Thursday

When the wise men had gone,

an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.

“Get up,” he said,

“take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt.

Stay there until I tell you,

for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

So he got up,

took the child … and left for Egypt,

where he stayed until the death of Herod.

~Matthew 2:13-15 (NIV)~

Lottie Moon was probably the most educated woman in the American South.  She chose to go to China and tell the people about Jesus for 39 years!  Below is a link to read a portion of a book about Lottie.  I hope you have time to read this and then to pray about how much money God would have you give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions.  Remember, 100% of the money you give will go to missions!

http://books.google.com/books?id=7gENGVjVgf0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Lottie+moon&source=bl&ots=8KC7iSmQUy&sig=FC_eu8MeIXdkWnF8WZHU6KVrUKs&hl=en&ei=f9EATZTJCdCPnweb97XlDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=15&ved=0CHYQ6AEwDg#v=onepage&q&f=

Stay warm and be safe.

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Anna Lee