Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of the group, The Martins, singing … Heaven’s Child … poignantly singing of how God’s greatest gift to mankind was born in a manger in Bethlehem, … God’s little baby, His Son, born as Heaven’s Child, given to save mankind as our Messiah.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Luke 2:11 [ESV] ... 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
… Angels declare to the shepherds in Bethlehem that God had delivered His promised gift of a Messiah.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Luke 2:4-14 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Luke gives us the account of the birth of our Savior in Bethlehem to fulfill the prophesies of old of God’s gift of THE MESSIAH to all mankind.
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Reference Passage : … Isaiah 9:6 [ESV] … 6 For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
… 700+ years before the gift came to God’s people, Isaiah proclaimed His coming.
Reference Passage : … Micah 5:2 [ESV] … 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
… God, thru the Prophet, Micah, prophesies that the Messiah, the eternal ruler of all Israel, would come from Bethlehem.
Reference Passage : … John 3:16 [ESV] … 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
… God’s greatest gift proclaimed by Jesus Himself.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Remi Oyedele, uses the gift giving at Christmas to show our homage to the greatest gift ever given in the babe born in a manger. … The ODB author wrote: Remember Tickle Me Elmo? [see photo] Cabbage Patch Kids? The Furby? What do they have in common? Each rank among the twenty most popular Christmas gifts of all time. Also included on the list are familiar favorites such as Monopoly, the Nintendo Game Boy, and Wii.
We all delight in giving gifts at Christmas, but that’s nothing compared to God’s delight in giving the first Christmas gift. This gift came in the form of a baby, born in a Bethlehem manger (Luke 2:7).
Each year at Christmas, there seems to be one top gift that parents of young children simply must get and give to their kids. But as today’s ODB entry proclaims, we can’t let a “Tickle Me, Elmo” divert our attention away from what the Advent Season is all about, … the coming of the greatest gift of all, … God’s gift of a Savior, prophesied of old and born in a manger in Bethlehem (see scriptures above); … born as our Messiah and King Jesus, … given in God’s love to save us from ourselves and to provide us, when we receive God’s gift, with eternal life (see John 3:16).
Please take the time to hear what this blogger considers one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever written and sung to honor the greatest gift of all … “Heaven’s Child.” And please … take this journal entry as my Christmas card to you as we remember God’s greatest gift to us.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for giving me (us) the greatest gift of all … our Savior.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to declare our praise and thanks as we recognize our reception of the greatest gift of all time. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.</ span>
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