{"id":2571,"date":"2020-12-25T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T18:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2020-12-25T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T18:33:17","slug":"12-25-20-devotion-loving-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"12-25-20 Devotion Loving Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Merry Christmas to all!\u00a0\u00a0We don\u2019t know the actual birthday of Jesus, but I think the Lord appreciates that, despite the day\u2019s origins, that we universally celebrate His birth across the globe.\u00a0\u00a0Besides, no-one knows, with exact certitude, the actual date, so one day is as good as the next.\u00a0\u00a0And more important is that we give Him due honor every day of our lives as He perpetually and daily is honored as the One and Only Savior and Lord to the world.\u00a0\u00a0Every morning let His birth and resurrection be celebrated as we honor Him and the way to do that is to truly love Him and each other. (John 14:15<\/b>) and to love each other. (John 13:34-35, 1 John 5:2-4<\/b>).<\/div>\n
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Let\u2019s remember and hold in our hearts what the heavenly host proclaimed\u00a0\u201cSuddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14\u00a0\u201cGlory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace\u00a0to those on whom His favor rests.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0(Luke 2:13-14<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0The last ten verses of that scripture should be considered and applied to our hearts and minds.\u00a0\u00a0On them is key to eternal life.<\/p>\n

In remembrance and honor to Jesus Christ, love, peace and joy to all of you!<\/p>\n

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Our Yearly Christmas Letter<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything\u00a0that has breath praise the\u00a0Lord.\u00a0\u00a0Praise the\u00a0Lord<\/i>!<\/i><\/p>\n

Psalm 104:33 \u2013\u00a0<\/i><\/b>I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live<\/i>!<\/p>\n

There are always more reasons to praise God than to not to.\u00a0\u00a0If you are reading this right now, you are a reason for us to celebrate the goodness of God.\u00a0\u00a0Like for my parents (who are now with the Lord) we celebrate the goodness of God that He has given a sure promise of a glorious forever with Him.\u00a0\u00a0Christmas, even for those who don\u2019t truly celebrate Jesus, has for most people, always been a happy time, a family time, a time of making more good memories to cherish in times ahead.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is the joyous reason we celebrate Christmas.\u00a0\u00a0Remember the fun Christmases, the great memories, and the fact that we had our loved ones who have gone ahead, to cherish and remember.\u00a0\u00a0Their memory will bring a tear to our eyes, but even better, warmth to our hearts and smiles to our faces.\u00a0\u00a0Right now we are remembering Teresa\u2019s grandmother Apo, who was so wise and so loving.\u00a0\u00a0We would be enthralled as she would share stories from her life.\u00a0\u00a0She loved the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0She loved us and our sons.\u00a0\u00a0I wish she were around to talk to them and share her stories with them and with great-grandchildren now and to come.\u00a0\u00a0Just remembering her makes our hearts happy and warm.\u00a0\u00a0So for the family recently passed on, and to the ones who passed on many years ago, as Bob Hope sang \u201cThanks For The Memories.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Because of you we have many good and loving memories.\u00a0\u00a0We remember the joy of the past and the victories over the tough times.\u00a0\u00a0And the reason we have Christmas is because of Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0He really is the enabler and giver of all the good memories.\u00a0\u00a0He is the one who has loved us most of all.\u00a0\u00a0So Jesus, thank you for the memories.\u00a0\u00a0You are a good, good Savior and Lord.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you for coming and saving us.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you!<\/p>\n

