CHRISTMAS NUGGETS
· JESUS CHRIST IS THE CELEBRANT; THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.
· IF A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, CELEBRATING IT WITH A CORRECT REASON AND IN A CORRECT WAY DESPITE HOW IT IS CELEBRATED BY SO MANY PEOPLE DOES NOT MAKE ITS CELEBRATION UNGOLDLY NOR UNBIBLICAL. HENCE, THE CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS CAN STILL BE ON COURSE IF IT IS CELEBRATED WITH THE CORRECT CAUSE.
· CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST WHO THOUGH BORN IN A DEMEANED PLACE CAME TO THE WORLD TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS AND RESTORE US TO A WARM FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER.
· THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS IS A SEASON WHERE THE FULLNESS OF TIME CAN BE FULFILLED IN A MAN’S LIFE. IT IS A PERIOD IN WHICH GOD’S PURPOSE CAN BE BORN IN YOUR LIFE.
· “MARY BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON…” COULD MEAN THAT YOU CAN BREAK FORTH INTO GOD’S DIVINE ORDINATION AND PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE THIS SEASON IF YOU HAVE HITHERTO NOT COME INTO IT.
· IT IS AN ERROR TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH FEASTINGS AND LOTS MORE WHEN INFACT YOU HAVE NOT FATHOM YOUR PURPOSE FOR CREATION. IT IS PURPOSELESS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU HAVE NOT DERIVED YOUR PURPOSE FOR EXISTENCE AND LIVING. TODAY, YOU CAN BREAK FORTH INTO THE PURPOSE (S) OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE IF ONLY YOU WILL CREATE ROOM FOR THE CELEBRANT THIS SEASON.
· CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IS ALSO A SEASON WHEN THAT WHICH IS CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY GHOST IN OUR LIVES CAN BE ACTUALIZED. GOD’S PURPOSE AND COUNSEL CAN BE CERTAINLY BORN IN OUR LIVES IF IT’S TIME FOR MANIFESTATION IS FULLY COME.
· THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCESSING AND ACTUALIZING GOD’S PURPOSE THIS SEASON OF CHRISTMAS IS DEPENDENT ON WHETHER YOU WILL CREATE ROOM FOR JESUS CHRIST IN THE INN OF YOUR HEART. WOULD YOU CREATE A SPACE FOR JESUS IN YOUR HEART THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON?
· AN INN IS A LODGING PLACE; A GUEST CHAMBER; A PLACE OF REST; A LODGMENT AND AN ENCAMPMENT. THIS INN HAPPENED TO BE A PLACE JESUS CHRIST WAS DENIED ACCESS TO BE GIVEN BIRTH TO BY THE INN-KEEPER.
· IF THE INN KEEPER WAS SENSITIVE TO KNOW THAT IN THE WOMB OF MARY WAS JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF THE WHOLE WORLD, HE WOULD HAVE CREATED A ROOM FOR MARY AND JOSEPH IN THE INN OR EVEN IN HIS PRIVATE CHAMBERS/RESIDENCE.
· THE BIBLE DIDN’T RECORDED THE NAME (S) OF THE INN-KEEPER (S) WHO BOLDLY TOLD MARY AND JOSEPH THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM AGAIN FOR THEM IN THE INN, BUT ONE THING I AM FULLY AWARE OF IS THE FACT THAT THE INN-KEEPER SQUANDERED THE OPPORTUNITY OF HIM BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.
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· THE INN-KEEPER WAS INSENSITIVE TO THAT WHICH WAS CONCEIVED IN THE WOMB OF MARY, HENCE, MISSED THE CHANCED OF HIS NAME BEING CAPTURED IN THE ANAL OF HISTORY.
· IN RELATION TO OUR LIVES, OUR HEART IS THE INN (PLACE OF LODGMENT) WHERE JESUS CHRIST WANTS TO DWELL THIS SEASON AND BEYOND, SO THAT HIS PURPOSES AND PLANS FOR OUR LIVES CAN BE ACTUALIZED.
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· NOT ONLY IS OUR HEARTS THE INN, BUT THAT WE ARE THE INN-KEEPER WHO CAN DETERMINE WHETHER JESUS CHRIST SHOULD DWELL IN OUR INN (HEART) TO BIRTH HIS PURPOSE IN AND THROUGH US OR HE DECIDES TO FIND A MANGER ENVIRONMENT (MOST DESPISED PEOPLES/THINGS) TO STILL BRING HIS PURPOSE INTO ACTUALIZATION.
· CHRISTMAS SEASON IS A SEASON WHERE JESUS CHRIST WANTS TO FIND A DWELLING PLACE IN OUR LIVES FOR INTIMACY AND FOR PERMANENT DWELLING. JESUS CHRIST IS THE CELEBRANT AND HE WANTS TO DWELL IN THE INN OF YOUR HEART FOR AN EVERLASTING DWELLING AND/OR FOR FELLOWSHIP.
· HE KNOCKS AT THE HEART OF UNBELIEVERS IN ORDER FOR HIM TO FIND A PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THEIR LIVES, WHILE HE KNOCKS AT THE HEART OF BELIEVERS FOR CONTINUOUS INTIMACY. SO, WHOSOEVER YOU ARE; YOU WOULD NEED CHRIST THIS SEASON FOR A DWELLING PLACE IN YOUR HEART OR TO BE DRAWN TO A MORE INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM IN THE SECRET PLACE.
· CHRISTMAS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CREATE A ROOM FOR JESUS CHRIST THIS SEASON. HE IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR OF YOUR INN (HEART), THEREFORE, DON’T HEAR HIS VOICE AND REFUSE GIVEN HIM ACCESS TO COME IN AND DINE WITH YOU. DON’T BE INSENSITIVE LIKE THE INN-KEEPER WHO COULD TELL MARY AND JOSEPH THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN BECAUSE OF HIS UNAWARENESS TO PERCEIVE THE MESSIAH IN THE WOMB OF MARY.·
· THE CELEBRANT HAPPENS TO BE JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON. OUR HEART IS THE INN WHILE WE ARE THE INN-KEEPERS. WE ALONE CAN DECIDE TO SHUT-UP COMPLETELY THE BIRTHINGS OF CHRIST’ PURPOSES IN OUR LIVES OR DECIDE TO GIVE ACCESS FOR HIS PURPOSES TO THRIVE IN AND THROUGH OUR VESSELS.·
· JESUS CHRIST AS THE CHIEF CELEBRANT OF CHRISTMAS SEEKS AN OCCASION TO FIND ACCESS INTO OUR HEARTS FOR A PERMANENT DWELLING OR/AND FOR INTIMACY.·
· CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITHOUT CHRIST IS CRISIS. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITHOUT CHRIST IS CAUSELESS. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITHOUT CHRIST IS NOTHING BUT A WASTE OF TIME. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITHOUT HIM FINDING ACCESS INTO THE INN OF YOUR HEART IS NOTHING BUT A PURPOSELESS CELEBRATION. INDEED, CHRISTMAS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE OUR ROOMS FOR JESUS CHRIST TO LIVE AND RUN OUR LIVES.
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year
WRITTEN AND EDITED
BY
SAMSON OKPANACHI DANIEL
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