He knows everything about you.
He is the only one who wants and able to understand, help, heal, bless, restore, deliver and save you.
The Lord Jesus Christ will not do any of this without your approval and cooperation.
Let’s reconnect with our God and watch what is going to happen.
He loves YOU!
How Long Will People Dodge the Issue by
Saying this Legend is a Harmless Tradition?
Who is this person whose jovial face greets us everywhere in our Christmas festivities, shops, schools and cards?
This is Santa Claus, the god of Christmas, the children’s friend, who is so embedded in our hearts that we still thrill to:
“’Twas the night before Christmas…
A charming legend, an innocent fantasy? But whose place has he taken in children’s hearts? If we strip him of his disguise we find a masterpiece of Satan’s subtlety, for the harmless, fun-provoking Santa Claus has usurped the throne of children’s heart and the charming legend has replaced “the sweetest story ever told.”
This is the legend in brief that we recite and sing and picture to our children:
Away up in the ice and snow lives Santa Claus in a great house of many rooms filled with every delightful thing that children love. Santa Claus is all-seeing and all-knowing. He sees what the children do. He hears all they say. He keeps a “Book of Remembrance” in which he records their words and their actions.
Santa Claus comes down from the sky in a sleigh drawn by swift reindeer that “fly upon the wings of the wind and ride upon the clouds.” It is filled with wonderful gifts. His coming is secret. When he comes he brings rewards to all good children and the gifts they have asked for.
What is the children’s reaction to such a legend? “Santa Claus is our friend: he has all the good things we want, and he will give them to us if we are good.”
Is it any wonder they open their hearts to Santa Claus, strive to please him, talk and dream about him, and wait and watch eagerly for him?
What about Jesus? He said, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me,” but we have put before our children that awful thing which a second commandment speak against; we have put another god before Him!
We have opened our homes to a thief, and have stood by and offered no resistance while he stole the heart of childhood. We have raised no voice in protest as he corrupted the minds and hearts of our children with a false image and a living imagination.
Why have we not lifted the standard of Jesus, the true God and tender Friend of children, who is not willing that “one of these little ones should perish?” Why have we not feared lest we should “offend one of these little ones which believe” on Him?
The True Story
Christian mother, what has happened? You substitute the pagan legend of Santa Claus for the true story of God’s love! How can you let Santa Claus take the place of Jesus in your child’s heart? How can you encourage him to look to another for his joys rather than to Jesus, “the Giver of every good and perfect gift?”
The clouds of judgment hang heavy. Terrible things are happening. Let us hasten to enthrone Jesus in our homes and tell the matchless story of God’s “Unspeakable Gift” to the world.
Instead of the vulgar Santa Claus, with his “nose like a cherry, and his little round belly that shakes … like a bowl full of jelly,” let us captivate our children’s imagination with the “altogether lovely” One, the “dear little Stranger, born in a manger.” Let us delight their fancy with the story of the guiding star, with the Wise men, and their gifts for the new-born King, the shepherds, the singing angels and Herod and the flight to Egypt. Let us inspire our children to give gifts to Him and in His name. Let us make Christmas “holy ground” in our homes this year. -Author Unknown.
JESUS LOVES YOU MUCH!
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Psalm 27:8
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
It is wise to please God. It is rewarding to seek Him. It is worth investing into a relationship with the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
The soul would have no rainbow
Had the eyes no tears.
John Vance Cheney 1848-1922
Sing to the Lord, you saints of His;
Praise His Holy Name.
For His anger lasts only a moment,
But his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:4, 5
When something happens to us or to others, as the spiritual people, we would like to know why, how, what for and who did it. Normally we expect everything from the following three potential sources: God, human being and Satan. Often we are open to a possibility of a combination of all the above. I personally think that, that is the case most of the times. The bible reveilles that there are only two forces out there behind everything you see and feel. God who is a good power and Satan who is an evil power. A human being only chooses which power to submit to. The fact that humanity exists is due to the good power. The fact that humanity is the way it is, is due to both good and evil forces. We are not going to go back as far as to answer where these forces come from because I don’t think anyone can explain that. But it does not take much to know that this is how it is and this is what the word of God teaches us.
Preached by Vance Irwin Parella 9/20/09
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10
Being joyful brings opportunities, solutions, healing, victories and much more good. Jesus is our joy and our strength.
Satan knows that taking away your excitement is a good place to start from his destructive activities. Don’t think twice before rebuking the enemy who comes for your joy.
It is relatively easy to keep your joy when things are going well. But it is more noble, rewarding and praiseworthy when a believer remain to be joyful in the face of all odds which also touches God’s heart and unlocks the supernatural.
God wants you to get the most out of your life. The only way you can do it is by managing to live in the present time. We are either being pulled back to the past or pushed in to the future. Satan wants you to feel guilty about your past and worry about your future instead of giving it onto the Lord. King David said the following. “I saw the Lord always before me” Acts 2:25.
By Vance Irwin Parella
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Psalm 110.
Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.
We all have a lot of enemies to deal with. I don’t mean the human beings. We should see every human being as our brother and sister and friend. Forgive them, love them and pray for them. Demons are our real enemies. Yes at times they do use other people to attack us through. Regardless of what form or shape the attack comes in, the best way to fight any enemy is by sitting at the right hand of God.