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Editor’s Letter, December 2009
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
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In This Issue—Finding God in Your Loneliness
Sermon by John McArthur, The Power of Christmas Truth
Sermon from Lakeview Church on Loneliness by Dean Angell
Scripture Verses Addressing Loneliness:
www.seekgod.org/bible/rejection.html
Articles
Our family recently went to an ice skating rink on Saturday afternoon. No, I didn’t go out on the ice. I’m too cautious and my legs too creaky to do that. My husband and I sat on the sidelines; sipping great coffee and watching two of our adult children and their spouses play on the ice. We found later that Jon, our special needs son, sat this event out as well.
Oh, Tidings of Comfort and Joy, by Marianne Miles
There is a great yearning inside every person to know God…We want to know that God has come down to where we are, that he knows where we live, that he knows our name, that he cares about us, that he has “walked this lonesome valley” the same way we do. We want to know that we are not alone in the universe.
Overcoming Loneliness (A Christmas Sermon), by Ray Pritchard
Recently we received yet another check for Ethiopia. And a sizable one at that. I would guess that most people who send us gifts are not very wealthy. They are probably not impoverished either. But they certainly could have used their money on something they needed. Instead, they gave it away.
A Gift At Christmas, by David Alan Black
During my teen years I lived and worked on the farm section of a Pennsylvania orphanage. We usually worked in teams of four or five boys, and we did all the chores that were necessary on a dairy farm that provided milk, butter, cheese, meat, and grain for a few hundred children and staff. Farm work was fun in the spring, summer, and fall, but it was very difficult in the Pennsylvania winters.
Jesus Born in Humility (A Sermon), by Ron Ritchie
Nothing can capture for me the mystery and the beauty of Christmas better than the carols we sing. They have the power to recreate in my imagination the scenes of the first Christmas.
What Child is This? (A Sermon), by Ray C. Stedman
Devotionals
Stars have always been a sign of status and importance. In Hollywood there are stars with names implanted in the sidewalks that give honor to famous people called “Stars.”
Jesus the Star of Christmas, by Sherry Allchin