The other day when I was subbing in a local elementary school the teachers aides and I were singing a song which I love and Pastor John hates. You may know the lyrics...."let is snow, let it snow, let it snow" Pastor takes the fact that the words of our mouth are important seriously especially when it comes to snow. Saturday...he spent several hours snow blowing between our house, the church, and my fathers driveway. After we were all done he prayed, "Father, I ask that we don't have a snow storm like predicted tonight." (He didn't want to have to get up early and plow the church for Sunday morning and my Dad told us there was an 80 percent chance of snow overnight) God answered his prayer and when I put the dogs out at 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning there was no snow. By 7:00 a.m. the snow was coming down...but not so bad to hinder church. So next time we'll add "until after church". The celebration of Christmas in December reminds us that God's greatest gift is not the delay of snow....it is the giving of Jesus to the world as Immanuel "God with Us" and the invitation to accept Him as our Lord and Savior. The Bible tells us in Romans 6:23 " For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. "NKJV God desires to reconcile His wayward children to himself. Sin separates...repentance and acceptance of Jesus and the finished work of the cross changes us from the inside out allowing us to live in the fullness of life.
Look for the second video in our series sometime this week.
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