Dec 23, 2012
Merry Christmas!!
I woke up early this morning knowing I could not sleep
anymore. I needed to write down the key
scriptures that have been brought to my mind this season by the Holy
Spirit. I know they are true. I have walked in faith and seen the fruit… I
can only hope that 2013 I can walk in God’s truths and not get side tracked by
all of life’s small shinny objects along the way J
Romans 10:17 so
faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Isaiah 53 Who has believed what he has heard from
us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD
been revealed? For he grew up before him
like a young plant, and like a root out of the dry ground; he had no form or
majesty that we should look at him, and o beauty that we should desire
him. He was despised and rejected by
men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hid
their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has
borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him
stricken, smitten by God, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him
stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities; upon
him was the chastisement that brought peace.
And with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned-everyone-to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet
he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a
sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgement he was taken
away; and for his generation, considered that he was cut off out of the land of
the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the wicked and
with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, ad there was no
deceipt in his mouth. Yet it was the
will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his would makes an
offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the
will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his
knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted
righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide
the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was
numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes
intercession for the transgressors.
1 Peter 2:21 for to this you have been called, because
Christ also suffered for you leaving you an example, so that you might follow
in his steps. He committed no sin,
neither was deceit found in his mouth when he was reviled, he did not revile in
return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself
to who judges justly. He himself bore
our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to
righteousness. By his wounds you have
been healed. For you were straying like
sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please
him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he
rewards those who seek him.
Mark 16:14-20 The Great Commission – Afterward he appeared
to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them
for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those
who saw him after he had risen. And he
said to them “Go into the entire world and proclaim the gospel to the whole
creation. Whoever believes and baptized will
be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who
believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly
poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on their sick, and they will
recover.” So then the Lord Jesus, after
he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand
of God. And they went out and preached
everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by
accompanying signs.
Hebrews 11:1 now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen.
It is my Christmas prayer that all those that I love so
dearly will make time to read the words of Christ so their faith will
come. That they will know more and more
everyday all that was fulfilled that first Christmas and all that these truths
mean to those of us who believe them.
That they would have the courage to follow in our good Shepherd’s
footsteps. Have faith that pleases God
and draw near to him. And that they
would seek to fulfill God’s great commission.
I pray that the Holy Spirit would bring an undeniable conviction into
each heart as he continues to testify to the truth.
Merry Christmas!!
Terrie
