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Peace
I love Christmas.
Let the sleigh bells ring.
Let the carolers sing.
The more Santas the merrier.
The more trees the better.
The tinsel and the clatter and waking up “to see what was the matter.”
Bing and his tunes.
Macy’s balloons.
Mistletoe kisses, Santa Claus wishes, and favorite dishes.
Holiday snows, warm winter clothes, and Rudolph’s red nose.
I love Christmas.
I love it because somewhere someone will ask the Christmas questions: What’s the big deal about the baby in the manger?
Who was he?
What does his birth have to do with me?
Lucado, Max.
Because of Bethlehem (with Bonus Content): Love Is Born, Hope Is Here (p.
3).
Thomas Nelson.
Kindle Edition.
Lucado, Max.
Because of Bethlehem (with Bonus Content): Love Is Born, Hope Is Here (pp.
3-4).
Thomas Nelson.
Kindle Edition.
In one Peanuts cartoon Lucy says to Charlie Brown, “I hate everything.
I hate everybody.
I hate the whole wide world!”
Lucado, Max.
Because of Bethlehem (with Bonus Content): Love Is Born, Hope Is Here (p.
3).
Thomas Nelson.
Kindle Edition.
In one Peanuts cartoon Lucy says to Charlie Brown, “I hate everything.
I hate everybody.
I hate the whole wide world!”
Charlie says, “But I thought you had inner peace.”
Lucy replies, “I do have inner peace.
But I still have outer obnoxiousness.”
The Personnel Journal reported this incredible statistic: since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace less than eight percent of the time!
In its study, the periodical discovered that of 3530 years of recorded history, only 286 years saw peace.
Moreover, in excess of 8000 peace treaties were made—and broken.
Moody Bible Institute’s Today In The Word, June, 1988, p. 33
Peace is not the absence of conflict as much as it is the presence of God.
In the season of Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation.
We celebrate Emmanuel which means God with us.
This Christmas can be the best Christmas ever because you can discover that right in the midst of your conflict there can be peace as you come to realize that God is right there with you.
When Jesus came on that first Christmas he came to a dirty and broken world, but to that dirty and broken world he offered himself.
Peace is not the absence of conflict as much as it is the presence of God.
In the season of Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation.
We celebrate Emmanuel which means God with us.
This Christmas can be the best Christmas ever because you can discover that right in the midst of your conflict there can be peace as you come to realize that God is right there with you.
When Jesus came on that first Christmas he came to a dirty and broken world, but to that dirty and broken world he offered himself.
Emmanuel, God with us.
Jesus brings peace.
I don't have to feel anxiety over my situation because though it may be more than I can handle it is not more than God can handle.
I can find rest this Christmas season because we have been instructed by God to cast our cares on Him.
We don't walk this life alone.
When we respond to the hope given us by Christ we find help in our time of need.
DO:
Allow the peace of Jesus to override your anxiety in the many categories of life.
Do not try and carry the burden of conflict on your own.
Make a conscious decision to give your concerns to Jesus.
Write them down and find peace knowing that God is in control.
PRAYER:
Jesus, I confess that I feel overwhelmed by the circumstances in my life.
I confess that I can not make it on my own.
Please remind me that you will never leave me or forsake me.
Remind me that I can cast my cares on you because you care for me.
Remind me that I am to come to you if I am weary and heavy burdened.
I ask that in the midst of life's difficulties that I might find peace.
A peace that passes my understanding.
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Point 1: No one is immune to conflict -
Jesus was born into a world full of conflict.
The Jewish people and the Roman government were at odds.
Even at the time of his birth, Jesus' life was being threatened.
Jesus knew conflict.
If even the God of the universe faced trouble, the truth is so will we.
Even during a season like Christmas, with all the wonderful aspects, it seems to even more accentuate the struggles around us.
The truth is, if you live long enough, you will experience conflict.
Jesus seems to believe that even though he confirms that we will experience trouble, we can still know peace because he has overcome the world.
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Jesus was born into a world full of conflict.
The Jewish people and the Roman government were at odds.
Even at the time of his birth, Jesus' life was being threatened.
Jesus knew conflict.
If even the God of the universe faced trouble, the truth is so will we.
Even during a season like Christmas, with all the wonderful aspects, it seems to even more accentuate the struggles around us.
The truth is, if you live long enough, you will experience conflict.
Jesus seems to believe that even though he confirms that we will experience trouble, we can still know peace because he has overcome the world.
Jesus was born into a world full of conflict.
The Jewish people and the Roman government were at odds.
Even at the time of his birth, Jesus' life was being threatened.
Jesus knew conflict.
If even the God of the universe faced trouble, the truth is so will we.
Even during a season like Christmas, with all the wonderful aspects, it seems to even more accentuate the struggles around us.
The truth is, if you live long enough, you will experience conflict.
Jesus seems to believe that even though he confirms that we will experience trouble, we can still know peace because he has overcome the world.
Trouble is the common denominator of living.
It is the great equalizer.
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