12 Things To Appreciate About Christmas

“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”
Author Unknown


There are certain things in life sometimes you don’t agree with, especially when the true meaning of the subject somehow gets lost. It only takes one person to get the truth twisted and it seems like others spread it like wild fire.

We have just celebrated something that is of great importance to the whole human race, Christmas or the memory of the birth of Jesus Christ. With that said I would just like to share with you 12 things to appreciate about Christmas : -

12. Love - somehow more people see the need to love one another at this time. I wonder why we hold back throughout the rest of the year.

11. Giving - people feel a stronger urge and are compelled to give to others.

10. Family- they see the need to make more calls, spend more time together and appreciate one another.

9. Events - for most people there is no time for a dull moment as there are so many activities and events going on than you can handle.

8. Communication - seems like even those who don’t communicate all year find some way to communicate.

7. Prizes - even the merchants find it necessary to offer incentives to the would be shoppers.

6. Children - they are on everyone’s mind at this time.

5. Holiday - another day off with pay and extra for those that have to work.

4. Decorations - from homes, workplace, churches, communities, to cities. The beauty of ornaments and lights are a sight to see.

3. Music - where we all can find a few songs that we can sing together.

2. Church - the time to hear and reflect on the true meaning of the season.

1. Jesus - if you forget the previous numbers that’s OK, without him this
celebration would not have existed.


Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
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All the Time, God is Good

There were two choices you had this morning, either to go to work happy or to go to work sad. I don’t know which one you chose but isn’t it good to have the opportunity to work? As you reflect on that I want you to always remember the message in the following article:

Cinde Lucas
Overflow Ministries

There's a popular chorus that is sung throughout the Christian Community that goes like this: God is good ALL THE TIME; All the time GOD IS GOOD. It sounds so wonderful when you hear an entire audience declare God's goodness. But what about when there's not a crowd around? What are we declaring then?

When the chips are down and the enemy is hot on our heels, that's when what we really believe comes out. In the middle of the night when your child is sick with a fever or when you have more bills than money at the end of the month, it may be more difficult to recall God's goodness. In those times we have to reach down into what we know, not what we feel, and on purpose declare that no matter what, GOD IS GOOD.

Jesus promised in Matthew 28:20 that He is with us always. Romans 8:28 says that God works all things to good for those who love Him. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that He has a good plan for us to give us a hope and a future. He is on our side and His power in us is greater than the powers of darkness that try to come against us.

Whatever you're facing today, I pray that you will remember that God is good ALL THE TIME. There is no in-between. He is always working for our good. His goodness surrounds us like a shield. He always has a good plan for us. He is abounding in grace towards us and He is committed to finishing all the good things that He has started in us. So may the words of our mouth boldly declare today and everyday that God is Good,

ALL THE TIME!

Dear Lord it seems at times that I am blinded to Your goodness. Help me to look past my circumstances and remember that You are with me. Unveil my eyes to SEE Your goodness and Your salvation. You alone know the Truth that can set me free from the darkness that tries to invade my life. You have promised that You will never leave or forsake me and so I stand on the Truth of Your Word because You are Good all the time and Your mercy endures forever. You are my Help, my Deliver, and my Strong Tower. Thank You for Your goodness Lord. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Cinde Lucas is an ordinary person, who happens to LOVE to encourage and motivate people! She has a passion to share the Love of God with people and to let them know that God is GOOD and He has an AWESOME plan for their lives! Cinde truly desires to lead people into a closer relationship with God through music; her prayer is that the ministry we share will uplift and encourage people to be all that God created them to be. Visit Overflow Ministries at www.CindeLucas.com.
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Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
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Issue # 41 - Love’s Best Position

What is the number one position that you have seen or heard love ever demonstrated? Selah.

Yes I’m sure you have heard of love demonstrated in so many ways. Today I want to look at the best love act of all time. This one tops them all. Many have come and gone but yet to come close to this act. The effort, passion, zeal that was put into this is second to none. Why was this done though? What was the motivating factor behind it?

To demonstrate an act of love that is lasting and worth talking about takes strength to carry out. The love that we see and hear about so often is based on emotions. When the emotion is down then the love is down vice versa. I’m sure you don’t want to be connected with that type of love, cause you’ll never know what you’re going to get each day.

“Love much. Earth has enough bitter in it”.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Nothing heals better emotionally, physically and mentally than love. It is more powerful and safer than any healing drug. It could be the missing link in your life.

Obviously it’s more than a talk, true love will be put to a test. You can only succeed with this type of love that I want to address. It’s unconditional and unemotional. Tina Turner says “What’s Love Gat To Do With It?” and my answer “Everything” cause I think this act of love is very important.

If all of us appreciated and demonstrated this kind of love then we would have a lot less broken hearts. This kind of love brings a sigh of relief cause someone did it for you.

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Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come
short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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What’s Your Way To Finding Unity & Agreement in Your Marriage ?

