Christmas Story

If you want to have your very own Christmas story you are going to have to decide who are you in the story.
Are you like Mary, like Joseph, or like Jesus?
(For the record, Jesus probably didn't get any gifts when he was born.)

He gave the greatest gift of all time however, Himself.
That's what we want to be like eventually.
However, we have a better shot of being more like Joseph and Mary...

1) Give yourself to God's purposes for your life.
2) Suffer reproach for Jesus (They had him in a stables. God did this because Mary ahd Jesus in her. If you have Jesus in her things will not go perfectly-You MUST suffer reproach with Jesus (Hebrews 13)
3) Make do with the hand that God deals you...(Hebrews 13) We know that this life is only for a while. We are headed for a better place (Home if we know Jesus.) So, make do...
4) Love your brother(s) and don't forget to entertain strangers. (Hebrews 13:1-2) They were entertaining in the stables stinky shepherds very shortly after Jesus' birth.

You can have a Christmas story like theirs. Decide to today.
Pastor Dan
newheightsfellowshipschurch.org