The interaction with others at Christmas shouldn’t be much different, but often it is. How can we justify being kind at one point of the year and avoiding or being selfish the rest of the year?
That might be a tough question, but I believe it makes a lot of sense.
This is the time of year when people give more. Some times that is because it is the end of the year. It is the time of the year when we will sit with people at parties or dinners that we would not be seen with at other times. But these are the very people that God told us to win for His kingdom.
This ought to be the time that we shine, but Christmas too should be the time that we simply practice what we do the rest of the year!
Ephesians 4:32 NLT
Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Choose kindness. God did. For out of His kindness He sent His one and only son.
James 4:17 NASB
Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
It is right to go out of our way to show love and to help others. Jesus did all through His life. That doesn’t mean He pushed away truth. In fact He held tight to truth and shared it always!
1 John 3:17 NASB
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Self or savior? Giver or taker? Hoarder or sharer? We know the truth. We know our hearts
Just remember that the example is set. God gave. Therefore, we celebrate Christmas.
Galatians 4:4-5 NASB
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.
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