Do you love Christmas music ~ or do you get sick of it after a while? I'm one of those that could listen to it all year round. I loooove Christmas music.. and my all-time FAVORITE Christmas song is O Holy Night.
Let this sink in today:
Long lay the world, in sin and error pining
TIL HE APPEARED, and the soul felt its worth!
Compare these lyrics with Galatians 4:4-5
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Can you relate to this on a personal level? I sure can! Along with the whole world, I have personally been corrupted by sin, wallowing in my own grievous errors.. and PINING for someone to rescue me.
Then that SOMEONE appeared!! "When the fullness of the time came", Jesus Christ appeared.. and my soul felt its worth. My worth comes from HIM. He redeemed me; He adopted me; He made me HIS DAUGHTER! Has your soul felt the worth given to you by Jesus Christ? He came to rescue you; to redeem you; to make you HIS DAUGHTER.
Fall on your knees... worship the King. Emmanuel: God with us.
NOTHING and NO ONE compares with our Jesus.
Merry CHRISTmas!!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
A little help
Alright ladies, I'm working on the last lesson for this semester, "Going Deeper in Service" and I could use your input. Could you let me know what hinders you from serving the way you'd like to? What comes to mind when "serving" is mentioned?
Thanks girls!
See you on the 14th!! Don't forget the Sarah Bauer concert starting at 6:30! Woo Hoo!
Thanks girls!
See you on the 14th!! Don't forget the Sarah Bauer concert starting at 6:30! Woo Hoo!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
A Song That No One Else Can Sing
Girls, in a nutshell, this post is about how incredibly special you are to God. You are fabulously unique and irresistably precious to him!! And did you know that he has given you a song that NO ONE ELSE can sing? HE HAS!!!!
Check out Revelation 14. The scene is heaven. The 144,000 are from the 12 tribes of Israel. They suffered severe persecution for their faith in Christ and did not waiver. The apostle John records what he saw:
And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
Okay, so maybe you're thinking.. uhhhh.. I'm not one of the 144,000. True. But if you are a daughter of the Most High, then he has given you a special song of your very own. The psalms are FULL of exhortations to SING A NEW SONG, and also tell us that God Himself has "put a NEW SONG in my mouth; a song of praise to my God". (Psalm 40:3)
Only as we experience life WITH OUR GOD are we able to sing a new song TO OUR GOD! And because we have our own unique relationship with Christ, our own sweet love story, we also have a song that NO ONE ELSE CAN SING!!
I used to walk around in shame, believing that if I opened my mouth to speak about my past that I would bring dishonor to God. Guess what, ladies?? The opposite is true. Because it isn't about ME and what I've done at all. It's fully 100% about JESUS and what he has done. He took my shame away. He took YOUR shame away. And he enables us to proclaim THIS:
I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bride with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10
Now doesn't that make you want to open up your beautiful mouth and sing your own special GOD SONG - the song that no one else can sing!?! OH, SING IT, GIRLS!!!
Check out Revelation 14. The scene is heaven. The 144,000 are from the 12 tribes of Israel. They suffered severe persecution for their faith in Christ and did not waiver. The apostle John records what he saw:
And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
Okay, so maybe you're thinking.. uhhhh.. I'm not one of the 144,000. True. But if you are a daughter of the Most High, then he has given you a special song of your very own. The psalms are FULL of exhortations to SING A NEW SONG, and also tell us that God Himself has "put a NEW SONG in my mouth; a song of praise to my God". (Psalm 40:3)
Only as we experience life WITH OUR GOD are we able to sing a new song TO OUR GOD! And because we have our own unique relationship with Christ, our own sweet love story, we also have a song that NO ONE ELSE CAN SING!!
I used to walk around in shame, believing that if I opened my mouth to speak about my past that I would bring dishonor to God. Guess what, ladies?? The opposite is true. Because it isn't about ME and what I've done at all. It's fully 100% about JESUS and what he has done. He took my shame away. He took YOUR shame away. And he enables us to proclaim THIS:
I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bride with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10
Now doesn't that make you want to open up your beautiful mouth and sing your own special GOD SONG - the song that no one else can sing!?! OH, SING IT, GIRLS!!!
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