There is one thing that many of us already knew at the beginning of 2020.\u00a0\u00a0The joy of our soul comes from the Lord and so nothing and no one could steal that joy because no circumstance here on earth can steal a Jesus-provided love and joy.\u00a0\u00a0And 2020 did not steal our joy.\u00a0\u00a0It did not steal love from us.\u00a0\u00a0It did not and could not because Jesus is in control.\u00a0\u00a0He has been and He always will be.\u00a0\u00a0We hope that the joy of the Lord reigns unshakably in your hearts and souls right now and unto the day when all those who love Him shall forever live in His peace.\u00a0\u00a0We love you all so very much, but Jesus loves you more, so very much more.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you Jesus!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teresa and I have moved on from our beloved RHCC church, and we are very blessed that the Lord has brought us to Calvary Assembly in Lomita (Where my parents worshipped, and also Terri and Henry till they moved to AZ.)\u00a0\u00a0Teresa is a blessing to all who love her as she continues to humbly submit to God and to pursue Him.\u00a0\u00a0The Lord blesses her with wisdom and knowledge.\u00a0\u00a0She is a great example to all on how the Lord has called us to live.\u00a0\u00a0As in past years she continues to work at Home Depot and her reputation there remains as being a \u201cgo-to\u201d person for help.\u00a0\u00a0Even so, she is certainly our go to person in life!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Julian continues to work at his same job and is still thankful for the stable position.\u00a0\u00a0He remains in his apartment and thankful to the Lord for many blessings.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God who loves, protects, and also provides for him.\u00a0\u00a0As we write every year we are proud of him and most of all are blessed that He loves the Lord!\u00a0\u00a0And in loving Jesus, He is doing the most important thing in life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Raymond and Jessica are well and are doing great.\u00a0\u00a0This year they have done less traveling, for obvious reasons.\u00a0\u00a0Raymond continues at his employment and excels.\u00a0\u00a0He grows the company business as their General Manager and also as their top sales person.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jessica is amazing as she continues with her several part time work-at-home jobs so that she could reduce her Pharmacy Tech work and thereby stay home with Lily.\u00a0\u00a0She remains very much a\u00a0Proverbs 31:10-31<\/b>\u00a0wife.\u00a0\u00a0She is a blessing to our family.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lily is now almost two and a half years old.\u00a0\u00a0She is tall for her age and her weight stays about average for her age.\u00a0\u00a0She has a winning smile and knows how to use it!\u00a0\u00a0She is fearless of animals and insects and curious about everything.\u00a0\u00a0And\u2026 she is going to be a big sister in about three months.\u00a0\u00a0Everyone is excited about the new little girl that is coming to our family.\u00a0\u00a0We will have another darling to also love and cherish.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0Jessica has had the normal discomforts of pregnancy, but overall both she and the new baby are doing well.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God is good and Lily still is everything we could have prayed for, and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019re still proud grandparents.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I retired this year.\u00a0\u00a0God blessed us and set it all up.\u00a0\u00a0We are fine.\u00a0\u00a0We have moved from one year of living in faith to yet another year of doing so.\u00a0\u00a0God never fails and we are so grateful.\u00a0\u00a0As I was talking to the Lord about how different my life is I felt like the Lord said to me.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBefore, you worked a regular job in this world.\u00a0\u00a0Now you work solely for me.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0I like that.\u00a0\u00a0I really, really like that!<\/p>\n

Jake is eight now.\u00a0\u00a0Wow!\u00a0\u00a0He is the sweetest dog we know.\u00a0\u00a0He loves Teresa and me so much and truly loves Lily.\u00a0\u00a0He really is a gift to all of us.\u00a0\u00a0Soon he will have another \u201clittle\u201d to protect.<\/p>\n

Amazingly Mr. Friendly (Goldfish) is still alive and thriving.\u00a0\u00a0Lily likes to help feed him.<\/p>\n

We wish you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and always that all of you would walk closely with the Lord God! (If you want to see a great, true to scripture, and creative telling of the Christmas story, go to:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.bob4god.com\/?p=2557<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>It is by Pastor Andy Noch. It\u2019s just over twenty one minutes, it is very good!<\/div>\n

Lily (on the left) with her cousins from Georgia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bob and Teresa<\/p>\n

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Merry Christmas to all!\u00a0\u00a0We don\u2019t know the actual birthday of Jesus, but I think the Lord appreciates that, despite the day\u2019s origins, that we universally celebrate His birth across the globe.\u00a0\u00a0Besides, no-one knows, with exact certitude, the actual date, so one day is as good as the next.\u00a0\u00a0And more important is that we give Him…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}