GOD WITH US IN THE NEW COMING YEAR STAY CLAIM!!!

And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

When an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, he was not only telling him that Mary had not been unfaithful, as he had thought, but that she was the virgin spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel" (7:14).

That prophecy, given 750 years before, would be fulfilled in Mary. The child she would be carrying is Immanuel: God with us.

What a staggering thought that must have been for Joseph. And what a staggering thought it is for us.

It is really the essence of Christianity. If you took the Christian faith and compared it to all other religious worldviews, this would be the clear distinction: Christianity is "God with us."

Christianity does not require that we try to somehow earn God's approval. The Christian faith teaches that it is God with us, living inside of us, helping us to be the men and women He has called us to be.

Christianity says that we are never alone again. Jesus echoed this same thought when He said, "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age". And in Hebrews 13:5, God said,1 will never leave you or forsake you".

Maybe you need to be reminded of this right now. Maybe you are feeling lonely. God is with you. Maybe someone close to you has let you down or disappointed you.

Affirmation: God is with me, therefore, no one can be against me.

Scriptural Reading: Matthew 1:18-25

Prayer For Darlene Zschech Most Popular Christian Singer

Please join us in prayer for our friend Darlene Zschech one of the most popular Christian singer and her family.

Dearest friends,

We pray you have had a wonderful Christmas thus far.

Mark and I wanted to share with you some news that has touched our family over the last two weeks. On Wednesday, December 11, at a routine mammogram, the doctors discovered that I had developed breast cancer. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of appointments, scans and surgery. Thankfully though, I came home from hospital on Christmas Eve and, with the help of our wonderful team, I was able to watch our HOPE UC Christmas Eve service streamed live into our lounge room.

Even though the past days have been very tough at times, the Holy Spirit has brought me endless comfort and the Word of God is literally holding me moment by moment. My husband and children have been heroic and I can’t thank my family enough for their love and support through this. Our church leadership team have anointed me with oil and prayed with unity and authority, a band of trusted friends have helped me prayerfully and practically, and it is only now that I have felt able to share this with you. To be completely honest, this is not the kind of news anyone ever really wants to tell. However, I have seen two absolute miracles in my body thus far and I know there will be many more to come.

I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You to my surgeon Dr Trevor Currer, the incredible nursing team at the SAN hospital and the Central Coast APAC nursing staff who have extended so much kindness towards me.

Through all of this, my heart is overwhelmed with God’s love and goodness. Psalm 1, Eph 3, Jeremiah 30, Psalm 66:12 … ‘we went through fire, and through water, but YOU brought us out to rich fulfillment’; Psalm 41:1-3 … the list goes on and on and the WORD of God sustains me.

It brings me no end of comfort to know that you will be praying for my swift recovery. Let’s stand together and pray for ALL of those walking through such challenges at this time. Praise God that His name is GREATER than anything we are facing!!!

I DO know that 2014 is going to be AMAZING. I pray you are rested up and refreshed in this season and ready for all that God has planned for us TOGETHER to achieve for His glory! Just keep bringing thanksgiving because this is the entry point to His courts, where our hearts are fuelled and our souls find peace.

Love you dearly, more than you’ll ever know.

Darls, Mark and family

Senior Pastors

Hope Unlimited Church

Romans 5:3-5 … ‘not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character and character HOPE. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.’

Leave a prayer for her in a comment below and tag her in the post.

From Adenike Salako Blog's World, We pray that Holy Spirit will comfort her and her family and the healing from the throne of grace will flow in-out of her in Jesus Name(Amen).

 

 

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Direction! Direction!! Direction!!!

As the year is about to end, have you made appraisal of the year? What direction did you thread this year?  What direction would you
want to thread next year? To what extent did you meet with the year's resolutions? Do you have any directions and vision for next
year?
This and many more questions are waiting for answers, and until you answer them correctly, focus is delineated. Many people are
about to end the year without stock taking in life and they are expecting a turnaround next year.
Before the year ends, take stock spiritually, academically, financially, in business and otherwise. It is when you do this that you
create direction and focus which are covenant strategies for progress.
Keep soaring and be blessed.

