1973 2018

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Merry Christmas

Local pastors give Christmas message

Merry Christmas!

Pastor Wallace Rains New Beginning FellowshipI love Christmas! In our home,

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year!

For many people, it’s a very tough time of the year. There may be “triggers” that cause a memory to come back of a painful time. It seems Satan is on the attack more during the Christmas season than at any other time. He tries to distract us from focusing on the season where we celebrate the birth of Jesus!

Matthew’s Gospel reports that wise men came "from the east" to worship the "king of the Jews". These men began a long journey because a certain star was in the sky, alerting them to the birth of the King of the Jews. They could have traveled for several months to meet Him in person. I believe it is a story that can teach us something today.

First of all, God wants to reach every person. He makes every effort to reach every person who is far away from Him. God used the star to reach wise men from the East in order to bring them to Christ. Secondly, God wants us to diligently seek Him. We need more than a knowledge of Christ... we need to seek Him and know Him. Finally, we need to worship Jesus. The wise men worshipped Jesus by offering valuable gifts to Him. Once the wise men reached Jesus it says the first thing they did was to fall down and worship Him. We worship God by offering ourselves to Him and by offering that which is valuable to us. page 2

Where are you today? Are you the one that is far from God and hearing the call to come seek His Son?

Remember, God continues to seek you no matter who you are or where you are from. God promises that if you seek Him, you will find Him. Don’t give up on the journey because God has not given up on you!

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