What is your favorite part of Christmas? Why?
I love Christmas! It is my favorite holiday of the year. I love decorating the day after Thanksgiving (although this year, my 12 ft. wreath hanging fall put a damper on this year's decorating), listening to Christmas music and watching all the Christmas specials.
What does this passage mean to you? What is the importance of Christ being born?
It might be a stretch to say that God upgraded his means of communicating to us by sending his son, Jesus, to come down here on earth, live among us and die for us. God brought the savior to us! When Christ came to earth, it signaled to us that God deeply cares about us and will stop at nothing to get across his message of love, forgiveness and redemption.
Application:
So, this week, how can you upgrade your relationship with Christ? What can you do that will push you closer to him this week? **Try to avoid the common - "I will read the Bible more" or "I will pray more". Those are very good, but are not specific enough. Instead of saying, "I will read the Bible more", maybe put down, "I will read through Philippians and write down 1 application that I will do this week based on what I read"**
What did the Angels say would happen with Christ being born?
What is the latest thing you have upgraded? For instance, did you upgrade your cell phone, video game console or computer recently? Why did you upgrade?
It might be a stretch to say that God upgraded his means of communicating to us by sending his son, Jesus, to come down here on earth, live among us and die for us. God brought the savior to us! When Christ came to earth, it signaled to us that God deeply cares about us and will stop at nothing to get across his message of love, forgiveness and redemption.
God upgraded from having Prophets speak the truth to his people, to sending his son, one and only son, to live among us. Christ spoke for God as he is God (John 1:1-2). What a huge decision God made to reach out to us.
Because God changed his approach to reaching us, sometimes we need to change the approach we have at hearing and being challenged by Christ.
Application:
So, this week, how can you upgrade your relationship with Christ? What can you do that will push you closer to him this week? **Try to avoid the common - "I will read the Bible more" or "I will pray more". Those are very good, but are not specific enough. Instead of saying, "I will read the Bible more", maybe put down, "I will read through Philippians and write down 1 application that I will do this week based on what I read"**
Write it down and share it with someone else so they can be encouraging you. Or, if you are bold enough, post it under the comments section and I and others that read it will be praying for you.
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