The Spirit of Christmas is Love from the beginning to the end
it is all about Jesus our Best Friend.
He gave His all to set us free from the slavery of sin on Calvary.
We sing His Melody in our Heart proclaiming He is King, chosen
to be His Bride this Truth from us He does not hide.
Than as we walk by His side Heaven’s Gate is Open wide,
welcoming us to come in freeing us from the penalty of our sin
and giving us a New Name that will never know shame.
The Melody of Christmas is in Jesus’ Birth and in His Death,
Knowing there was no other way that we could be with Him today
and that this was His Father will, He gave His all to be with us still and
so we rejoice on Christmas Day knowing
with Him we will always stay.
May the Wonder and Joy of Christmas bring God’s Melody of Love to our Hearts.
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Great song Anne. It is a song I love to sing often. I love it to the bone. Thanks for posting it here.
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I Love it too Victor, hope all is going well for you and your family.
Blessings – Anne.
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Yes Anne. We are doing great. Thanks a lot.
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Merry Christmas Anne and Ron – and a Happy New Year. I am getting over a nasty head cold but am doing good for the New Year. So how is 2016? 🙂 We have a few more hours to go. Since you are having internet issues I was wondering if you got my latest email sent about a week ago, before I got sick. Hope all is well and that God will bless both of you this year with much happiness, joy and good health! Love from the grand ole USA
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Hi Patty great to hear from you and Thank you for your warm and Loving wishes, I pray also that you and your Loved ones will be greatly blessed in 2016 and I hope that your Christmas was special for you.
I must apologize Patty for not responding to your e-mail although you and what you shared in it about your Church have been on my mind, today I was hoping to be able to sort out my Inbox and respond to my personal e-mails, so you will hear from me soon.
“Christ”ian Love from both of us – Anne.
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Life gets so busy at times doesn’t it. Here is to a less hectic year!
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So very True Patty, life can be very hectic, I received an E-mail which I Posted, it was about Satan keeping us so busy that we have no time to do what is needed, anyway I hope you now have my reply and I’m sorry it took so long.
Blessings – Anne..
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Annie, The birth of Christ is always linked to the death of Christ for that is where our faith is born and our sinful nature is put to death. Thank you for your beautiful words sharing the true meaning of Christmas!
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Thank you Debbie for sharing, what a blessing are and yes we remember both Jesus Birth and death, they go together, in both is the Love of God for us clearly shown. It’s sad that Cults and deceived Christians want to disown Christmas claiming it’s Pagan but it is Jesus Birth we celebrate not Pagan gods and Scripture shows it’s reality and yes as I shared in my poem and before, it’s all about Love.
“Christ”ian Love- Annie.
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The melody of Christmas is a phrase I rather like Anne in your poem, which brought us to the reason of His coming , to redeem lost mankind . Melody brings images of harmony which in turn Jesus offers when your life is placed in His hands.
Blessings
Ron.
Sorry Love I forgot to change details again.
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Thanks Love and yes Melody does speak of Harmony as the Scripture below confirms.
Ephesians 5:18-20 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual songs, singing and making Melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;(KJV)
“Christ”ian Love Always – Anne.
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Thanks Love and yes Melody does present itself as being in Harmony, the Scripture below confirms this Truth too.
Ephesians 5:18-20 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual songs, singing and making Melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;(KJV)
“Christ”ian Love Always – Anne.
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Beautiful Poem and Inspirational Thoughts Anne, I trust the past year and Christmas have been good for you, I wish you All God’s Richest Blessings for 2016 with love from your friend Marcell
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So good to hear from you Marcell and Thank you for your encouragement and Blessings. I hope you received my Christmas Card OK, I posted it later than I had planned to and at a Country Post Office so I was not sure if they would reach everyone in time.
Are you still writing Poetry Marcell? if so I would Love to read them, I was always blessed by your focus on God’s Love, Hope, Joy and Peace, these were very much part of your Poetry.
I will be in touch soon, Christian Love – Anne.
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THREE EXAMPLES OF WHY MEN SHOULD USE THE BIBLE ALONE BY STEVE FINNELL
Should mankind use the Bible and the Bible alone for teaching faith and practice? If God’s truth is the template for you, then the Bible should be your source for truth.
THREE EXAMPLES OF WHY EXTRA-BIBLICAL SOURCES ARE NOT RELIABLE SOURCES FOR GOD’S TRUTH.
1. Quote from Pope Francis May 22, 2013: “The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart: do good and do not evil. All of us. “But Father, this is not Catholic! He cannot do good.’ Yes he can…”The Lord has redeemed all of us,all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us not just Catholics Everyone! Father, the atheist? Even the atheists. Everyone! ….We must meet one another doing good. ‘ But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist! But do good:we will meet one another there.”
