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Blessed morning my friend,
Woke up at 5 with the most wonderful feeling! Something I never felt before! As I lay awake, more wonderful ideas came to mind. I am going to send this to all my friends.

I was dreaming that I was moving into a brand new home. Someone was putting new windows in---something I never saw before. I just saw hands (the hands of Jesus finishing my mansion! ) One window had baby designs. Lovingly put in.

Other people were around. I didn't really know them but at the same time I did know them very well.

Abba David said, "Abba Arsenius told us the following, as though it referred to someone else, but in fact it referred to himself. An old man was sitting in his cell and a voice came to him which said, 'Come, and I will show you the works of men.' He got up and followed. The voice led him to a certain place and showed him an Ethiopian cutting wood and making a great pile. He struggled to carry it but in vain. Instead of taking some off, he cut more wood which he added to the pile. He did this for a long time.

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. He created everything, the sun, the moon, the stars, and earth, all things He created. He made man in His own image and set him in a beautiful garden. Yet that man chose to disobey and caused a separation between God and man.

He was glorious is his kingdom yet He came as a tiny, humble baby, born in a small town and laid in a manger. Just like us He was totally dependent on his parents for his care, He felt the same needs and pains that we do He grew up poor and worked alongside Joseph in his carpenter shop.

The day of the Christmas presentation finally arrived. My young
daughter, Jana, was so excited about her part that I thought she was
to be one of the main characters, though she had not told me what she
was to do. The parents were all there and one by one the children
took their places. I could see the shepherds fidgeting in the corner
of the stage meant to represent the fields for the sheep. Mary and
Joseph stood solemnly behind the manger.

In the back three young wise men waited impatiently. But still Jana

Rewritten for Christmas . If you decorate your house perfectly with plaid bows, Strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, But do not show love to your family,You're just another decorator. .If you slave away in the kitchen Baking dozens of Christmas cookies,Preparing gourmet meals and arranging Beautifully adorned tables at mealtime,But do not show love to your friends,You're just another cook..If you work at the soup kitchen,Carol in the nursing home and give All that you have to charity, But do not show your love to loved ones, It profits you nothing.

its beginning to look lie christmas here were i live here.

wanted totake this time to wish everyone
a happy holiday from thomas40

Acting on tips about preachers who ride in Rolls Royces and have purportedly paid $30,000 for a conference table, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee (in USA) said Tuesday he's investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers........
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RUNNING YOUR RACE

Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

First I want to Thank God for every person in here tonight, for every born again believer in Christ.

So here's a question... would you put a bright cross on your lawn?
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Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated by almost all Americans. The celebration of the birth of baby Jesus draws many to their local churches for a special candle light service - whether they’re regular attenders or not. It’s hard to imagine not hearing Christmas music on the several stations playing 24 hours a day.