When our heads bow and our eyes close, it is only then when precious communion is at its purest. During those moments, nothing exists except His love and our need of it.
As we lay our presents down at the foot of the tree on Christmas Eve this year, let us start a new tradition. Stay there, upon your knees, closing your eyes, and lay your burdens down at the foot of the cross. Denounce the sin of busyness and let your body melt into a state of full trust and confidence that God is in control and He loves you. He loves you so much that He died FOR YOU! Where ever you have been He has been there with you and where ever you will go, He will be in it with you all the way.
This year as you kneel, let the Holy Spirit begin to empty you, and as the transfer of your anxieties pass to the King of love, begin to feel His peace as it begins to permeate your mind and heart, finally finding it's true home......your soul. The Spirit will bring light and lightness where only heaviness and darkness dwelt before. Give Him the past years, the present moments and the future and all it holds. Give Him your heart and welcome Him in. Be the dwelling place of the only God that has lived among His people and sacrificed for them.
Lay it all down and begin your New Year with a free mind and a peaceful heart. Forgive your offenders and hand them over to God, realize that sickness and death are not what God intended but are just results of this sinfully stained world. One day, in the blink of an eye, all that is wrong will be right and where sorrow clouded our heart, light will break through! Yes, kneel at the tree of life and surrender all the anger, doubt and pride. Then, as you rise, purpose it in your heart to battle old thoughts with the sword of the Spirit (God's Holy Word), and discipline yourself to replace negative and untrue thoughts with true and positive inner language that will transform you!
Give it up to the One who can carry those heavy burdens. We were never meant to carry such weighty things, and that's why we break under the load. Our bodies bend, our minds grow weary and our hearts break because in our stubbornness and guilt we become martyrs, trying to share Calvary with our Savior and that is a sin. Christ wants us free, light, joyful in our sorrows and most of all empty of pride and self martyrdom. This year dear brothers and sisters, begin your new tradition, alone or invite others to kneel with you as you lay it all down before the man of sorrows and the King of Kings. Know freedom by stopping your busyness and resting in the everlasting arms.
Why are you so intent on not letting go?
Why does silence and stillness scare you so?
Why won't you leave your comfortable hell?
Why so much pity in the stories you tell?
The door to freedom has two sides,
and both of those forces often collide;
fear facing you, to scare you away;
joy on the flip side to show you the way.
Open the door, it's not what it seems,
You just need faith and a heart that believes;
Truth and love await you, arms open wide,
to embrace and carry you to the other side.
All this time you've had a choice,
but you chose to stay:
Come with Me this year,
For I am the Truth, the Light and the Way.
As we lay our presents down at the foot of the tree on Christmas Eve this year, let us start a new tradition. Stay there, upon your knees, closing your eyes, and lay your burdens down at the foot of the cross. Denounce the sin of busyness and let your body melt into a state of full trust and confidence that God is in control and He loves you. He loves you so much that He died FOR YOU! Where ever you have been He has been there with you and where ever you will go, He will be in it with you all the way.
This year as you kneel, let the Holy Spirit begin to empty you, and as the transfer of your anxieties pass to the King of love, begin to feel His peace as it begins to permeate your mind and heart, finally finding it's true home......your soul. The Spirit will bring light and lightness where only heaviness and darkness dwelt before. Give Him the past years, the present moments and the future and all it holds. Give Him your heart and welcome Him in. Be the dwelling place of the only God that has lived among His people and sacrificed for them.
Lay it all down and begin your New Year with a free mind and a peaceful heart. Forgive your offenders and hand them over to God, realize that sickness and death are not what God intended but are just results of this sinfully stained world. One day, in the blink of an eye, all that is wrong will be right and where sorrow clouded our heart, light will break through! Yes, kneel at the tree of life and surrender all the anger, doubt and pride. Then, as you rise, purpose it in your heart to battle old thoughts with the sword of the Spirit (God's Holy Word), and discipline yourself to replace negative and untrue thoughts with true and positive inner language that will transform you!
Give it up to the One who can carry those heavy burdens. We were never meant to carry such weighty things, and that's why we break under the load. Our bodies bend, our minds grow weary and our hearts break because in our stubbornness and guilt we become martyrs, trying to share Calvary with our Savior and that is a sin. Christ wants us free, light, joyful in our sorrows and most of all empty of pride and self martyrdom. This year dear brothers and sisters, begin your new tradition, alone or invite others to kneel with you as you lay it all down before the man of sorrows and the King of Kings. Know freedom by stopping your busyness and resting in the everlasting arms.
Why are you so intent on not letting go?
Why does silence and stillness scare you so?
Why won't you leave your comfortable hell?
Why so much pity in the stories you tell?
The door to freedom has two sides,
and both of those forces often collide;
fear facing you, to scare you away;
joy on the flip side to show you the way.
Open the door, it's not what it seems,
You just need faith and a heart that believes;
Truth and love await you, arms open wide,
to embrace and carry you to the other side.
All this time you've had a choice,
but you chose to stay:
Come with Me this year,
For I am the Truth, the Light and the Way.
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