Good Morning Peeps! How are you doing this Friday morning, good I hope? Did you have a good work week, I sure hope so? Have a good and very Blessed Friday and rest of the week and YEAR too! - May God Bless You and Yours In 2018 and Beyond!!! - “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!! J
***Remember, if you haven’t purchased it already, my newly published book “The Third Eye Perspective” book of Devotionals is available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Xulon Press, and also in the December 2018 edition of the Christian Book Buyers Guide Catalog on page #7 in Paperback, Hardback, also on EBook. You can also follow me on Twitter (CCBrown67) and Instagram (Doubletuff99)! Thank you!
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“This is the day that the Lord has made! I will rejoice and be glad in it!”
My Christmas Message To You,
Today will mark my last day sending the “Third Eye Perspective Morning Devotional” this year 2018. I was fortunate enough to have enough vacation to be able to take the rest of the year off after today and enjoy some downtime with my loved ones and also to recharge my batteries! I can’t put into words how much I enjoy sharing the Word of God with you each and every morning. And as I have said so many times before, I still have a very hard time accepting that these messages have such a HUGE impact on other people’s lives! The anxiousness and excitement some of you show in regards to these messages when I am either running late on getting them to you, or take an unexpected day off from doing so really and truly amazes me. For that I am really and truly grateful beyond measure! I have also said, as much as I would like to take credit for impact of these messages I can’t, it is ALL God! “To God Be The Glory!” Because without Him I am NOTHING and with Him I can do ANYTHING but fail! And AMEN goes right here! If you are on Facebook (and I know almost everyone of you are!) you can go and type “Third Eye Perspective Page of Devotionals” in the Facebook search engine on there and it will pull that page up and you can hit the “LIKE” button and be able to see all of my past messages posted on there! I might also be posting at random some Devotionals on that page, as well as my Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Please remember the reason for the season. It is very nice to wake up on Christmas morning and see the excitement of the kids as they get gifts and presents from under the tree and start to rip them open. But the real reason behind the season is celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We should be just as, if not even more excited than our kids ripping open their presents about it being Jesus Christ’s birthday! It is my prayer and sincere hope, that each and every person reading this will be Blessed and in good Health, and that the upcoming holidays are filled with love, warmth, and good food! Take care and God Bless you and yours!
“Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.”
Luke 2:19 NIV.
Christmas holds both the mystery of the Child and the majesty of the Christ.
This Advent, my thoughts and comments are about “Christmas Wonder.”
By Pastor Allen Randolph
Life presents moments that pique your curiosity until you just must know more. Some of those are coincidental; a few, but more than you might realize, are providential. I regret any time I was too busy to notice moments of divine providence. I am grateful for every time I allowed God to interrupt my plans with His opportunities. Such instances can change your course and shape your life in unexpected ways.
Christmas should be one of those times. On the first Christmas, the eternal and almighty God personally came into our world at an unexpected time (after 400 years of Heaven’s silence), to an unlikely place (to a stable, not a palace), and in an unimaginable manner (in a natural process possible only by supernatural means). The Creator became as His creation; the Eternal became subject to mortality; the Omnipotent became conventional.
Christmas holds both the mystery of the Child and the majesty of the Christ, presenting questions only God and faith can adequately answer. The Apostle Paul described the Incarnation to Timothy, his young protégé, “Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ appeared in the flesh and was shown to be righteous.” 1 Timothy 3:16 NLT. Peter simply wrote, “[We] were eyewitnesses of His majesty.” 2 Peter 1:16 NIV.
I love the Christmas story as told by Luke. Read Luke 2:1-20. Angels fill the Judean night with praise and pronouncements to humble shepherds routinely busy about their drab and daily life. Leaving their flocks, the shepherds hurried to find this One of whom the Angels sang. Of course, the shepherds told Mary and Joseph their story, as they later, “spread the word that had been told them about this child. And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.” People’s “wonder” is variously translated as, “amazed, marveled, or astonished.” Christmas should arouse wonder and amazement.
Mary’s response provides my thoughts and comments today; “Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 NIV. What a model of spiritual life for you and me. Mary “treasured and pondered in her heart” the words and workings of God. Spiritual discovery originates in the heart, then engages the mind for understanding and the will for appropriate action. Generations earlier, Solomon gave strong counsel, “Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.” Read Proverbs 4:21-27 NKJV.
Mary’s attitude was reverential; Mary “treasured” the Angel’s words that began her journey of obedience and trust, as she embraced the awe-filled story of the shepherds’ angelic visit and pronouncement, just as she would esteem the Wise Men’s journey from afar. She placed high value on all that God said and did and cherished it all in her heart.
Mary’s posture was wonder and worship. Mary “pondered” the Angel’s words. “Ponder” is the process of, “putting one thing with another in considering circumstances.” Mary was deliberate, reflective, and ultimately receptive. Mary’s reasoned response was, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior for He has regarded the lowly estate of His maidservant . . for He who is mighty has done great things and holy is His name.” Read Mary’s joyous Magnificent, Luke 1:46-55.
This Advent, my prayer is that Christmas is released in your heart with fresh wonder and discovery.
K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.
1 Timothy 2:1 (NLT)
~Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus Christ~
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