2. Quote from Billy Graham October 20, 1997: “I think everybody that loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they’re conscious of it or not, they’re members of the Body of Christ……He’s calling people out of the world for His name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world,or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ,because they’ve been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus, but they know in their hearts that they need something that they don’t have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think they are saved, and that they’re going to be with us in heaven.”
3. Quote from Doctrine of Covenants -section 130:22 (Mormon supposed divine revelations): The “Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were is not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.
These three quotes are all contrary to the Bible.
GOD’S WORD IS FOUND IN THE BIBLE AND THE BIBLE ALONE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO FOLLOW MY BLOG. http://steve-finnell.blogspot.com
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You are also invited Steve to follow Freedomborn
God’s Truth is found in Creation too ( see below) but it does not contradict God’s Truth in Scripture.
Romans 1:19-21 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the Creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
God tells us Steve in the Scripture I shared above and in others that all those who do not repent and believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour will be without excuse, He is the only way to The Father and that is good enough for me, I don’t doubt what God tells us or do I argue with Him, others may do so but in the end they will be proven wrong.
God has also given us Steve by the empowering of The Spirit, His Godly logic and reasoning but Scripture will confirm them too, as an example….. although we are not told in Scripture that when we are in Heaven, we will not know if any of our Loved ones are not there, we know this is True because we would grieve and there is no sorrow in Heaven only Joy and the Scriptures also tell us we will have no memory of the things of earth.
I have found Translation error in all Bibles Steve this is why we need to ask for God’s wisdom, it is the Principal thing in understanding His Truth and we are to also Trust in Jesus our only Teacher to lead us into all Truth by The Holy Spirit’s empowering.
1John 2:26-28 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing Teacheth you of all things, and is Truth, and is no lie and even as it hath Taught you ye shall abide in Him.
Matthew 10:26-28 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops (KJV)
1 Corinthians 2:9-16 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that Love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with Spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are Spiritually discerned. But he that is Spiritual judgeth all things yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the Mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? but we have the Mind of Christ.
If you want me to respond Steve to the Statements you shared I will, there is some Truth in them but error too as you said.
“Christ”ian Love and Blessings – Anne.
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May you experience the joy of life and love of Christmas as you enjoy the spirit of Christmas
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Thank you for your warm wishes Bj, I look forward to sharing with you again later today both by Phone and on your Blog too.
“Christ”mas Love and Blessings – Anne.
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Your welcome
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We celebrate Christmas, we celebrate Jesus Christ, the full expression of the love of the Father.
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Thank you Victor and I agree 100% with you because what you shared with us is confirmed in the Scriptures.
“Christ”mas Love and Blessings – Anne.
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Thank you Anne. Nice to hear from you again. It’s been a while.
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It’s always good to hear from you too Victor, I was going to respond on your recent Posts about Atheists but was not sure if you would welcome a bit of in your face Truth, it amazes me how blind they are of how they hurt others.
Bless you dear Brother in Christ Jesus – Anne.
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Feel free Anne to comment on my posts, as you are led by the Spirit of God. I guess the truths revealed by the Holy Spirit are for good for us all. Thanks .
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The Holy Spirit does not condemn Victor but He does convict when needed, I find with Atheists a lack of genuine understanding of other people’s feelings as well as them having no real understanding of God’s Truth but we do not judge their Eternal Destiny, they may repent on their deathbed or before, yes they will escape the flames but have no rewards.
Blessings – Anne
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We ought to tell them the truth in love. Who knows one of them can come to Christ through us. We can’t force them though…. We just try. Thanks.
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I agree Victor but we must also remember not to Caste our Pearls before Swine, if they choose to continue to wallow in the mud after hearing God’s Truth, we shake the dust off our saddles and move on, we can’t even bless them because they reject the One who blesses them.
How was your Christmas Victor, were the Boys excited ?
Blessings- Anne
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I agree with you Anne. We will walk
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I agree with you Anne. I pray that God opens their heart to the gospel.
My Christmas was great. Was home with the boys most of the time. Thanks for asking.
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Yes I also pray they will see God’s reality Victor and repent and ask Him to change their hearts, He won’t do it by force or without their consent, He does not want Puppets. I have no doubt that you would want your sons to willingly Love you Victor as I’m sure they do, it is why we are to be like young Children, Trusting and willingly Dependent.
God as we know tells us when we search for Him with all our heart we will find Him, being lukewarm is not acceptable to Him but you my Christian Brother are very Hot and I have a lot of respect for you as a Faithful Man of God, with a big heart of Love for everyone but without accepting the evil that some of them propagate.
I’m pleased Victor that your Christmas was a Blessing but then you have the right heart focus so it would be.
