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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

Christmas lights are all around us. These lights remind us that Christ is the Light of the world. But they also remind us that God has called us to reflect the light of Christ. “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.”

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BibleGateway: Ephesians 5:1-21 ESV Text: Ephesians 5:1-21 KJV Text: Ephesians 5:1-21 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:15      1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk… 

A humble manger leads to a despised cross. For “Has not God chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty?” Though sin-tainted reason sees nothing worthwhile in a manger and a cross, faith sees in them God’s great answer to everything.

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BibleGateway: 1 Corinthians 1:1-31 ESV Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-31 KJV Text: 1Corinthians 1:1-31 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 3:54      1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through… 

Christmas is only five days away. Are you ready? Are you ready for Christ return? But when will that be? We don’t know. But one thing is sure: “Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” So wake up! “Cast off the works of darkness . . . and put on the Lord Jesus Christ.”

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BibleGateway: Romans 13:8-14 ESV Text: Romans 13:8-14 KJV Text: Romans 13:8-14 The section starts at about 1:6 and ends at about 2:16 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he… 

The angels sing the Gospel of a Savior born to bring peace between God and sinful man. This is good news. But the Gospel is much more than news. It is the very “power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”

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BibleGateway: Romans 1:1-17 ESV Text: Romans 1:1-17 KJV Text: Romans 1:1-17 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:27      1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated… 

God’s Christmas gift to the world is a sacrificial Lamb. “Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name And richer blood than they . . . Believing, we rejoice To see the curse remove; We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice And sing His bleeding love.”

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BibleGateway: John 1:29-34 ESV Text: John 1:29-34 KJV Text: John 1:29-34 The section starts at about 2:58 and ends at about 3:56      29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold… 

Repent! When we confess our sins, and then find full relief in the Savior’s forgiveness, fruits of repentance will naturally follow. Our faith in Jesus is a living thing, which, seeks to correct what is amiss in our lives. All praise to the Holy Spirit for the fruit He produces in our lives.

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BibleGateway: Luke 3:1-16 ESV Text: Luke 3:1-16 KJV Text: Luke 3:1-16 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:33      1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius… 

Zacharias’ son was God’s choice to prepare the way for the world’s Savior. The world sat in hopeless darkness, but John would point to Jesus as the Light to guide sinners into the way of peace. Jesus is still the one and only Light in Whom we have true and lasting peace.

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BibleGateway: Luke 1:69-79 ESV Text: Luke 1:69-79 KJV Text: Luke 1:69-79 The section starts at about 7:43 and ends at about 8:51 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the… 

Oh to have a “Mary” Christmas! A “Mary” Christmas is one in which we humbly confess our sinfulness, while rejoicing in God our Savior. When your focus is on the Mighty One who has done great things for you, then you will truly have a “Mary” Christmas!

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BibleGateway: Luke 1:39-56 ESV Text: Luke 1:39-56 KJV Text: Luke 1:39-56 The section starts at about 4:46 and ends at about 6:32      39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country…