Hey so if you want to see some cool stuff about the star of bethlehem visit my blog that me and a friend of mine made. this is the link. http://www.starryhosts.blogspot.com/
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Merry Christmas,
W.A.H.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Why the Nativity?
Merry Christmas!
this is my 2010 post about Christmas. Last year it was the story of Jesus' birth, it was called 'Glory in the highest'. If you would like to read it it is the post below. This is my new one for this year so read this one if you like, or why not read them both?
So this year's post is called 'Why the Nativity?' We see every year the manger scene at our Churches, most of us Christians have a nativity scene in our homes, we hang a star on our tree every year, but why? This is why: Why a baby? What if Jesus decided to come to earth as a man? If he did, teenagers like myself, and kids wouldn't have any example of Christ's acts that we could follow to be more like him. That's why he came as a cute little baby, so he could be an example for everyone of all ages. Next is why a stable? When Jesus came to earth, Mary gave birth to him in a stable or maybe a small cave dwelling for animals. And she layed him in a Manger! A Manger! (thats a feeding box for cows.) There was no room in the inn for Mary, Joseph, new baby Jesus, because God wanted him to be born in the most humble places available. And that night, that stable became a temple for everyone to come and visit, including the dirtiest of them all, the sheperds! Which brings me to my next y. Why sheperds first? Well, think of it like this, the sheperds were despised by most people. They were homeless, dirty, men who earned minimum wage watching sheep. In modern day, people most despise garbage men. They are dirty. People look at them and say "I am glad I am richer and have a better job". Ok so my metaphor is trying to say, If Jesus returned to earth tomorrow, and he told the garbage men first. Thats how it was with the sheperds. They came humbly to see and maybe even held, the king of the universe as a baby. Later, around December about three years later, hiding from Herod in a house in egypt, the three wisemen came to see Jesus. They realized that he was the king and so they gave him gifts of gold, frankencense, and myrr. This is where we get the worlds most famous part of Christmas, The gifts! Everybody loves to receive gifts but it is good to give a gift. Because Jesus gave the greatest give in all mankind and that was his life. And that is exactly why the nativity.
Have a Merry Christmas!
this is my 2010 post about Christmas. Last year it was the story of Jesus' birth, it was called 'Glory in the highest'. If you would like to read it it is the post below. This is my new one for this year so read this one if you like, or why not read them both?
So this year's post is called 'Why the Nativity?' We see every year the manger scene at our Churches, most of us Christians have a nativity scene in our homes, we hang a star on our tree every year, but why? This is why: Why a baby? What if Jesus decided to come to earth as a man? If he did, teenagers like myself, and kids wouldn't have any example of Christ's acts that we could follow to be more like him. That's why he came as a cute little baby, so he could be an example for everyone of all ages. Next is why a stable? When Jesus came to earth, Mary gave birth to him in a stable or maybe a small cave dwelling for animals. And she layed him in a Manger! A Manger! (thats a feeding box for cows.) There was no room in the inn for Mary, Joseph, new baby Jesus, because God wanted him to be born in the most humble places available. And that night, that stable became a temple for everyone to come and visit, including the dirtiest of them all, the sheperds! Which brings me to my next y. Why sheperds first? Well, think of it like this, the sheperds were despised by most people. They were homeless, dirty, men who earned minimum wage watching sheep. In modern day, people most despise garbage men. They are dirty. People look at them and say "I am glad I am richer and have a better job". Ok so my metaphor is trying to say, If Jesus returned to earth tomorrow, and he told the garbage men first. Thats how it was with the sheperds. They came humbly to see and maybe even held, the king of the universe as a baby. Later, around December about three years later, hiding from Herod in a house in egypt, the three wisemen came to see Jesus. They realized that he was the king and so they gave him gifts of gold, frankencense, and myrr. This is where we get the worlds most famous part of Christmas, The gifts! Everybody loves to receive gifts but it is good to give a gift. Because Jesus gave the greatest give in all mankind and that was his life. And that is exactly why the nativity.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Glory in the Highest
Hello,
This is my 2009 Christmas post. If you would like to read it feel welcome. It's about Jesus being born in Bethlehem. But if you rather read my 2010 sermon post then scroll up to the post above.
Let me tell you the Nativity story: On Christmas eve 2009 years ago Joseph and Mary were traveling to Bethlehem of Judea to register for the census. During that time Mary had become pregnant with Jesus. When they reached Bethlehem, Mary's water broke and it was time for Jesus to be born. There was no room in the inn so Mary and Joseph were forced to stay in a small cave cut into a hill where animals would seek refuge. There, in that place on the first Christmas Jesus was born. After 400 years of silence from God, the silence is broken by a baby's cry. So rejoice in the hallowed manger ground. Meanwhile in the same region shepards were watching there sheep when angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angel said, "Fear not, for I bring you good tidings of great joy. Unto you a savior is born."
Remember what Christmas is really about.
"While they were there the time came for the baby to be born. When he was born she wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn."
Luke 2:6
This is my 2009 Christmas post. If you would like to read it feel welcome. It's about Jesus being born in Bethlehem. But if you rather read my 2010 sermon post then scroll up to the post above.
Let me tell you the Nativity story: On Christmas eve 2009 years ago Joseph and Mary were traveling to Bethlehem of Judea to register for the census. During that time Mary had become pregnant with Jesus. When they reached Bethlehem, Mary's water broke and it was time for Jesus to be born. There was no room in the inn so Mary and Joseph were forced to stay in a small cave cut into a hill where animals would seek refuge. There, in that place on the first Christmas Jesus was born. After 400 years of silence from God, the silence is broken by a baby's cry. So rejoice in the hallowed manger ground. Meanwhile in the same region shepards were watching there sheep when angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angel said, "Fear not, for I bring you good tidings of great joy. Unto you a savior is born."
