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- BELIEVE WHAT YOU PRAY (Luke 1:5-24) Only two gospels tell the story of the birth of Jesus, but all four gospels waste no time introducing us to John the Baptist.
- WAIT WHILE YOU PRAY (Luke 2:25-32) We don’t like it but it’s true. Prayer requires patience. In the Christmas story, as told through the winding narrative of Luke, there briefly appears a mysterious man of prayer named Simeon (Luke 2:25-35).
- DON’T STOP PRAYING (Luke 2:36-38) If Simeon was a mystery, Anna was an anomaly. An elderly widow who lived a life of non-stop intercession is identified in Scripture as a “prophetess” (v.
Dec 18, 2019 · The Shepherd’s story plays an important part in the Christmas story. Allow Carol’s imagination to give you a sense of the wonder of that special night. The Living Museum. A number of years ago our church did a Christmas program called the living museum. Some of us had the opportunity to write monologues from the perspective of various ...
- The Good Shepherd
- A Ten-Year-Old Bethlehem Shepherd
- God's Shepherd
"The good shepherd," Jesus was saying, "lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand who doesn't own the flock runs away when he sees the wolf coming, but not the good shepherd...." One night, years ago, the men Toby had hired to watch the flock with him fled when they saw a mountain lion roaming the hills. But Toby had stayed. Shepherding was ...
His mind spun back to the evening of his tenth birthday. Like nearly every night, he was out on the hills with his dad or his uncles, caring for the sheep. The stars were brilliant, dancing in the black sky. But suddenly an overpowering bright light flooded the hillside. A voice boomed out, "Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which shall ...
Just then the wind caught Jesus' words and blew them Toby's direction. "I am the Good Shepherd," Jesus was saying, "who lays down his life for the sheep. Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me," he said with warmth and joy full on his face, "for I am gentle and humble in h...
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With the shepherds of Bethlehem. With the shepherds of Bethlehemhelp us, oh Lord, to stand in vigil on the eve of your Coming,to run with haste to meet you,to see your face in the faces of othersand to wake from our sleep as a new world is being born. With the angels of Bethlehem help us, oh Lord, to tell the whole world of your presence God is ...
Nov 30, 2021 · Like the shepherds, Israel looked down and scorned Jesus. But when the shepherds witness the birth first, this underscores the tone of Jesus’ life and ministry on earth. Instead of choosing a ...
Another Christmas story word game option is to see how many words they can create using only the letters in shepherd. Give a 2-3 minute time limit and watch them go! Christmas Story Seek & Find; This game is known as "Sardines"; it is like hide and seek, but only one person hides and the rest search for them.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’. And it was so. God called the dry ground ‘land ...
