countdown to Christmas: MARY

Before I begin today’s post I want to ask you to join me in giving an END OF THE YEAR GIFT this Christmas to The Community Fellowship. Your gift will help us serve those who are hungry, hurting or homeless? You can also help us finish our new campus. All gifts are tax deductible. Mail your gift to PO Box 388, Collinsville, VA 24078 and choose general fund, Dream Center (homeless and feeding ministry) or Vision fund (completion of new campus). You can also give online at https://tcf.ccbchurch.com/w_give_online.php

Let’s spend our time this week counting down till Christmas. There are many things about this holiday that sharpening my senses, but nothing gets me more excited and pleases me more than watching the people I care about, our church family, is when I see needs being met and love being shown. Keep it up!

But I ask you to turn your attention is a young teenage girl that got an unexpected visit from an angel. That was Mary. Yes, she did know from the start that the baby she carried, gave birth too and cared for was something extra special. Thinking about Mary I can only imagine what the people around her had to say.

Do we allow the negative people around us to steal our passion or to stop our momentum? We must not do that. It is sweet to watch the visitors interact with Mary and Joseph as well with Jesus. I also cannot imagine the emotion that filled Mary during all of those days.

Matthew 1:38 NLT

Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.

This event did not make Mary divine. It made her an example for us to follow. Be useful to God by listening and following. Let others see and know that God is real.

We will experience some of the same miracles that Mary and others in the Christmas story experienced. Share with others. Enjoy this holiday. Tell the story of Jesus. Smile often. Enjoy God’s glory. Remember that God can and will do anything!

Matthew 1:37 NASB

For nothing will be impossible with God.

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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