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-TREASURE
-By: Paul Kortepeter

Years ago I found a solitary tea cup at an antique shop with a gorgeous pattern. I fell in love with it on the spot. From then on, I searched high and low for the rest of the set: in china shops, at auctions, flea markets, rummage sales...

Alas, without success. Not even a saucer!

Just as I was beginning to suspect that the cup wasn't part of a set at all, but one of a kind, never-to-be-found-again treasure, I was served tea on the very same china at the home of a friend!

Well, I stared with wide eyes until my friend said, "Isn't it beautiful? I found it at an Estate Sale. Unfortunately one of the cups is missing."

With a twinkle in my eye, I knew that my precious cup would soon have a new home. ~~
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-Proverbs 18:24B ]-"[In Jesus]...There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother."

-Proverbs 17:17- "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for times of need."

Reach out to Jesus, He is as close as the mention of His Name. "I will never leave you or forsake you." JESUS
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--WHEN THE WINDS ARE STRONG --

If your life is windy these days---
winds of change, winds of adversity,
or maybe the constant winds of demands and expectations
that leave you feeling, well...
windblown--take heart.

As my mother used to say,
"The roots grow deep when the winds are strong."

--Charles R. Swindoll

-Divine Friendship
-By: David Woetzel, B.S.
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"A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24).

Who is this friend who adheres to us tighter than those that are joined by blood? Solomon had observed that his father was a man after God's own heart. But he also undoubtedly had read of the patriarch Abraham's close personal relationship with God:

"Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?" (II Chronicles 20:7).

What does it mean to be called the "Friend of God?" Friendship implies a kinship in spirit, a community of interest. It involves communication, commitment of loving companionship, and sharing of personal experiences. Many people come to know God only as a distant master. Indeed He is our master, but Christ offered much more: "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you" (John 15:14-15).

Notice that there is a conditional phrase that is attached to the offer of friendship extended by the Lord. James says, "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God" (James 4:4). Indeed, our relationship with God must start as Abraham's began, with the important step of faith. "And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God" (James 2:23). Let us commit anew to cultivate the divine friendship which excels all others.
--ICR/DW / I AM A FRIEND OF GOD!
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--FOR WONDERFUL YOU~
-WARM WORDS OF GRATITIUDE-
By: Emily Matthews

There are wonderful people
who give from their hearts
in toughtful and unselfish ways,

So willing to share,
help out, or be there,
no matter how busy their days...

There are people we count on,
whose wisdom and caring
help everything work out just right---

Wonderful people
who shine in our lives
with their gentle and beautiful light.~~

-Thank you for being the special person that you are!

-MERRY CHRISTMAS! NOEL! We should celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus everyday. He's is the BEST GIFT OF ALL TIME!

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
----Romans 6:23

-I’ve told the story before of a man who was getting ready to put a sign in his yard that said “N-O-E-L” to spread some Christmas cheer. It was a cold night, a snowstorm hit, and the man was trying to put the letters up from behind instead of facing them. He fumbled and bumbled, and said some very un-Christmas-like things in the process.

He finally finished, plugged in the lights, and forgot about them. The next morning he awoke to a foot of snow on the ground. He went outside to take a look at his sign and noticed he put the letters up backwards, “L-E-O-N.” Now, his neighbor across the street was named Leon. And when he saw him fixing the sign he said, “Man, I thought that was just for me!”

When God came in Christ, He came for you. It wasn’t a mistake! It was a gift with your name on it. And the question of Christmas is whether or not we’re willing to open that gift and receive it by faith, or simply let it sit under the tree.

The greatest gift of Christmas is the gift of salvation. In fact, the very name of Jesus means, “God saves.” Receive that gift, be saved by faith, and you’ll experience eternal life!

-RECEIVE GOD’S GIFT OF SALVATION BY FAITH AND YOU’LL LIVE FOREVER WITH HIM!