I need a CHRISTMAS in my heart.
A RENEWAL.
A REBIRTH.
A REVIVAL.
I need a CHRISTMAS in my heart.
But CHRISTMAS is in my heart,
as that is where JESUS resides.
But have I left JESUS as a sleeping baby,
and I am waiting for HIM to WAKE UP.
Or am I the one who has fallen asleep
and have forgot the day
JESUS woke me up
and filled my whole being
and changed my life.
Have I put CHRISTMAS in a box until DECEMBER,
because I have put EASTER in a basket until next spring,
forgetting that
JESUS IS HERE and has never left me?
Where is CHRISTMAS?
Where is EASTER?
RIGHT HERE.
So is it a RENEWAL and a REBIRTH and a REVIVAL that
I really need,
or is that I have placed my
HOPE in
people, places, and things to change
before I can be HOPEFUL?
And am I waiting to experience
REAL PEACE,
when the circumstances that bring ANXIETY change?
And am I waiting to experience
REAL JOY
when the JOYLESS circumstances change.
To be totally honest, YES!
I need a CHRISTMAS.
But there HE IS.
"COME TO ME all who are WEARY and HEAVY LADEN"
(Matthew 11:28).
The INVITATION.
TO COME.
But what if I am tired and weary of COMING,
because I am still waiting for what I want when I want it,
while JESUS has already given me all that I will ever NEED.
HIMSELF.
I need a CHRISTMAS.
A RENEWAL.
A REBIRTH.
A REVIVAL.
But there HE IS.
WAITING for me.
CHRISTMAS is HERE
"Peace I leave with you;
MY [perfect] peace I give to you;
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.
[Let MY perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and
give you courage and strength for every challenge"
(John 14:27 AMP).
I need a CHRISTMAS.
A RENEWAL.
A REBIRTH.
A REVIVAL.
But there HE IS.
WAITING for me.
CHRISTMAS is HERE.
Time to WAKE UP!
CHRISTMAS MORNING is HERE.
"The night is about over, dawn is about to break.
Be up and awake to what GOD is doing! GOD is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work HE began when we first believed.
We can’t afford to waste a minute,
must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence,
in sleeping around and dissipation,
in bickering and grabbing everything in sight.
Get out of bed and get dressed!
Don’t loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute.
Dress yourselves in CHRIST, and be up and about!"
(Romans 13:11-14 MSG).
I need a CHRISTMAS and I just RECEIVED it!
I am the one who woke up,
because my GOD woke me up,
because I did COME again
and I won't stop.
Will you join me?
"Get out of bed and get dressed!
Don’t loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute.
Dress yourselves in CHRIST, and be up and about!"
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
"WORSHIP THROUGH IT"
(listen to the song below)
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