CHRISTMAS, WHAT IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL?

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Some interesting statistics!

There are currently 78 people named S. Claus living in the USA, and one Kriss Kringle.

Did you know that the weight of Santa's sleigh loaded with one Beanie Baby for every kid on earth is 333,333 tons.

And I'm sure you remember that the number of reindeer required to pull that 333,333 ton sleigh: 214,206, including Rudolph is nine. Don't know how Santa accomplishes it but then...

To deliver his gifts in one night, Santa has to make 822.6 visits per second, sleighing at 3,000 times the speed of sound.

At that speed, Santa and his reindeer should burst into flames instantaneously but so far they never have.

When Christmas morning arrives the average child will open 18 presents.

Of the presents received, one in 10 will be broken by the New Year, only 40% will make it to March and just a quarter will be intact by next Xmas.

In total around 46 million of kids toys, will be thrown away worldwide.

So yes when it comes to gifts…it is a good and gracious thoght to consider the gift of Christ, eternal and its nature and to be nurtured every day and certainly not thrown away…

of such is the true meaning of Christmas and the love of God so greatly and gloriously shown.

And yes God makes even the speed of sound seem slow when it comes to the miracle of his creation.

for an eternal, omnipresence, omniscient God takes the word “Gift” and gives it a meaning beyond compare.
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AND WHEN IT COMES TO A CHRISTMAS GIFT



"Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26
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QUOTES FROM TOMORROWS One A Day BLOG ON ONE A DAY entitled INTERVENTION OR MANIPULATION

“I was talking with a ministerial friend and he said to me, “Things are going well at my church but I’m not completely sure why.”
And I replied, “That’s good. For if you could know completely why... it might not be so much God’s intervention as man’s manipulation.” *************************************


AND ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS THE FOLLOWING



A new series on PRAYER began

ON Sunday Nov 21st (4 WEEK SERIES/EACH SUNDAY)


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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A NEW SERIES…
A HEAVENLY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM(1st in series)
It begins Sunday Dec 26, 2010


…“in the world of man” identities are stolen all the time.



It happened to us two summers ago. Someone reached into my wife’s purse and stole her identity. Went around proving they were her to a world that was more than willing to accept as fact what was obviously a lie.



We straightened it out, but for a short time “the things that man looks at” created an identity crisis.


But with God? No identity theft will ever take place. He knows who we are, the good and the bad and the in-between. And He loves us despite what He sees rather than because.



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BELOW are QUOTES FROM THE Rust on my Soul Serialization (each Tuesday)


“I want to do more than just live. I want to be alive. I want to sometimes stand on that mountaintop. I want a song in my heart that makes my own personal Hit Parade.


I want contentment that is more than satisfied nerve endings. I want to feel the stretch of eternity in my bones.


This may indeed be more than I will ever find, but “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”


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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A NEW SERIES entitled ANGER IS A KILLER. It begins Thursday January 6, 2010.

“Do you enjoy visiting friends? More than likely you’re thinking, Preacher, of course, I do.


Now let me ask the other side of the coin - Do you enjoy visiting enemies?



No?


Well, I know you must enjoy visiting at least one enemy because, like myself, you probably visit this one quite often. Unfortunately, we all …visit this enemy…whose name is anger.


Some visit anger seldom . Some on a regular basis. And during those visits, some spew and others stew.”


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CHRISTMAS, WHAT IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL