{"id":752,"date":"2017-12-20T07:24:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2017-12-20T07:24:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:24:02","slug":"devotion-luke-28-14-completely-and-in-every-way-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Luke 2:8-14 Completely And In Every Way, Blessed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke 2:8-14<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a08\u00a0And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.<\/span>\u00a09\u00a0An angel\u00a0of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.<\/span>\u00a010\u00a0But the angel said to them, \u201cDo not be afraid.\u00a0I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.<\/span>\u00a011\u00a0Today in the town of David a Savior\u00a0has been born to you; he is the Messiah,\u00a0the Lord.<\/span>\u00a012\u00a0This will be a sign\u00a0to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.\u201d\u00a0 13\u00a0Suddenly 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<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Timothy 6:17b<\/b>\u00a0– \u2026but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Peter 1:3<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n

So blessed. Coming and going, rising and laying down and everything in between, so very blessed.\u00a0 Trials come and sometimes disturb, but joy is never gone (Isaiah 51:11<\/b>).\u00a0 We have a joy that is not capable of being taken away.\u00a0 Troubled by the worries of earth, but yet a peace, a quietness, and a joy that never leaves (John 16:33<\/b>).\u00a0 We walk in parallel realities (2 Corinthians 4:18<\/b>).\u00a0 We are born to this earth, but God has known us before we were born.\u00a0 Before the heavens and the earth were created He knew us (Ephesians 1:4<\/b>).\u00a0 The spiritual reality is eternal, this world we live in is temporary (Matthew 24:35, 1 John 2:17, 2 Peter 3:12-13<\/b>). \u00a0Even if we hurt now, we know a day is coming when all emotion, physical and spiritual pain will cease (Revelation 21:4<\/b>).\u00a0 Why, because God loves us (Jeremiah 31:3<\/b>).\u00a0 Oh shout for joy!\u00a0 Shout for Jesus, the Savior born to us, and for us! Praise God!\u00a0 I love my family I was born into!\u00a0 I love my eternal family of God!\u00a0 How I wish that they were completely the same. \u00a0Still, I love and enjoy all!<\/p>\n

Soon many will come together to celebrate the birth of Christ.\u00a0 I know it is not the exact date of His birth, I know problems with the history of the day, but it is a day that many use to acknowledge the birth of the Savior and Lord Jesus.\u00a0 I will celebrate it!\u00a0 God redeemed a filthy thing like me and He surely can redeem this date, and touch the hearts of men. And, indeed He has.\u00a0 I celebrate this date which focuses millions of mind on the birth of Christ.\u00a0 As I focus on the birth of Jesus, who came to this world that men may live eternally with God in peace, I am overwhelmed by God\u2019s love and I am overflowing with thankfulness to God.\u00a0 In Jesus we have all we need.\u00a0 Family, we know, we understand.\u00a0 We see a strong truth, even on bumper stickers, \u201cKnow God, Know Peace, No God, No Peace.\u201d\u00a0 This is truth.\u00a0 Eternal truth that has no end and is invulnerable to attacks.\u00a0 I am thankful to God for the complete Truth and the complete victory that comes through Jesus.\u00a0 The coming of the Messiah, of Jesus, was foretold in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament.\u00a0\u00a0Isaiah 7:14<\/b>\u00a0foretold of His virgin birth and this was fulfilled in\u00a0Matthew 1:23<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0Micah 5:2\u00a0<\/b>foretold where He would be born and this was fulfilled in\u00a0Matthew 2:6\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0John 7:42.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Jeremiah 31:15<\/b>\u00a0foretold that the preceding the birth of Christ the enemy of God would do all He could to stop it and this was fulfilled in\u00a0Matthew 2:16-18<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0Hosea 11:1\u00a0<\/b>foretold that the Messiah would be called out of Egypt and this was fulfilled in\u00a0Matthew 2:13-15<\/b>.\u00a0 Yes, Jesus is the Messiah and He has paid the full price for all who love God and want to live eternally with Him to do so.<\/p>\n

Thank you Father God, thank you Jesus, for our families, for the body of Christ and the natural.\u00a0 I am thankful for God the Father sending Jesus His Son to supernaturally make a way where there was no way.\u00a0 I love my Brothers and Sisters in the Lord.\u00a0 We will spend eternity together!\u00a0 I thank God for all who come to Him.\u00a0 I look forward to spending eternity with Jesus and with my family in Him.\u00a0 Considering how greatly God has blessed us, my soul is at rest.\u00a0 My soul is at peace.\u00a0 Blessed be the name of the Lord!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luke 2:8-14\u00a0–\u00a08\u00a0And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.\u00a09\u00a0An angel\u00a0of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.\u00a010\u00a0But the angel said to them, \u201cDo not be afraid.\u00a0I bring you good news that will cause great joy…<\/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":[129,1841,2411,103,99,100,106,101,94,90,17,711,2036],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-ephesians","tag-hosea","tag-isaiah","tag-jeremiah","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-peter","tag-psalm","tag-revelation","tag-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","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=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}