If you have enough understanding and love, then every moment—whether it’s spent making breakfast, driving the car, watering the garden, or doing anything else in your day—can be a moment of joy. Sometimes we want to change too much and it takes us down when we can’t put it all together.

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1 Corinthians 13:7 King James Version (KJV)

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Communion or the Lord’s Supper is a time in which we break bread and drink grape juice together to remember Christ’s sacrifice for us. The early church began to make this a regular practice at a service called Mass in which the Lord’s Supper was practiced.

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Luke 2:8-10 King James Version (KJV)

⁸And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. ⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. ¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

We need to put everything we do at Christmas into its proper prospective. This morning, we’ll provide some historical background about the Christmas tree we all put up at Christmas.

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Romans 5:8 King James Version (KJV)

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Many people will miss Christmas this year because they do not know Christ. There will be some Christians that will miss the meaning of Christmas this year because they do not really have fellowship with Him.

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John 1:10-12 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁰AndChrist was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. ¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not. ¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

To enjoy Christ is to know and feel that He is the light in our darkness. He is the hope in our discouragement and despair. He is our Joy in sadness and emptiness. He is our healing in our sickness. He is our strength in our weaknesses.

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Luke 2:25-32 King James Version (KJV)

²⁵And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. ²⁶And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ²⁷And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, ²⁸Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, ²⁹Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart In peace, according to thy word: ³⁰For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, ³¹Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; ³²A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

All throughout the Bible, God tells us not to forget where we came from and to rejoice in where we are today.

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶Rejoice evermore. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Al Carper shares his and Lisa's decision to relocate to Logan, Utah and support the local ministry of Grace Peace Church.

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ACTS 1:8 King James Version (KJV)

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Do you ever wonder why things happen? Have you ever heard of a statement that says “Everything happens for a reason”? Here the King could not sleep and has a book brought to him and they read from it.

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Esther 6:1-2 King James Version (KJV)

¹On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. ²And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king.

God wants to take care of us. As born again Christians, we sometimes forget that God is now our heavenly father and, as a father, He wants to take care of us and see to it that we go down the right path in life.

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Genesis 22:1-14 King James Version (KJV)

¹And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. ²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. ³And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. ⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. ⁵And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. ⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. ⁷And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? ⁸And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. ⁹And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. ¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. ¹¹And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. ¹²And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. ¹³And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. ¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

Today’s lesson will teach you how to accomplish what needs to be done with the help of God.

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Mark 9:28-29 English Standard Version (ESV)

²⁸And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁹And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”