Bible verses to remember Christmas is not about you

In his Christmas message, the President said: “Christmas symbolizes the birth of Jesus Christ who assumed a powerful voice, teaching us lessons of kindness and charity that have lasted for more than 2000 years”. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. In music class we sang Christmas songs – even those with the word “Christ” in them. What are we to make of the violence and hate that wracks God’s creation? Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? We ask, do we say “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas”?

Christmas as it is celebrated today is a blend of the sacred and the secular.

There are those who this Christmas face uncertainty and for whom there is an element of sadness because a loved one is absent for the first time. Is it completely pagan or an important day on the Christian calendar?

There are a couple of reasons why it is hard for some people to receive a gift.

With much love this Christmas. True faith believes God did the miraculous and mysterious work of redemption through the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Although some commentators and religious groups claim that for the past few years there’s been a “war on Christmas”, I believe the holiday’s spirit is alive and well in spite of all the modern political correctness. Two points struck me this week about this passage: The wise men had a desire to follow the star to find Jesus and they made the effort to find Jesus.

The Christmas season is a time that is supposed to evoke joy, good cheer and benevolence toward our fellow man. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen.

Please have a Family Christmas this year as you experience the loving mercy of the heart of our God. Hughes goes deeper into the story. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. “Mary’s pregnancy was highly inconvenient to put it mildly”. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. Science at large rejects his virgin birth, and he being both the son of man and Son of God. Read it in its entirety in Luke 2:1-20, but let me share verse 4-11, which reads, ” So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. “He would learn about what God requires of His people, namely justice”. Yet, Christmas, as respectable as it is, is misunderstood by many people whose interpretations about its reality will forever remain constant; to drink beyond the belly’s fill and to have sexual displays from dust till dawn.