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A Christmas Day Blog Post...A month later...Luke 1:26-38

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  A great vantage point for this shot of our family have some snow fun.  More is on its way this week!  Good timing for a visit from Illinois.  It was Christmas Eve and the evening was filled with an annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service.  It is always amazing who you might see at this service.  We had more than ever in this mountain chapel with about 60 and that was with about 18 of our regulars not here.  We utilized 3 videos from The Biggest Story to tell the story with a before, during, and after segment.   Sunday we continued on with the events of the first coming of Christ.  Last week was the angel Gabriel giving doubting Zechariah the news about the messenger before the coming Messiah, John.  This week was the angel Gabriel giving willing Mary the news about the never before virgin birth of the long awaited Deliverer.  Both asked " how " but with very different outcomes.  One was to be mute for the next 9 months ...
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About 9 months earlier...Luke 1:5-25...The Other Baby

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  We are on a path through the events of the 1st coming of Christ.  Many times when I am doing this with a congregation it is blazing a new trail for some people who have not dived deep into each element and individual associated with the coming of Jesus.  This continues to open my eyes each time I have the opportunity to walk down this path given to us in God's word.  The connection of the Old Testament to the New Testament melts together at Christmas time. Along with the Messiah being in the line of David to be the King of a forever kingdom is the fact that the Messiah would have a messenger before Him who would point to Him as the anointed and sent One from God.  We know this to be John the Baptist who said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." (John 1:29)  Jesus also points out that John the Baptist is the Elijah type forerunner spoken of by God through the prophet Malachi.  This part of the telling of the events of Jesus...
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Anticipation with Information...various Scriptures

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  The aspens of Colorado continue to put on a display in every season.  Even with no leaves, they decorate the landscape.  May we do the same in the different seasons of our lives for the glory of God.   Stephanie has always been such a big part of the ministries wherever we have been.  We have always been a team when it comes to where we can serve in the local church.  Stephanie and the ladies of SCC put on the annual Ladies' Christmas Brunch and it saw 50 ladies from 5 area churches and the community come in to hear her share the true message of Christmas and the gospel.  I am so thankful for her in my life. Our passages showed us what the Jewish people knew about the coming Messiah.  I think it is a classic example of we hear and retain what we want to hear and retain.  We can do the same as they did when wanting to focus on one aspect of Jesus more than another.  They were looking for a victorious Messiah when all the of Scriptu...
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