December 10 - Celebrations!

“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved”. Romans 10:9-10

Black Friday started it – the BIG SPEND, as the minds and eyes of almost every household are focusing in on stocking up with enough food to feed a regiment, ready for THE DAY, Christmas day. Ask about the need to buy a month's groceries for what amounts to two days maximum, and the reply comes back, “Well, we're having a party!”

The story goes that a church was holding a cookie party to raise funds for the church. The price of entry to the party was for each person to take a tray of cookies, which were then shared.

There was only one snag. The local minister didn't know a cooking tray from his elbow – and all he had in his cupboard was half a tin of beans which he offered atthe door on the night. How he wished he had learned to bake, but he had left it too late....too late to get into the party....too late, without help.

Another party will soon take place – sooner than I think we anticipate. World conditions day after day highlight the fulfilment of yet another prophecy, showing Jesus will soon return.

So, forget Black Friday, forget the BIG SPEND beause the table is set ready for the Lord's party to begin. We have received our invitation to attend – an invitation to give our hearts and lives to Jesus, to accept Him as our Saviour....no tray of cookies or half tin of beans.  No need of fancy clothes - the invitation says to just come as we are.  But what about the entry charge? No charge, the price has already been paid for each of us. The baby in the manger, thirty-two years later, died in our place to ensure that we will have eternal life, reunited with our loved ones, and FREE ENTRY TO THE PARTY OF ALL PARTIES! 

Did they let the minister in? Yes, thanks to one of the ladies who had made an extra tray of cookies – just in case. She stood in the minster's place, and paid the price of his entry.


While we are enjoying time this Christmas with our families and friends, I pray we will give thanks for the Baby in the manger, and remember, we owe our fre ticket to Him.

See you at the party. I'll be looking for you!

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