“Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! —Acts 8: 19 & 20, ESV
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Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets. —2 Samuel 6:14 & 15, NIV Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. -Exodus 14:21 & 22, NIV “If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.” –Esther 4:4, NIV How unknowledgeable of my part! Christmas is here, and we should celebrate it will all poise it deserves. More than a celebration of love, charity, family, and beauty, we know that there is more than a holiday season: the birth of the King of Kings. “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD.”Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18, NIV) But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. (Psalm 69:13) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV) |
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