Sunday School
Class: Proverbs 26:22-28 gossip, hate, hidden agenda's
etc.
Scripture reading: #635
Sunday evening Vesper's @
Wednesday @
Advent 4 (Luke 2 -
Lighting the Angel's Candle.) We will be praying for those with
needs.
·
Light
the candle
·
Read
the Christmas Story
Luke
2:1. About this time Caesar Augustus, the Roman Emperor, decreed that a census
should be taken throughout the nation. 2. (This census was taken when Quirinius was governor of
4.
And because Joseph was a member of the royal line, he had to go to
7.
and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She
wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room
for them in the village inn. 8. That night some shepherds were in the fields
outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. 9. Suddenly an angel
appeared among them, and the landscape shone bright with the glory of the Lord.
They were badly frightened,
10.
but the angel reassured them. ``Don't be afraid!'' he
said. ``I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for
everyone! 11. The Savior--yes, the Messiah, the Lord--has been born tonight in
14.
``Glory to God in the highest heaven,'' they sang, ``and peace on earth for all
those pleasing him.'' 15. When this great army of angels had returned again to
heaven, the shepherds said to each other, ``Come on! Let's go to
16.
They ran to the village and found their way to Mary and Joseph. And there was
the baby, lying in the manger. 17. The shepherds told everyone what had
happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18. All who
heard the shepherds' story expressed astonishment,
19.
but Mary quietly treasured these things in her heart
and often thought about them. 20. Then the shepherds went back again to their
fields and flocks, praising God for the visit of the angels, and because they
had seen the child, just as the angel had told them.
CNN
has asked the question: “What would Jesus do? How would He celebrate the season?”
Matthew
9:35. Jesus traveled around through all the cities and villages of that area,
teaching in the Jewish synagogues and announcing the Good News about the
Kingdom. And wherever he went he healed people of every sort of illness. 36.
And what pity he felt for the crowds that came, because their problems were so
great and they didn't know what to do or where to go for help. They were like
sheep without a shepherd. 37. ``The harvest is so great, and the workers are so
few,'' he told his disciples. 38. ``So pray to the one in charge of the
harvesting, and ask him to recruit more workers for his harvest fields.''
There
are many people with great problems…the opportunity to do good for the Kingdom
is almost overwhelming. This Christmas I believe that Jesus would have us lift
up our eyes beyond our own boundaries and see the needs. These are our opportunities
to proclaim with the Angels, “I’m bringing Glory to God in the highest by
bringing peace to you and good-will to all the earth.”