This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about:
His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph,
but before they came together,
she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man
and did not want to expose her to public disgrace,
he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
But after he had considered this,
an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,
because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
She will give birth to a son,
and you are to give him the name Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel” –which means, “God with us.”
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took Mary home as his wife.
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son.
And he gave him the name Jesus.
~Matthew 1:18-25~
Martha Pevey Drago had her first chemo yesterday and let her granddaughter take one link off the chain of steps in her treatment. She thanks you for praying, but also asks for continued prayers.
Theresa Flores reports that Claire is doing well following her kidney transplant. She is staying at Brent House at Ochsner so she can be close to the lab for frequent tests. Theresa has been able to return to work some. Thanks for your prayers for Claire and her family.
Friday Morning Bible Study
- FBC, Kentwood
- 10:00 A.M. Fridays
- Studying women of the Bible
- This week – Mary, Mother of Jesus
- Join us any Friday you are available.
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Devotional, Scripture, and a Song
- “Wonders of the Heart” – http://odb.org/2014/12/10/wonders-of-the-heart/
- By You I have been upheld from birth. ~Psalm 71:6~
- “O Father, All Creating” – http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/f/a/ofallcre.htm
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
- Every penny of the Lottie Moon offering supports nearly 4,900 missionaries.
- Meeting the $175 million goal would send more missionaries to the field.
- More than half the world’s people groups are still unreached and people are dying every day without ever having heard the Gospel.
- This requires sacrificial giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – gifts that truly honor the Lord.
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