Notice the great truths we learn about worship from the example of the Wise Men:
Worship is an act of those who are wise.
Worship calls for divine guidance.
Worship demands a separation.
Worship calls for concentration.
Worship calls for a commitment.
Worship brings great joy to the
                    
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                    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Jenna Day tells of a Christmas 20 years ago that she remembers well.
	At her small school in central Maine, there were two classes for each grade: the children who got good grades, wore nice clothes and whose parents were in the PTA, and the kids who were in the slow class, and got poor grades. She
                    
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                    THE EMPTY GIFT 
"I was enjoying 1st grade to the fullest until one day in December when the little girl behind me set "it" on her desk. It was the tiniest Christmas present imaginable, less than an inch on each side with white glossy paper tied up with a sliver of red cellophane. Immediately I was
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
As Americans, we pride ourselves in "doing Christmas up right." Tons of gifts, big holiday feasts, huge trees, Lights on the houses. USA! 
Here are some of the other ways people prepare for the celebration of Christmas.
*	In Italy they have no Christmas
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 24, 2006
                
                
                
                    Hudson Taylor was scheduled to speak at a Large Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia. The moderator of the service introduced the missionary in eloquent and glowing terms. He told the large congregation all that Taylor had accomplished in China, and then presented him as "our illustrious
                    
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                    In a Peanuts comic strip, there was a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 19, 2007
                
                
                
                    An old theologian once said, "Who chides a servant for taking away the first course of a feast when the second consists of far greater delicacies?" Who then can feel regret that this present world passes away when he sees that an eternal world of joy is coming? The first course is grace, but the
                    
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                    When we are led by God into situations that we cannot handle, we can be sure that he is going to show up and show out. If God presents us with a challenge bigger than we are, you can be sure he is prepared to invest in us the resources necessary to meet that
                    
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                    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 19, 2006
                
                
                
                    One other Christmas my sister did something rather strange.  Thankfully we didn’t have ham or sharp knives anymore.  We had all finished opening presents, everybody had loaded them in their cars and we were all visiting in the living room with coffee or punch.
	The Fryrear family got up to leave,
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    REPENTANCE IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT
Doug Tegner tells the story of attending a one-day leadership retreat called to deal with his church's current crisis. Redwood Chapel was founded in 1962 and has since hosted the Bay Area Sunday School convention (BASS), had strong music programs, planted vibrant
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Connelly on Jul 31, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    This past week I was getting my oil changed and I had a chance to present the gospel to the guy in the waiting room with me.  For me, waiting rooms are the best places for evangelism because the people are sitting there with nothing to do.  The oil change waiting room has been particularly fruitful
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 26, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Brennan Manning wrote: “If Jesus would appear at your dining table tonight with knowledge of everything you are and are not, total comprehension of your life story and every skeleton hidden in your closet; if he laid out the real state of your present discipleship with the hidden agenda, the mixed
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 1, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Herbert Stevenson said about this in his book “James Speaks For Today” that “No man can, by general busyness or specific good deed, no matter how noble, merit salvation.  Activity is never a rival to faith.  We cannot gain God’s commendation by presenting to Him- as Cain desired-
                    
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