DEFINE YOUR DESTINATION

The speed at which you travel in this life is dependent on how well you know your route! Your speech in life will be hampered if you don't know the route to your destination. When you don't know the route to your destination, you will keep stopping on the highways of life to ask for direction which will definitely delay the time of your arrival.

Many people are stranded in life because they are in the middle of nowhere, and the
people they are asking for direction are misdirecting them.  The end result is that they are confused of where to follow.
To move into next year without a clear cut vision will guarantee the replication of this year's achievement. If you don't know where you are going everywhere will look like it. To keep living the same lifestyle and expecting a different result next year is simply an illusion! To change your result you must change your strategy. If you are size plus, what size do you desire next year?

 Write it down. Do you want to build a new house next year? Write it down. How much do you want to see in your account next year? Be specific. Write it down. How close do you want to be with God next year? Do you want to read the Bible from cover to cover? Kindly write it down.

Do you want to change your job or rather become an entrepreneur? Write it down. Kindly add other things I did not mention on a clean sheet of paper. For the next few days, spend at least one hour a day to visualize on those things you have written down. Enter into that new house, see your weight loss, and see that money in the account with the eye of your mind. Repeat it many times and believe what you are saying.
Keep soaring and be blessed.

Make This Plastic Container Rose Lamp

To make this lamp first you have to cut the top of a round plastic can. Then pass a cord by making a hole near its base and fix a light bulb. Here if you want you can also use flameless tea lights in it. Then comes the part of gluing roses. To glue the roses you can use hot glue gun and start by gluing in rows lengthwise. see the photos below:

 

 

 

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Teaching the Word of God

Teaching the word of God, Mark 6:5 tells us “He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.” Jesus also got tired and slept (4:38), something we would never expect an all-powerful God to do. Yes, Jesus at His first coming had limitations – limitations he placed on himself. This is clearly stated in Philippians 2:5-8:

“... Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage;
rather, He made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!”

In the Mark 6:5 incident, Jesus was in His hometown of Nazareth where they 'took offense at Him' (Mark 6:3). The crowd was so hostile to Him that they even wanted to kill Him (Luke 4:28-30). Jesus was amazed at their lack of faith (Mark 6:6). But there were a few sick people who believed in Him and He healed them (Mark 6:5). If you are bleeding to death and only a blood transfusion can save you but you fiercely reject the only doctor who can provide the transfusion, the doctor can't do anything to save you.

As for the healing of the blind man (8:22-26), couldn't Jesus have healed him immediately? Of course, He could have but He chose to make it a process. Why? Because, Jesus healing of the man is an illustration of how some people come to faith in Jesus. Immediately after this healing we have the passage where Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ (8:27-30). Peter has recognised something of who Jesus really is, but he doesn’t yet see this clearly (like the blind man only seeing partially at the start), since Peter then rebukes Jesus when Jesus says he must die (8:31-32). So this healing is an illustration, not a limitation of Jesus.

If you are still not convinced that Jesus is all-knowing and all-powerful, please read the passages below.

Revelation 1:12-18
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead,and now look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

By Martin Ebere

 

 

 

The Best Footballer Of The Year Won By Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday received Globe Soccer Award for the fans favorite player in 2013.

The player was speaking at a Dubai International Sports Conference when he was awarded.

In his speech during the conference, Ronaldo said it won’t be easy for him to record 69 goals like he did in 2013.
“It won’t be easy to repeat what I’ve achieved.

But I will certainly try to break more records because I won’t develop unless I try,” Ronaldo said

“I’ve been developing myself for (almost) six or seven years. I continuously improve and scoring goals is part of the development of my (skills).”

Ronaldo, who is also the Portuguese national team’s captain, commented on his team’s place in the seventh group, along with the U.S., Ghana and Germany, in the upcoming 2014 World Cup.

“Portugal is most likely to be the first one to make it to the second round,” Ronaldo said.
When asked who his favorite player currently is, he jokingly said: “I am my (own) favorite player.”

Culled from nigerianewsupdate.com