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I'll leave you with this most awesome Christmas word of the Lord from Diane Lake:
I heard the Lord say, "Pay attention to Christmas this year—it's a time of abundant blessing." Imagine! God wants to give you, His faithful child, a Christmas present this year!
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"Merry Christmas: God's in the Package!"
by Diane Lake, Missoula, MT
God's Gift to Mankind
I heard the Lord say, "Pay attention to Christmas this year—it's a time of abundant blessing." Imagine! God wants to give you, His faithful child, a Christmas present this year!
"For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:7-8)
We all associate Christmas with packages—there are gifts to be wrapped, both to give and receive. Of course there is no greater gift than the heavenly Father's, who freely gave His only Son to be born as a baby destined for the Cross.
A Season of Recovery
| "Like the wise virgins who were prepared to transition to the wedding, our thank offerings help us get ready to shift into the new things of God." |
As I prayed about a Christmas article this year, I had an interesting dream. In it I had taken an amazing picture of a beautiful swan, but while attempting to edit it on my phone, I somehow accidentally deleted it. This phone was unfamiliar to me but I knew if I hit the number "8" on the screen, tech support would be notified. To my surprise, I began receiving messages back from them which were quotes from Romans 5! Verses 5-8 were highlighted—especially verses 7 and 8 (above).
These numbers are fascinating since we've recently entered the Hebraic year 5778, and it's almost the Gregorian year 2018. The number "8" symbolizes new beginnings. I believe this dream signifies we're entering a new season to recover things that have been lost. My sense is one aspect of this is personal (see Joel 2:25), but the main application is evangelism.
The Lord spoke to me the parable of the lost sheep. As the parable begins in Matthew 18, verse 11 says: "For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost." I believe we are entering a season in which the heavens are opening in a new way for the recovery of lost souls.
Even those not specifically gifted in evangelism are being invited to contact Heaven (tech support) through prayer in this season of new beginnings. Let's embrace the work of an evangelist and be asking God to recover lost souls in 2018 (2 Tim. 4:5)! (Photo via Unsplash)
God's Gift to You
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights..." (James 1:17)
I also saw the Lord handing out... (continue reading)
