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WITH ANGELIC HOST PROCLAIM
by Pastor Mike Fortune
December 29, 2012
O Little Town of Bethlehem (entire vid)
- Christmas can be a blessing to the poor (Luke 2:15-16)
- Christmas can strengthen our faith (Luke 2:17-19)
- Christmas can remind us all to love all and serve all (Luke 2:20; Acts 20:24,28; John 13:1,4-5; Joel 2:29)
Luke 2:15-20
15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "Let's go to Bethlehem! Let's see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." 16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.17 After seeing him, 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 were astonished,19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
Acts 20:24
24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
Acts 20:28
28 "So guard yourselves and God's people. Feed and shepherd God's flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders.
John 13:1, 4-5
1 Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. 4 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.
Joel 2:29
29 In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike.