Christmas this year? Will you be like the inn keeper on the first Christmas?
Luke 2:7
7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
"I am the Bread of Life.
He who comes to Me
will never be hungry,
and he who believes in
and trusts in and relies on Me
will never thirst
any more (at any time)."
(John 6:35)
"The kingdom of heaven
is like treasure
buried in a field,
which a man found
and covered up.
Then in his joy
he goes and sells
all that he has
and buys that field.”
(Matthew 13:44)
"The chief end of man
is to glorify God
by enjoying Him forever."
(John Piper, "Desiring God")
“[Men] drink their fill
of the abundance
of Your house;
and You give them to drink
of the river
of Your delights”
(Psalm 36:8)
"My heart rejoices
in the Lord”
(1 Samuel 2:1a)
"In Your presence
is fullness of joy,
at Your right hand
there are pleasures
forevermore.”?
(Psalm 16:9b)
“Oh the depths
of the riches
...of God!”
(Romans 11:33)
“Make the Almighty
your...treasure,”
(Job 22:25).
"I count everything
as loss
compared to the possession of
the priceless privilege
(overwhelming preciousness,
surpassing worth,
supreme advantage)
of knowing Christ Jesus...”
(Philippians 3:8-9)
"For Christ [the Messiah Himself]
died for sins
once for all,
the Righteous for the unrighteous
(the Just for the unjust,
the Innocent for the guilty),
that He might bring us
to God." (1 Peter 3:18)