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Christmas has been kind of rough this year, and I wasn't feeling so great tonight... and then my cat started trying to steal my Chex mix.

So.... Now I feel slightly less depressed, and the cat has been appeased after managing to grab one piece of Chex.

What's the takeaway here? Well, first of all, I think we can all agree that cats are hilariously relentless when it comes to their crimes against humanity. Second - if this season has been rough for you, too, there will always be one or two things in life to keep you going, pushing you forward to better days.

Dare we hope? Are we betraying ourselves when the outlook for the coming year is not a bright one? Dare I say - yes. Not because of whether or not we we deserve it, but because of a promise established long ago:

"Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”

Luke 1:78‭-‬79 (NLT)

When all else fails, I still cling to the truth of the first Christmas. Also - I love my sweet, snack-stealing cat.

May you feel God's peace and comfort, even if the thought of it seems impossible.

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Thank you God for Jesus, the best and needed present we could receive.

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Lord, bring peace to my relationships, helping us to love and understand one another, amen.

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Today's prayer:

Lord, I pray that You would fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Empower me to reflect Your love, kindness, patience, and goodness to everyone I interact with today. Give me discernment to see opportunities to serve and bless others. Guard my heart against pride or selfishness. Help me to put others first. Amen.

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The more you trust God, the more He amazes you.

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This means so much <3

I love you, you are so so loved, and may you rest and not just sleep this holiday. ❤️

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This feels like such a Christian post!

Jesus calls us to be the Lights of the World (Matthew 5:14) with Him who is the Light of the World...

And because God made us all unique and He's given us all a unique calling, with diverse Gifts from the Holy Spirit.. we're all called to shine Christ's Light in different ways, according to His Will.

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please pray for my physical health if you can. i really need help.

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Unending Love

✝️Jesus-cember Day 5 & 6✝️

(Prompts: Jesus loves me, no matter what I’ve done; Unending Love)

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The Lord speaks to His People, "I have loved you with an Everlasting Love." Amen, He does! For God so loved us all that He gave His Beloved most Precious Son to save our souls forevermore.

With Amazing Great Grace And Unending Love, Jesus loves me, no matter what I've done. Christ has a kind Heart tender for the broken, And for those who've broken His.

God's Love was already with us While we were yet lost sinners Christ loved our straying souls so greatly as to give His very Life. Through the anguish, to His death He loved us still, With full forgiveness: Jesus loving me wholeheartedly even while His Holy Heart was pierced.

I'm safely held for all eternity. Grace for me engraved forever, the Hands that hold me bear the scars The mighty Price He has paid for me Nothing can snatch away.

Our very being was created for God's infinite Love. To be Beloved is my purpose. God loved me before the beginning. When the earth was without form, and void; and darkness covered the face of the deep, His Heart saw me: Chose me in Christ and called me good: destined to be redeemed. Before the foundation of the world, I was beloved, Already, and For all eternity.

We fall and we sin, Yet God's Love still never ends. I know that I myself have fallen short and stumbled So many times I've slipped. Even so God loves me still: And I know He always will. The sinful mire drowning me was so deep And yet the Grace of God was greatly Deeper... His Love went far above. When transgression abounds, Grace abounds all the more, To sweep sin away, Endlessly Saving. Grace so Amazing! Love that outlasts the past And covers boldly over every sin. Jesus' Love is the Same: yesterday, today, and forever.

Who can number the years of eternity? Who can count the times God does forgive? Sin after sin He Saves us from, And in each moment loves us still. He paid the Highest Price that could ever exist To rescue us from death: never to perish.

Perhaps you've done something that seems unforgivable, And you don't feel like Christ should love you anymore... But He does, He will no matter what: You're the dear child He suffered for... Died in love to forgive. There's nothing we can do to make God love us more than this, And nothing we can do could make Him love us any less.

You haven't reached the end of God's Love... It's endless. Grace great enough to enfold us When it feels we're too far gone.

What can separate us from the Love of Jesus Christ? Surely nothing that exists and nothing that ever might. No power, no force, can snatch me from my Father's Care- His Hand's more Powerful! My heart and God's Love indeed Inseparable.

Find Hope in God's Forgiveness, Hope doesn't disappoint. For God's Abundant Love Has been poured out in our hearts By the Holy Spirit, graciously given us.