Remember what Christmas is really about.
"While they were there the time came for the baby to be born. When he was born she wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn."
Luke 2:6
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
God: The Perfect Father
A lot of you probably here your friends say things like "My Dad is going to help me with pine wood derby car" or "My Dad is taking me camping this weekend" things like these can put you down when you remember that your parents are divorced and you may not live with your dad or even have a god relationship with him. But dont be put down! because you have the most awesome dad ever imaginable! and he is God! He is the ultimate father for you and I who dont have a dad to be close to. Your dad may have left but God will NEVER EVER LEAVE YOU! He loves you no matter what.
When God gets married to the church (metaphorically speaking) He is saying you will be my church and I will be your god. so God will never leave his church like a man can leave his wife or children. If a man leaves his children or his wife thats like God saying to the church "I dont want to be your god." But that will never happen because God loves you and promises never to leave you ever!
" I will never leave you or forsake you"
Hebrews 13:5
When God gets married to the church (metaphorically speaking) He is saying you will be my church and I will be your god. so God will never leave his church like a man can leave his wife or children. If a man leaves his children or his wife thats like God saying to the church "I dont want to be your god." But that will never happen because God loves you and promises never to leave you ever!
" I will never leave you or forsake you"
Hebrews 13:5
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
You and Your family
Have you ever had a fight with your brother? or argued with your mom? I know that happens to all of us. But your job is to bring peace to your home. Now I know that you have heard this one million times so lets make it one million and one. "Honor your father and mother" Now as being divorced my dad would always do that to me and my siblings. He would try to force us to go with him to his house for the weekend. He never won though. Now Im not trying to slam my dad I am just giving an example. But anyways if your mom or dad says honor your father and mother every time they tell you to do something like go with your dad for the weekend (like me) or you have to visit your moms family for Christmas this year doesn't mean you have to to. To honor your father and mother means to respect them that means "Yes Ma'am"instead of "Fine" and be respectful mature when you talk them about something.
Now no matter how bad or stupidly insane your family is you should love them just as Christ loves you. Because or purpose in life is to worship God and to be as much like Jesus as possible.
Here are some steps that I got out of a book called God guy by Michael DiMarco. These steps are to show you how to act around your family:
1. ask yourself what God wants to teach you through this problem or person
2.Apologize
3. Dont escalate the conflict
4. be willing to be wrong.
I hope this helps you guys out there like me. Feel free to comment!
Now no matter how bad or stupidly insane your family is you should love them just as Christ loves you. Because or purpose in life is to worship God and to be as much like Jesus as possible.
Here are some steps that I got out of a book called God guy by Michael DiMarco. These steps are to show you how to act around your family:
1. ask yourself what God wants to teach you through this problem or person
2.Apologize
3. Dont escalate the conflict
4. be willing to be wrong.
I hope this helps you guys out there like me. Feel free to comment!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Indescribable
Have you ever wondered whats out there? Not like just out of town I mean like way out there. I'm talking like space out there. I personally love astronomy and think it is amazing. Well when God made the universe I think he used it to glorify him. One of the problems scientists (evolutionists) have is trying to find out if there are more inhabited planets out in space. they believe that the universe is so big that they think if the creationists "God" made the universe incredibly huge and giant for just one teeny tiny planet that could support life then there must be more out there. I think that the universes primary function is to show us how big and wonderous God is. There are so many stars and galaxies out there.
There is something called a subdivision and thats where you live. You can think you live in Hollow Woods or something but what I mean is as a subdivision is the milkyway Galaxy which is where we live. Scientists calculated that the Milkyway is 100,000 lightyears in diameter. First, let me explain a lightyear. It is a measurement in space that calculates how far one point is to another. Now one light year is 5.88 trillion miles...thats just one light year!! So if you wanted to "cross the street" then you would have to travel 5.88 trillion miles for 100,000 years at 186,000 miles per second to cross the galaxy!!!! and thats just our galaxy, There are trillions and quadrillions of galaxies. if you were to count the stars in our galaxy, one star per second, then it would take you 2,500 years to do it. thats how incredible God is. He is indescribable.
if you look at the image above, thats the whirlpool galaxy. It is called the darling of astronomy. It is 31 million lightyears from earth. If you were to travel to it you would have to travel 5.88 trillion miles for 31 million years at 186,000 miles per second.
"For the heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim his handy work. day after day they pour out speech, night after night they pour out knowledge"
Psalms 19:1-2
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Crazy Love and Grace
Has your mom or dad ever told you they love you?
Mostly everyone gets told they are loved by someone all their lives. Well God loves you even more than anyone in the entire universe. He loves you more than your parents do. (imagine that) Not only does God love you but he also is VERY forgiving. We all sin and mess up sometimes but God loves you so much that he gives grace? No he doesn't just give us grace he lavishes grace upon us. It is like he is overflowing you with his grace. He wants you to be as close to him as we possibly can on this earth. thats how much God loves us. We are his most precious creation.
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him"
Mostly everyone gets told they are loved by someone all their lives. Well God loves you even more than anyone in the entire universe. He loves you more than your parents do. (imagine that) Not only does God love you but he also is VERY forgiving. We all sin and mess up sometimes but God loves you so much that he gives grace? No he doesn't just give us grace he lavishes grace upon us. It is like he is overflowing you with his grace. He wants you to be as close to him as we possibly can on this earth. thats how much God loves us. We are his most precious creation.
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him"
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