Tag: Inspiration

When Mary & Joseph first got Engaged to be Married, they probably would of had idea's and plans about how to Live their Lives Together.
They might have thought about where they would Live, what they would do in their Life and how they would spend their time.

Then Suddenly The Angel of The Lord appeared to them and revealed God's Plan for their Lives.

They could have Chosen to ignore God's Plan, but instead they made the 'Wisest Choice' of their Lives, to 'Welcome Jesus Into Their Lives'.

From that One Decision, their Lives were Transformed into a Better and more Wonderful Way of Living than they could ever have thought of themselves.

Even though the Plans they had already made might have been Very Good plans, God's Way is Always Better.

Jesus came to Give Life 'More Abundantly'. (John 10:10).  

Later in Jesus' Life He met many people who had 'Made Their Own Plans' about how to Live their Lives.

Matthew the Tax Collector had made plans to Earn Lots of money by stealing from people on their tax payments.

Simon Peter had made plans to Live his Life Fishing.

Mary Magdalene made plans to Live as a prostitute to make money.

There were many of Jesus' Disciples that had previously made plans to Live an average Life, maybe get Married and find a good job.

Some of these plans were ok, but some of the Plans the Disciples made were obviously bad.

When they met Jesus though, He Gave them all a New Plan and God's Way to Live their Lives, which was More Exciting and Enjoyable than any of their own plans. 
They All made the 'Wisest Choice' of their Lives to Adapt to God's Plan and to 'Follow Jesus'.

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As you 'Make Your Plans' for how to spend Christmas time, I Encourage You to be 'Open Minded' to when 'God' Gives You a 'Better Plan'.

Many people lose sight of 'The Real Meaning of Christmas' and they Miss Out on Something Very Special.

Christmas is about Celebrating the Birth of God's Only Son.

We Celebrate this on 25th December, yet 'worldly/society ways' have become Impatient and they have Christmas parties in November and early December, shops start selling Christmas things in Summer time, and people eat their mince pies and Christmas Treats throughout December.

By the time it comes to Christmas Day many people are either too stressed from Frantic planning and shopping or they get bored with Christmas because they started too early and didn't actually Celebrate Jesus' Birth.

So they Miss Out on the 'Wonderful Gift' of being able to take part in Celebrating 'With God' for His Son's Birthday, and they Miss the True Joy and Happiness that it Gives.

If You chose 'worldly/society ways' to Celebrate Christmas and leave Jesus out, then it's likely that your Life as a whole will also be stressed, bored and Missing Out on Something Special.

Jesus is Christmas ~ Jesus is Life.

Mary & Joseph and the Disciples of Jesus All made One Choice to Adapt & Adjust to God's Way and it made their Lives Better and more Enjoyable.

When You make the 'Wisest Choice' of Your Life to 'Welcome Jesus', then Your Life will be Transformed into a Better and more Wonderful Way than You could ever imagine.

~ Positive Bible Verse ~

All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s Way was right.
(Luke 7:29)

Grace is the 'Unmerited and Undeserved Favor & Love of God'.

Jesus came to earth and died on The Cross to 'Save' us All from our wrong Ways of Living.

He Sacrificed His own Life and Freedom 'In Place of Us' so that we can Enjoy True Life and Freedom.

The Truth is Non of us Deserve that kind of 'Love'. Yet God Loves us with a Limitless type of Love that is Beyond our Understanding. That's Grace.

Surely the Best thing that 'We Can All Do' is to 'Show' God & Jesus that we are Truly Grateful.
We can Do that by making the 'Right Choices' in our Lives to Live the 'Right Way' ~ God's Way.

Non of us Deserve the Wonderful Love that Jesus 'Showed Us'. But Jesus 'Does' Deserve the Love that we can 'Show Him'.

Show Jesus that you're Grateful to Him and that you Love Him by the Choices that You Make in Your Everyday Life.

God 'Gave' us the Wonderful 'Gift of Grace'. Don't waste that Gift. Accept it by Accepting Jesus as 'Your Savior' and Welcome Him with a Loving Heart.

~ Positive Bible Verses ~

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on Him (Jesus)
    the sins of us all.
(Isaiah 53:6)

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"We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved Grace of the Lord Jesus.”
(Acts 15:11)

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Even greater is God’s wonderful Grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through Jesus Christ.
(Romans 5:15)

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    He gives us Grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing
    from those who do what is right.
(Psalm 84:11)

The Son of God, The Creator of The Universe, was Born in a Stable. That's Humbleness.

Jesus had the Power, Authority and Ability to be able to be Born 'Anywhere'.

He could have Chose the most Luxury Palace in the world, yet He Chose a Humble Stable.

Jesus set a Positive Example of how we should Live our Lives, even at His Birth.

Jesus came to earth to Save us from our wrong ways of living.

To be able to Help us All, He needed to be Available to Everyone.
From the poorest and most overlooked people to the most privileged and the people in the highest positions, Jesus is for Everyone.

If He was Born in a Palace then The Shepherds might not have Felt Welcome to Go to Visit Him when The Angel gave them the Good Tidings of Great Joy, that 'The Savior' has been Born.

To be Born in a Humble Stable meant that Anybody could Feel Comfortable to 'Meet Jesus'.

One of the Beautiful things about Jesus being Born in The Stable meant that even the Animals where Welcome.
The Sheep, Lambs, Cows, Goats, Birds and The Donkey would All have been able to Experience the Wonderful Birth of God's Son.

The Stable is a Beautiful Example of God's Love & Care for 'All of His Creation'.

No matter Who You Are, rich or poor, privileged or overlooked, Jesus is Available for You, and He Loves You.

Jesus Humbled Himself to 'Be With You'.

That's Real Love. 

~ Positive Bible Verses ~

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
(James 4:10)

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Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism, but accepts from every nation the one who is in awe of Him and does what is right".
(Acts 10:34-35)

God said, "Let there be Light", and there was Light.
   (Genesis  1:3)

God made the Stars. He set them in the heavens to divide the 'Light' from darkness. (Genesis 14-19).

The Star at The Nativity was a Very Special Star, it was for the Birth of  God's Only Son, 'The Light of The World'.

There have been many theories about what the Star was.
Some people say it was a commit, some think it was three separate Stars that all lined up and appeared as one Star, and many other theories. 

My Wife & I often talk about it with a sense of Awe & Wonder.

Then when I was reading the Bible during Christmas 2021, I read Matthew 2:1+2 with a New Understanding.

The Wise Men were asking where Jesus had been Born, and they said "we have seen 'His Star' ".

I suddenly realised that as God had made All the Stars in Creation, then He could certainly make a New Special Star for the Birth of His Son.

It makes a Lot of sense that for such as Special event, God would Create a Unique Star.
The 'Star' might have been Created for that One Special Moment, the Birth of Jesus.

The Bible makes it clear that The Star 'Guided' The Wise Men to Jesus.

The Wise Men knew how Important the Birth of Christ was, and they Understood & Believed in the Mighty & Limitless 'Power & Creativity' of God.

They Believed in God's Loving Guidance, and they Received the Wonderful Blessing of Meeting Jesus.   

God 'Guides' us All in many Ways in our Lives. 
You Simply need to 'Believe' in God's Amazing Creativity and You will Discover 'Your Guiding Star'.

God has Placed a 'Star in Your Heart' to Lead You & Guide You in Your Life. 

~ Follow The Star in Your Heart.

Jesus is 'The Light of the world' ~ He is Your Guiding Star.

~ Positive Bible Verse ~

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever Follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
(John 8:12)