How vast the Ocean of God's Love that passes knowledge! Oh, to know the depth and height and width and length That stretches evermore... Beyond every farthest horizon And closer than our very breath and heart.

Let's not be afraid to take a dive of faith into the sea of boundless Grace that Saves... Deeper and deeper peacefully... never to hit rock bottom, for God's Love is bottomless. So much deeper than the deepest of our sins- Those have been cast into the depth of the sea With Grace that drowns out shame, God's Perfect Love Engulfing me Forever.

God's Love is Perfect and Agape. Even through the hurricane, Raging storm of my worst mistakes (sky covered with dark clouds of shame)... What still stands unshakable is God's all-mighty Grace. A refuge of His love I'm still welcome in somehow: the place which keeps me safe. Hail hammers on the windows, can't break through the door- The only One able to throw a stone Gently says "Come and sin no more." There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ: Not a single hailstone can ever get to me inside. On dreary days like these, it may be damp and dark outside. But like a lamp lighting the whole house, Jesus' Heart still shines with a flame that warms mine.

Amen, the Light of God's Love glows bright forevermore With warmth that will never burn out: Unquenchable. Christ's Light shines bright in the darkness No shadow of sin can overwhelm the Love of God: The Grace no fear can comprehend the safety of.

I'm struggling, I'm exhausted, But God's Love is Inexhaustible. So rest in Him... Lean with trust into the Mercy of God So deep and soft Which cushions the fall (of surrender).

Perfect Love casts out fear, So let the Father draw you near... For through finished work of Jesus Christ, I've been reconciled to God. I can repent, crying in the safety of my Father's Arms. And in His Forgiving Embrace I'm invited to forever stay.

(Forever Loved, Forever Saved, Forever held in God's Embrace Always welcome in His Secret Place... And here the shame will end As will the pain, But this Love will never; God's Love forever Stays. Here to carry me Into eternity, mercifully.)

For the ones I have hurt I pray to the God who forgives me. Jesus loves us both, I thank Him. Praying souls feel peace and loved, From my contrite repentant heart increasingly... And, most of all, from Him whose Healing Love is far more perfect and complete.

When I fall short of loving the perfect way He calls me to, I know God's Love never fails even when I do. In sorrowed moments don't I know That the perfect, gracious, and unfailing Love I often fail to show... Is still within these times of stumbling The Love my Father holds me unconditionally in. (Maybe it's not that I've perfectly loved but that I'm Perfectly Loved throughout. Love never fails and God's that Love. Strengthened to love because Christ first loved me, With every fading doubt, As as in the fullness of His Love my heart believes... My kindness shall increase.)

No matter what I've done, God sustains me Safely through the night. His Mercy and Forgiveness New and steadfast with each dawn.

Like morning mist... Thick Luminant and white, clouds cover Not through perishable riches but through Jesus' Blood. So that no matter what my past may hold or what I've done...

I'm His Beloved. Forever welcome in God's Holy Heart. His Perfect Love is my Forever Home. How great the Lord's Eternal Love That in its glory He has blessed us with eternal life!

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Sleep in peace tonight GOD is bigger than anything you will face tomorrow.

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"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” John 16:13. 

Christian life is not superficial. It is not just what we see with our eyes and hear with our ears. It’s deeper than that. It is knowing the God of the Bible. It is when we walk with God and spend time in His presence that the Holy Spirit helps us to know the purpose and meaning of life . 

The Lord wants to share so much with you. Will you spend time with Him? And when you do that He will open up the treasures of Heaven to you. 

While faith (Hebrews 11:6) is still the foundation on which we relate to God, I believe that He wants us to experience Him in every facet of our being. I pray that today, each and every one of us will experience God’s presence in a very tangible way that will give us a greater insight into our Father's heart.

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Today's prayer:

Dear God, I might not know how things will turn out, but I trust You. I don't see a solution, but I believe You will make one. Right now, I have faith that You are helping people, opening doors, and setting up the right chances and opportunities for me. Things might seem dark and difficult right now, but I trust that better days are coming. Amen.

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Prayer request: My great uncle fell a few days ago and hurt his back, shoulder, and hip. He doesn't have any broken bones but he's in a lot of pain