When The Shepherds Met The Shepherds

We may think we are just a bunch of “nobodies.” We may even think we are insignificant. But God can make us His messenger. This Christmas I pray that we will talk to people about the good news. We don’t need to impress people with our credentials. We just need to point them to our Christ. In the midst of this crisis, we can still proclaim, “Christ is!” It is because the Lord’s humble coming tells us more about His glory than any spectacle ever can.

Let us pray…

[1]http://www.newsweek.com/id/56062

[2]Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

[3]Adapted from Inquirer Editorial, April 16, 2009. See also http://straightfrompastor.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-wang-wang.html

[4]Wayne Grudem, gen. ed., “ESV Study Bible” (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 1952.

[5]Daniel Wallace, “The Birth of Jesus Christ: The Day Jesus Was Born.” Available from http://bible.org/

[6]Ibid.

[7]Robert Deffinbaugh, “Luke: The Gospel to the Gentiles.” Available from http://bible.org/

[8]Vv. 17-18, 20.

[9]Deffinbaugh.