WHEN DOES CHRISTMAS END?
KEYS to KEEP Christmas Alive beyond Christmas morning?
Matthew 1:16 “and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.”
Matthew 1:2-3 “Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram…”
Matthew 1:16 “…Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.”
Matthew 1:18 makes this same point. “ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.”
Matthew 1:6 “David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah.
Look at Matthew 1:9 “…Jotham the Father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah”
Matthew 1:11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
KEY #1 to KEEP Christmas ALIVE: BE REAL (Matthew 1:1-17) (NOTE< DON’T REVEAL THIS SLIDE TILL THE END OF POINT 1)
KEY #2 to KEEP Christmas ALIVE: REJOICE REGULARLY (Luke 1:46-56):
KEY#3 to KEEP Christmas ALIVE: KEEP YOUR WONDER (Luke 2:8-21):
KEY#4 to KEEP Christmas ALIVE: GIVE GOD YOUR ALL(MATTHEW 2:1-12):
Christina Roseetti says it well:
“ What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; If I were a wise man, I would do my part; Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart.”
Later, the Brooklyn tabb Chior put it to music and added a verse:
“What can you give Him What can you bring? What can you offer That's fit for a King Bow before Jesus That's where you can start What can you give Him Just Give Him your heart”
What are the Four Keys to KEEP CHRISTMAS beyond December 25th?
• BE REAL
• REJOICE REGULARLY
• KEEP YOUR WONDER
• GIVE GOD YOUR ALL
