*What Will You Find At Christmas?*
by Rick Warren
Condensed from "The Heart of Christmas"
Today your Savior was born... He is Christ, the Lord (Luke 2:11) |
You Know what our problem is? Too often, we don't know what we're looking for in life. We think we're looking for happiness, and so we go out and we try all kinds of things to give us happinewss. We think we're looking for love: " I just want someone to love me, to fill this void in my ." Or we think we're looking for success, security, or meaning and purpose in life. |
Do you
see what Christmass is ? Christmas is really the
celebration of an invasion. It's a close encounter of the
God kind. God invaded earth nearly 2000 years ago as a
human being. Why? So we could know He's not some big force in the sky. He wants us to know what He's really like. The birth of His Son, Jesus, split history into A.D. and B.C. Every time you write a check, it's a reference point. Whether you're a believer or not, you're using Jesus Christ as a reference point every single day of your life: 1998, or 1999, or 2000 years from what? |
From the time when God sent His Son to live and die on this earth. |
We think
we're looking for all these different things, but
actually what we're really looking for is God. God is
what you're really searching for. Our hearts are restless
until they find their rest in Him. But here's the good
news. All the time your were looking, and you didn't know it was God you were looking for, God was reaching out for you, too. That's why He sent Jesus Christ so many centuries ago. The Bible says Jesus came back to seek and to save. While you've ben seeking him, He's been seeking you. The miracle of christmas is not on 345h Street; it''s in Bethlehem. Jesus says, " I offer you forgiveness for your past, peace of mind in the present, and a solid future in eternity." Now if you do't get anything else, get this, You matter to God Your problems matter to God. Your pain matters to God. Your potential matters to God. Can you imagine being given a gift at Christmas and never unwrapping it? What's the logic bhind that ? God says, "I want to offer you forgiveness,peace of mind, and eternal life," and you haven't unwrapped it? You're never going to be offered a greater gift then Jesus! Would you like to go to a web site and learn more.? I suggest http://www.guidepost.org, You will find their link, on the family safe links page or you can just type it in the address bar http://www.guidepost.org is what it was. thank you and May you find God. Whom is waiting for you |
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