12月18日
圣诞信息
“雅各生约瑟 ，就是马利亚的丈夫。那称为基督的耶稣是从马利亚生的。”
马太福音 1:16
回想当年，马利亚和约瑟根本就与圣诞气氛无关。他们没有装饰圣诞树，没有烘烤圣诞饼干，也没有喝薄荷摩卡饮料。他们甚至也没有颂唱圣诞诗歌。你瞧，不是他们吝啬，而是他们要操心其他的事情。没有烤火的地方，连住的地方都找不到！有所谓慷慨之人允许他们呆在马棚里，但是这怎么能是一个可以让一位年轻女子分娩的地方呢？
还有一个礼拜就是圣诞节了。你今年有没有认真读过耶稣诞生的故事呢？与其只是从圣诞歌曲和
一年一度的圣诞电视节目中了解圣诞节的来源，何不读一两页圣经呢？你一定会惊讶地发现，根本没有圣诞老公公，圣经中根本没有圣诞老人，蛋奶酒也与圣经无关。
今日祷告：
耶稣，求祢让我带着感恩之心，纪念你的降生。阿们。
December 18
Christmas Information
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
MATTHEW 1:16
Mary and Joseph weren’t really into the Christmas spirit. They didn’t decorate a Christmas tree. They didn’t bake cookies or drink peppermint mochas or put up the mistletoe. Can you believe that they didn’t go caroling either? Look, they weren’t scrooges; they just had other things on their mind.
There was no place for roasting chestnuts over a fire. They couldn’t even find a place. Some (generous?) person allowed them to stay with their animals, but that was no place for a teenage girl who was going into labor.
Christmas is just a week away. Have you read—actually read—the account of Jesus’ birth this year yet? Rather than just getting your Christmas details from carols or from reruns of old holiday TV programs, what if you were to read a couple pages of the Bible too? You might be surprised to find out that Father Christmas isn’t real, Santa isn’t in the Bible, and eggnog is not biblical.
Pray for the Day:
Jesus, don’t let me take you for granted this next week. Amen.
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