“A marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences”.
Dave Meurer

Yesterday morning I was in position to view a telecast on The Word Network. Well let me just say that this came about through my obligation to serve on the prayer line for my local churches TV broadcast. Following the program...
me and one of the ministers at the church stayed in position for a while to receive any incoming calls for special prayer.

Now listen to this, another program came on immediately with a husband and wife that was sharing their early marriage life experience with the church. Their names Michael and Connie Smith from The Church Group. Casually dressed, and both sitting one on each side at a large oak desk. The husband began by talking about the experiences he had in trying to surprise his wife. Well you know that ladies love surprises. Sad to say it seemed like everything he tried she found out about it.

She would find out what he did through credit card records, or persons would end up calling his wife to confirm things when it was suppose to be a surprise. Imagine this someone calling the recipient of your gift after your already stressed to the company that it was a surprise. Bear in mind, it was stated by the pastor but the person making the call notices AFTER being in conversation with the wife that it was suppose to be a surprise. What do you do with people who let your work go down the drain? Hmmmm ! Let me see…..Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy stop right there before you go to far. Now let’s get back to this story.

Well she was the one who ran all the financial records so she had to question certain things. For him to work around this he had to go to other people and borrow, make purchases through them and reimburse.

Well you know why the wife was operating that way? She saw it happening in her house between her mother and father. Which goes to show you that some people only carry out what they see someone else do. At Christmas she would set the budget and the husband was not consulted for his input. Even though he wanted to go out and enjoy the shopping experience to.

He stressed the importance of husbands and wives working together to hear one another’s input before coming to final decisions. All this happens through the skill of communication. Knowing when to hold the breaks and make peace is important in communicating with one another. It is far better to make peace than to end up in a place of sorrow and repentance for hurting your spouse. The fight for peace may not be easy but “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” Matt. 5:9 (King James Version)

And so husbands and wives, even though you may not see eye to eye on everything- you have to make up your mind you are going to keep peace on your side. One of the main reasons you have to make it is, people are depending on you. Your children, your family, friends, church folks, and even the single people that are looking up to you.

On that note, my prayers go up for you today whatever state your marriage is in right now. I pray for the spirit of unity and agreement to abide in your life, your marriage and at your house. May you have good success in every area of your life.

Jesus Christ is still coming again and I’m sure when he returns he wants to met you and your spouse together.

What about your marriage life ?What do you do to keep peace, unity and agreement ? Come on now, if you know you have a good recipe to share on this then let everyone in on it. Remember there are others coming after you.


Do you know how to tell ladies from men now that they both wear pants? The one listening is the man.

Take care until.....and God bless ya

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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.

In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Am I My Brothers Keeper Or Killer ?

"It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door."
Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)

In light of the increase of crime & violence in our nations and world, it’s a question that you need to ask yourself. Do you only think the persons doing harm are those that use guns and knives?
Haven’t you harmed someone at some time in our life?

If you really stop for a moment and think it may have been less than a week ago or maybe even a day. Whether it was a response to someone’s action toward you or your initial doing it still counts as wrong toward your brother/sister.

But in every wrong you have done there is always hope. You can still improve your love & kindness toward your brother/sister. Of courrrrrrrrrrrrse it hurts when people wrong you. It’s a sign that you are still alive cause your feelings are working. Know that God always wants you to live in love.

Have you been experiencing that it is getting harder to be your brother’s keeper. Especially when you’re at the place when you need help yourself. You need someone to come to your rescue but everyone wants you to come to theirs. Let me suggest to you that it is the plan of the enemy to keep us from reaching out to one another.

4 Reasons To Be Your Brother’s Keeper

1.You please God - As God sees you reach out to your fellowman he is pleased to see you demonstrate the love that he has put in you. Most definitely God will not forget your labor of love. “… Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” Matthew 25:40 (King James Version)

2. No man is an island - Others need help just like you need help. Everyone needs someone in life. Your make up will not allow you to function perfectly on your own. The faster you help others the faster God can help you. You never know when you are going to need help in life. Who you try to help now can reap great benefits in your future. “Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free” Ephesians 6:8 (King James Version).

3. You Cause Others To See The Light - When you show real love and help your brother, people will see something different in you than what’s taking place in the world. Light will begin to shine, as you can be identified as one of Christ’s. “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” John 13:35 (King James Version). People take note and remember something done more than something said. So if you want people to remember how much you care then do something they will remember.

4. You Influence Others To Do It - Many people are waiting on someone to take the initiative in doing what is right and needs to be done. Everyone sees problems but few are doing something to bring solutions. Even though many people see what needs to be done, they don’t have the courage it takes to step out and be the first or set the pace. Everyone wants to be a part of something great, but someone has to get it started right? Why not be that one to keep love flowing in your area and be your brother/sister keeper. You may not be able to help everybody but you can help somebody.

Take the time to do something for your fellowman and God will make the time to do something for you.

Take care until…. and bless ya

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p.s- Why did the Easter egg hide ?…………………………Answer : he was a little chicken

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