Christmas in coming closer everyday, it’s only fifteen days away now. Christmas is a wonderful season of the year and a busy season. Each of us needs to be careful, that in the midst of gift buying, decorating and cookie baking, we give some thought to the true meaning of Christmas. Do your part to keep Christ in Christmas.
Use the word Christmas, don’t follow the crowd and use Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings. If your work has dropped Christmas, give them a little flack. Why is it that suddenly everyone has become so careful to not offend anyone except Christians? I’m offended when people or businesses refuse to use the Christmas. Speak up, send an email, write a letter, make a phone call. Make a difference.
Christmas is about Jesus coming to this earth to teach us about faith, hope and love. NIV 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. Faith, hope and love are qualities that you can develop in this life with God’s help Faith, hope and love and going to last forever. Christmas is about looking beyond the hustle and bustle of daily life, looking beyond work and play, family and fun. Christmas is about God breaking into the lives of ordinary people.
Christmas is about God sending His Son Jesus to become one of us. Because of Christmas 2000 years ago, the world has never been the same. That’s why we celebrate Christmas. Do you believe in the miracle of Christmas? NLT Hebrews 11:6 It is impossible to please God without faith. Faith is essential to please God, faith is essential to know God. Not just any kind of faith, but faith in God and what He has said.
Today, my message is entitled “Grow Into A Woman Of Faith.” We are going to be looking at the life of Mary, a woman of faith. Mary was chosen by God to bring Jesus into the world. Why did God choose Mary? What it just random chance? Did God see qualities in Mary that pleased Him? What can you and I learn from Mary’s experience? How can you as a woman learn from Mary’s example?
Today, we’re going to look at a passage of the Bible in Luke 1 which begins NIV Luke 1:26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. What happened next was supernatural. An angel appeared to Mary and spoke God’s Word to her. We’re going to look at God’s Word and Mary’s response to learn some lessons for our own lives. God is still speaking today, do you believe it?
To hear more about this topic, listen to my December 10, 2006 message entitled Grow Into A Woman Of Faith