A Christmas Devotional

About God's Christmas card just to you…

Matthew 1:18 His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph…(NIV)

Surely God's hand was upon the hand of Matthew as Matthew wrote these words. Matthew gives us the name of Christ's mother and stepfather. As a result of giving us the name of Christ's mother and stepfather, the story becomes more personal to us. Truthfully, the Christmas story is a personal story just for you. It does not matter whether millions of others have heard or may hear this story about Christ's birth. What is important is God wants you to understand how important you are to Him. What is important in this story is this Christmas story is God's personal Christmas card to just you and you alone. You may, in all seriousness, take the Christmas story as God's personal Christmas card to you and you alone, for the Lord intended for the story to be deeply personal to you. What is also important in this personal story is you know the name of Mary. In your personal life, one thing is to have a personal friend. Another thing thing is to know your personal friend's parents. The bond between two friends grows geometrically stronger when the two friends know each other's parents. In the same way, God has given you the personal name of Christ's mother and Christ's stepfather to increase the bond between you and Christ. May this Christmas card from God bless you and keep you.

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Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION�. NIV�. Copyright � 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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