“Christ”ian Love and Blessings from both of us – Anne.
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Thank you Anne for your generous comment.
I am just a humble brother in Christ. Sharing the gospel of Christ is one of my greatest privileges. You have been so wonderful too. Thanks alot.
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Thank you for being you Victor, a Blessing to many – Anne.
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You are welcome as always, Anne. Thanks.
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I thought you might like to hear this song Victor as we have been sharing about the need for hearts to be changed. Like you, I also felt the need to humbly ask God to change my heart and I asked for His Wisdom and empowering by The Holy Spirit too, Jesus tells us to ask and we will receive and I have no doubt we do when we ask in Faith.
Blessings – Anne.
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Hello, I haven’t been able to hear the song. Could you resend the link please? The last one did not open here. Thanks.
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I have also found that the links do not open Victor, I’m not sure why, perhaps you could ask WordPress but for now you will need to Click the YouTube just above your comment on my Blog to hear the song.
I’m sorry Victor, I just remembered you asked me about the young man from Nigeria whose Blog I was following, you can see his comment below, his Blog Name is teeceecounsel, I think of him as a dear Son and Love him in Christ Jesus, he is a very special young man, a deep thinker.
Blessings – Anne.
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Amen and thank you Anne. It’s been nice following your blog too. Regards.
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I’m sorry Victor, I just remembered you asked me about the young man from Nigeria whose Blog I was following, you can see his comment below, his Blog Name is teeceecounsel, I think of him as a dear Son and Love him in Christ Jesus, he is a very special young man, a deep thinker.
Blessings – Anne.
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Anne, I didn’t see the comment by teeceecounsel. However, I searched name on google and got the links to the archived posts. Thanks
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Why can’t you see the comment by teeceecounsel Victor, it is under your comment and did you see the YouTube song before, are you answering on my Blog or by the WordPress notification? – Anne.
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Anne, I didn’t see the comment by teeceecounsel. However, I searched name on google and got the links to the archived posts. Thanks
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You need to ask WordPress Victor why you can’t see teeceecounsel’s comment, if you like I will do a Screen Shot of it and you can show them.
Blessings – Anne.
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I could do that…
Please send me the link to the post where he commented. May be that will work. Thanks Anne
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It’s on this Post Victor, scroll down but if you still can’t see it than it seems your being blocked from viewing it, why I don’t know, you need to ask WordPress why.
Blessings – Anne.
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At last Anne. I have seen the comment by teeceecounsel. Sorry for all the trouble.
I have visited the blog and following it already. I hope the guy will be writing new posts again.
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I’m pleased Victor you found teeceecounsel Blog and joined up, you will add greatly to this young man’s understanding, although he seeks always to gleam from the Scriptures, he is young and needs encouragement in Life matters and yes at times we all do.
I’m pleased also you can now hear the YouTube song, it is wonderful that when we ask we receive just as Jesus tells us to do.
“Christ”ian Love Always from both of us – Anne.
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Hello Anne, I was able to play the video this time. The song is family. We thank God who has given us a new heart in Christ.
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Beautiful thoughts as always. Love is the principal thing. Christ is the reason for the season. Merry Christmas, Grannie Annie & Happy birthday too.
Best regards to Ron.
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Thank you Son for sharing and for remembering my Birthday, yes so True and God’s Love which is shown in our words and actions is the evidence of Christ within and it is why we also don’t continue to sin, He is Love and can do no evil.
Blessings Son and much Love, Joy, Hope and Peace for “Christ”mas and the New year, Grannie Annie.
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Anne. Nice poem to reflect on God’s greatest Gift to us. Merry Christmas to you and Ron.
Love,
Peter & Cynthia
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Thank you Peter, I haven’t written a Poem for some time but this one started to flow on Christmas Day and I finished it today on my Birthday, so in a way it’s like a gift for me and it confirms what Jesus has been showing me in Scripture.
“Christ”mas Love Peter and many Blessings to you and Cynthia from both of us – Anne.
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Happy birthday Anne. More blessings.
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Thank you Victor, did you know that Birthdays are good for you?….. yes the more you have the longer you live.Lol
Annie has had more than a few!
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Of course, birthday celebration is great. Mine is still some five months away. Smiles. But you know I just celebrated the birthday of my Lord and Saviour.
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Me too!
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Amen Sister in Christ Jesus-Yeshua!!
Merry CHRISTmas to all my Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus-Yeshua!!
Love ❤ Always and Shalom Everyone,
Kristi
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Many Blessings to you Kristi for Christmas and in the New Year and may you experience God’s Love, Peace and Joy in abundance.
“Christ”mas Love – Anne.
P.S I feel I need to let you know Kristi that I was having problems when I was visiting your Blog before, it was also presenting as a Security risk, do you know why?
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