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By Samir Shehata Rizk Overseer of Egypt
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Christmas greetings Our Dear Friends: We know that Christmas has become a challenge for many of us, because of the busy lifestyles we lead and Christmas this year even holds a new challenge -- economic woes. We love the wonderful traditions of Christmas -- the carols, reading of scripture, church services, greetings, gifts, decorations and feasting, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. However, we all struggle with the forces that seek to rob the real meaning of Christmas from us, mainly the materialism and commercialism that produce stress, as in the midst of it, we madly rush to address cards, decorate, bake, cook, shop, wrap, and ship our gifts to loved ones. All true Christians love to share Christ and what He means to us with others and that is what has made Christmas different than the other holidays. We, as Christians, not only share gifts with one another, we share with the poor by giving gifts to children who otherwise would have nothing. We feed the hungry in churches across the Country. Christians visit the sick, the hurting and the lonely. The spirit of Christmas has brought joy and blessing to the rest of the world and the one responsible for it, is our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of Him, we reach out in love. We must not allow those who hate Christ, to stop us from loving and giving, because that is what Christmas is all about. God sent His son to save us from our sins. What a glorious and wonderful gift to us! He came to bring “Peace on Earth and Good Will to All Men.” This proclamation is true in spite of the current worldwide economic crisis. We can have peace and guidance in the midst of the chaos that is in the world because although we are "in the world" we are not "of the world." We operate in the kingdom of God where there is no lack because the King upholds all that is His! We must all remember this when we are tempted to be fearful for all the things coming upon this earth. Let us remember our Lord's Words in: Luke 1:79, 2:10-14: Lu 1:79To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: 11 for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased. With our Lord's return so near, we must all work to get the gospel out and share our faith with those who are without Christ. That is what cogopeg.com is all about -- getting the message of the Bible out to the World. |
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