Dec 24 2025 … To The Humble Shepherds …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Andrew Peterson singing While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks … declaring HALLELUJAH as God pronounces the coming of The Christ to the Shepherds.
Highlight Passage: … Luke 2:10 … [NLT] …
9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, 10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.
… Luke’s account of God sending His angel to the shepherds near Bethlehem to declare the birth of Messiah.
Highlight Passage in Context: Luke 2: 8-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God sends His Angel to shepherds to declare the birth of Messiah, calling them to go and see the Christ, their King.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 40:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Isaiah prophesies the coming of The Messiah, Who will be like a shepherd caring for His sheep.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 9:36 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Matthew compared Jesus’ confused and helpless followers to be like sheep without a shepherd.
Reference Passage: … John 10:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus refers to Himself as “The Good Shepherd,” …willing to die for His sheep.
Reference Passage: … Acts 20:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul declares to the Elders of the believers in Ephesus to be like shepherds, caring for their flock.
Reference Passage:… Hebrews 13:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The author of Hebrews compares God to a great shepherd.
Reference Passage:… 1Peter 5:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter calls on Elders in Christ’s church to care for the “flock” in Christ’s church as a shepherd cares for his sheep.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Amy Boucher Pie … USE THS LNK … tells of the first radio broadcast of music and voice from a over radio likely occurred on a Navy vessel in the Atlantic on Christmas Eve in 1906 when ships heard Reginald Fessenden playing a violin solo of “O Holy Night,” closing with a vocal statement about the Christmas Eve declaration from Luke 2: “Glory to God in the highest heaven!”
And that Luke 2 story of God’s Angel appearing to the shepherds near Bethlehem on that eve of the birth of our Lord is likely the most quoted word of God about the birth of Christ in our world, isn’t it? And isn’t it wonderful that God chose SHEPHERDS to announce the birth of His Son, The Messiah, showing that God favors the humble to be mankind’s model of humility, which SHEPHERDS in those days certainly represented.
I get the message!! … Here on Christmas eve, we all need to take a deep look at ourselves and see if we can do all we can, going into the New Year, to do all we can to be humble and caring for others in God’s flock, just like shepherds were for their sheep in Jesus’ day. Jesus, as our “Good Shepherd,” referred to Himself as “Humble and Meek (i.e., “kind”) (look it up in Matthew 11:29); and I certainly need to be more like my Good Shepherd into this upcoming year. How about you?
My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for being my model Shepherd in caring for me as one of Your sheep.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for coming to us to be our Good Shepherd. … Amen
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