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Christmas Joy

December 17, 2018 By admin

In 1967, Charles E. Hummel published a small book entitled, Tyranny of the Urgent.1In it, he asked if we’d ever wished for a 30-hour day. “Surely this extra time would relieve the tremendous pressure under which we live. Our lives leave a trail of unfinished tasks. Unanswered letters, unvisited friends, unwritten articles, and unread books haunt quiet moments when we stop to evaluate. We desperately need relief.”

Hummel goes on to answer his own question. “But would a thirty-hour day really solve the problem? Wouldn’t we soon be just as frustrated as we are now with our twenty-four allotment?”

This Christmas season we’re probably all wishing for more time, more money, and more energy. We worry about things that are nearly out of our control and things that we should have had more control over. Do we have enough presents for each of our children/parents/grandchildren/neighbors/co-workers. How can we make it to the Christmas pageant at church, cook all the food for Christmas dinner, and find time to visit grandmother in the nursing home? And there’s that nagging fear about the credit card bills due to drop in January.

When was the last time you stopped and thought about the miracle of Jesus’ birth? When was the last time you looked at a baby and wondered anew at how God could send his son to a dirty barn to be born to a teen-age girl? When was the last time you looked at a star and thought what a fitting global positioning system that was for the magi?

It doesn’t get much simpler than this: God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16 KJV).

Put down your lists and stop wrapping your presents and share the Christmas story with someone you love. Keep it simple. God did. When the angels appeared to the shepherds on the hills of Galilee, they weren’t given a deep study into the plan of salvation. The angel calmed their fears and told them the good news of a savior who was born nearby, who would bring peace and good will to men. They believed and rushed to see the baby.

I recently heard my son explaining the birth of Jesus to my 4-year-old grandson. The description of the stable was an easy one for Brandon to visualize because they have a chicken coop. Although kept quite clean, no one Brandon knew would want to be born there. He imagined the chickens clucking and wandering with curiosity near that tiny baby and then all the farm boys coming in to visit. The same angels that protect him every night, that surround his bed, were also there singing for the baby.

Where’s your wonder? Have you replaced the feeling of wonder with the tyranny of the urgent? Are you so important and have so many things to do that you don’t have time to refresh your spirit and remember God’s special gift?

“Over the years the greatest continuing struggle in the Christian life is the effort to make adequate time for daily waiting on God, weekly inventory, and monthly planning,” wrote Hummel. “Because this time for receiving marching orders is so important, Satan will do everything he can to squeeze it out. Yet we know from experience that only by this means can we escape the tyranny of the urgent. This is how Jesus succeeded. He did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, but He did finish the work which God gave Him to do.”

Dee Litten Whited writes from the U.S. East Coast.

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Time Is Running Out!

September 20, 2018 By admin

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:16. On the morning of October 23, 1879, about two o’clock, the Spirit of the Lord rested upon me, and I beheld scenes in the coming judgment…. The great day of the execution of God’s judgment seemed to have come. Ten thousand times ten thousand were assembled before a large throne, upon which was seated a person of majestic appearance

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Article posted on en.intercer.net from Rose’s Devotional.

Rose’s Devotionals are prepared by Rose Hartwell, one of the Intercer founders. Since 1999, Rose sends out a daily devotional newsletter that includes a commentary on a Bible passage, a list of prayer requests for the current week and an illustration from daily life that applies to the Bible passage in study.

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I Will Take Care of You

July 5, 2018 By admin

I believe that God speaks to us in different ways. For me, it is often through music, through the reading of the Bible or through a conversation with a friend or stranger. It most certainly is not through an audibly discernable voice. Unless you count that one time…

I was in my car driving home from work and crying. You see I had just finalized a decision that would change, perhaps forever, the course of my life. I had committed to attend graduate school at a well-known and prestigious health sciences institute. But this institute just happened to be on the other side of the country. As much as I believed that going to this particular school was God’s will, I was still terrified at the mere thought of being far from my family, my friends and everything that I knew and loved. So I did what I do best when I’m afraid; I started to cry. But I also began to pray and to beg God to let me know that the decision I was taking was in line with his will for me. That’s when I heard it.

“Go and I will take care of you.”

I stopped crying. First because of the shock of having actually heard a voice that I was certain was from God and second because of a sense of overwhelming peace.

As if that wasn’t enough of a confirmation, a few months after my decision was finalized, two of my very best friends felt the call to make a change in their lives too, and the three of us embarked on a road trip across the country to our new home in California.

California has been my home for the past five years. I’ve had some of the hardest experiences of my life while living here. But I’ve also had some of the most amazing and life altering experiences. Chief of which was that while living here I met the God that I thought I had all figured out. And through every single up and down the promise I undeniably heard five years ago was kept. God has taken care of me every step of the way.

Today I received an e-mail informing me that I matched for a coveted internship and will be moving back to the east coast. Once again, I’m going to uproot my life and leave behind the things that I love and the security that I’ve found. But today, I don’t cry and I don’t ask questions because I know exactly what the answer is going to be.

“Go and I will take care of you.”

“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged” (Deuteronomy 31:8, NIV).

Jael Amador writes from New York City.

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Rebellion Will Be Put Down

February 5, 2018 By admin

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you

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Article posted on en.intercer.net from Rose’s Devotional.

Rose’s Devotionals are prepared by Rose Hartwell, one of the Intercer founders. Since 1999, Rose sends out a daily devotional newsletter that includes a commentary on a Bible passage, a list of prayer requests for the current week and an illustration from daily life that applies to the Bible passage in study.

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The Light of Christmas: Peace

December 17, 2017 By admin

Downey Adventist Church Worship Service The Light of Christmas: Peace Bill Aumack 16 December 2017 downeychurch.org Cast: Downey Church Tags: Church , Adventist , SDA , worship , God , sermon , Downey , religion , seventh-day , Bible , Sabbath and christian

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