A verse for 12/31/12

Luk 2:41  Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Luk 2:42  And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

Mary and Joseph kept customs just like we do.

As you celebrate New Year’s Eve, be safe and do the right thing.

A verse for 12/30/12

Luk 2:39  And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Luk 2:40  And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

We have all wondered what His childhood was like. I am sure that we cannot imagine.

A verse for 12/29/12

Luk 2:36  And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

Luk 2:37  and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Luk 2:38  And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Give thought to verse 37.

A verse for 12/28/12

Luk 2:25  Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Luk 2:26  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Luk 2:27  And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,

Luk 2:28  he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

Luk 2:29  "Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;

Luk 2:30  for my eyes have seen your salvation

Luk 2:31  that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Luk 2:32  a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."

Notice verse 30 “my eyes have seen your salvation”  It is God’s salvation!

A verse for 12/27/12

Luk 2:21  And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Luk 2:22  And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

Luk 2:23  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord")

Luk 2:24  and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."

You notice that Jesus’ parents did what the law required, after Jesus’ death and resurrection Paul says; 1Co 7:18  Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised?    Let him not seek circumcision.

A verse for 12/26/12

Mat 2:19  But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Mat 2:20  saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

Mat 2:21  And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

Mat 2:22  But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.

Mat 2:23  And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

After Christmas day some people go into a kind-a depression that lingers for a long time, some are worse than others. I hope that you are not on that list.

After Jesus was born and He had begun to grow there was still a plan for His life and God’s plan for your life has not stopped either!