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Christmas tradition 


There are so many of these.  Look around you as we are almost to Christmas.  The hustle and hurry of these traditions and the holiday will often take us away from the real meaning of Christmas.


Be careful to not let the Christmas traditions take your focus off of Christ.  I am not suggesting that we be legalistic about Christmas and leave all the other stuff behind.  I am suggesting that we “keep Christ in Christmas” and make much of Him.


Take some time each day to personally keep your celebration all about Jesus.  Here are just a few things that will do that for me…


Isaiah 7:14  NLT  

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).


Isaiah 9:6  NLT  

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.


Zechariah 9:9  NLT  

Rejoice, O people of Zion!  Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!  Look, your king is coming to you.  He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.


Luke 2:11-14  NLT  

The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! 12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying, 14  “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”


Those are verses, for the most part, we have already shared.  But we need to hear and know.  God is God.  He sent His son.  That is the reason for Christmas.


Maybe make new traditions this Christmas that help you and your family focus on the true and real meaning for Christmas and every day of life.  Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!


Would you consider giving to the Christmas mission offering of The Community Fellowship?  Your gift will be used to further the message of the Christ and serving people to the next level.  Go to www.thecommunityfellowship.org and click “give online” as well as choose missions.  Or mail your gift to PO Box 388, Collinsville, VA 24078.  Thank you!

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