christians were the 12 Disciples.

They knew that to Follow Christ (Jesus) means to: 
~ Learn His Way to Live Life, 
~ To Seek His Guidance, 
~ Be Willing to Accept Jesus as their Lord,
~ To Do what Jesus Guided them to Do,
~ And Not Do or to Stop Doing the things that Jesus said was wrong.

Jesus was also known as Rabbi which means 'Teacher'. Jesus makes Life Very Simple and Easy to Understand. He teaches us what's Right and what's wrong. There's No confusion with Jesus' Way to Live Life. 

The Only reason people get confused in Life is when the devil 'Tricks' people with his lies and deception into doing something wrong, and makes it 'Seem' as though it's ok.

The more people that Fall for the devils 'Tricks', the more people do wrong things, and then other people 'Think' that it's normal.

Yet Jesus keeps it Very Simple, and when You 'Follow Jesus' He Helps You to Understand and see through the 'Trickery' of the devil so that You don't Fall for it.

If You don't Believe the Truth of Jesus,
You risk Falling for Anyone's lies.

That's why it's so Important to remain 'Focused' on Jesus' Way to Live Your Life. He Cares Very Deeply about You and He wants You to Live a Happy and Free Life.

The Best way to do that is to Do what The Wise Men and The Shepherds did and make the 'Wisest Choice' of Your Life to 'Seek Jesus'.  

The Good thing is You don't need to travel over 1,000 miles through Deserts & Mountains and You don't need to search for a Babe in a Manger.

You Simply need to be Willing to 'Follow Jesus'.

~ Positive Bible Verses ~

Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you Free".
(John 8:32)

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Let each person turn away from evil and do good;
Let each person Seek peace and pursue it.
(1 Peter 3:11)

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Show me Your Ways, Lord,
Teach me Your paths.
Guide me in Your Truth, 
And Teach me,
(Psalm 25:4-5)