Today we look at the birth of Christ from the standpoint of God giving us his Son.
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Christmas 2019 – Giving of Gifts
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A Prayer Prompted by God’s Gift of His Son
Heavenly Father,
You have given us more than we could ever repay. You have put us eternally in your debt by sending your Son Jesus to live a real human life and to die a very human death for our sins.
We thank you for his humility, and the fact that he would be born as any normal human child and grow up through his teen years into adulthood like any other human being.
And we thank you for your salvation.
As the psalmist asks, what can we give you for all these benefits that you have given us?
We will receive the gift, receive your salvation and receive the free gift of eternal life.
Help us to live that life that we live completely for you, beginning now but lasting forever.
In Christ,
Amen.
Matthew 28 Verse by Verse
The final chapter of the Gospel of Matthew shows us the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the event that changes everything.
A Prayer Prompted by Matthew 28
Heavenly Father,
You are the Source of all life and the Creator of all things. And we understand that you gave your Son to suffer death in our place so that our sins would be forgiven.
We thank you for Jesus, who died, but was always planning to rise from the dead. He is now risen, just as he said.
He has conquered the grave and the gates of hell cannot prevail against his church.
Though we may feel sinful, dirty and lost, we trust that our sins are forgiven through faith in Jesus Christ.
Though we may feel forgotten and alone, we understand that he is Immanuel, God with us, and he has promised to be with us always.
Help us to constantly keep that in mind as we wait for his soon return.
Thank you in Christ’s name,
Amen.
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