SCRIPTURE
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
19 The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. ~ Psalm 103:11-19 (ESV)
REFLECTION
As we prepare ourselves and check our hearts and minds this Christmas, may we not forget the true meaning of Christmas: is for Christ to be crucified on the cross as a payment for the penalty of our sins.
Our disobedience, our wrongdoings, our mistakes are to be paid only in our death and destination to hell. For the wages of sin is death.
But the gift of God is eternal life which is in Christ, the Son of God, perfect and without fault, came to take our punishment as a lamb sacrificed to permanently cleanse sins. The blood of a lamb poured as a sign to those who believe in Christ and condemn their old sinful dirty faulty life.
A sign to seal that the believer is justified before God the Father through Christ the Son alone, by faith alone, by grace alone. And I warn everyone that Christ will come again to judge us guilty or not and take those who believed and obeyed to be with Him and the Father for eternity. These have happened and will happen, all for the Glory of God alone.
PRAYER
Our Father in heaven
Holy be your name
May your kingdom come
May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us today and the rest of the week as a remembrance of the real and true meaning of Christmas.
Father, we pray. Enable us to work not for our own gain or to please others, but to work all for your glory. Father bless us, bless our work, bless this company. May we bring all glory back to you.
Father, we pray also. Enable us to know you more and know your Word more.
We pray, Father, that may we lay our pain and sorrows, joy and excitement to you.
Father, forgive us for there is nothing good in us, not even a tiny bit. Enable us also to pray for our enemies, to forgive them, and to love them the way you love us though we are sinners and unworthy to be in your holy presence for we are not holy.
Father, I am not worthy to pray this prayer for I am a sinner but thank you for letting me know who you are.
Father, thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ to die on the cross to take our place, our punishment. And also, so that we can have a close intimate relationship with you as our Father and as your adopted children. Father, we await for Christ's second coming and to be with you forever.
For yours is your kingdom, your power, your glory
Forever and ever. Amen. Amen. And Amen.
