Posted on 12/22/2014 12:48:09 AM PST by Kitty Mittens
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We Come into Your Presence with Joy, So Thankful for Your Love and Your Grace. You are Awesome, Majestic King, and Creation Shouts Out Your Praise. Lightning Flashes, Thunder Booms, and our Hearts are Dazzled by Your Might. Our Spirits are Filled with Thanksgiving and Love; Blessed be Your Glorious Name!
We Lift our Beloved Military to You, Seeking Great Blessings and Gifts. May Your Presence Enfold them, Daily Help them, and Keep them Evermore Safe. Please Answer All their Prayers, Loving Lord, and Thwart those who Seek their Harm. We are So Thankful for our Heroes, Father, who Keep our America Free.
Our Master, our Hearts are with Your Persecuted Lambs. How we Pray for their Well-Being, Gracious Lord! Please Surround them with Mercy, and Encircle them with a Hedge of Your Grace. Morning, Noon, and Night, Please Bring them the Presence of the King.
Thank You for Hearing our Prayers, Loving Lord. We Long for that Day when we will See You Face to face. You Alone are God, and Worthy of the Universe's Throne. 'The LORD Shall Reign Forever and Ever!' (Ex.15:18 ) In Jesus' Name, for the Glory of the King, amen.
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At our house some Christmas events are the same each year. Among them is my wife Marties appeal to the kids and grandkids as they attack their gifts: Save the paper, we can use it next year! Martie loves to give nice gifts, but she also appreciates the wrapping. Presentation is part of the beauty of the gift.
It makes me think of the wrapping Christ chose when He came as a redemptive gift to rescue us from our sinful selves. Jesus could have wrapped Himself in a mind-boggling show of power, lighting up the sky with His presence in a celestial show of glory. Instead, in a beautiful reversal of Genesis 1:26, He chose to wrap Himself in the likeness of men (Phil. 2:7).
So why is this wrapping so important? Because, being like us, He is no stranger to our struggles. He experienced deep loneliness and the betrayal of a dear friend. He was publicly shamed, misunderstood, and falsely accused. In short, He feels our pain. As a result, the writer of Hebrews tells us that we can come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Heb. 4:16).
When you think of the gift of Jesus this Christmas, remember to keep the wrapping in mind!
Amen to your prayer.
Blessings, etabeta
Amen to every word of your beautiful prayer!
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Amen.
Joining in prayer, Kitty Mittens.
Lifting up our beloved America and our heroes who defend her - home and abroad.
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