“The Voice took on flesh and became human and chose to live alongside us.
We have seen Him, enveloped in undeniable splendor—the one true
Son of the Father—evidenced in the perfect balance of grace and truth.”
-John 1:14 [Voice]

A Time to Think…
“The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.” -J.I. Packer, evangelical theologian and writer; throughout his nearly 70 years of writing and ministry, he stressed the importance of knowing and praying to and communing with the triune God.

A Time to Act…
When you think of Jesus in the manger do you think of Him as a helpless human baby? It’s hard to think of Jesus that way but that is exactly how God wanted His Son to be, one of us, so we could understand each other and live together. There is no other ‘god’ who stooped down to humanity’s level like this. If that isn’t love, then what is?

A Time to Pray…
A baby in a manger becoming the Savior of the world must be my Christmas prayer to You, O Lord, Jesus Christ. You understand my helplessness, you understand my pain and sorrow, for you walked all of that in your short time on this earth. It seems so unfair—I am the sinner, yet you came to me sinless and took away my sins so I could be with you forever. This is the gift of Christmas I must remember over and over again so I can push out the secular noise and trappings of the world’s view of Christmas; then, like the shepherd boy, I can find comfort by sitting at Your manger-bed. AMEN.