A Festivus For The Rest Of Us - December 24, 2010

Daily Reading

2Timothy 1-4

Daily Verse

For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.

Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them

a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

2Timothy 4:3

Daily Thought

Seinfeld, Season 9, Episode 10

Frank Costanza, father of George, explains the holiday of Festivus to Kramer.

"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."

"What happened to the doll," asked Kramer.

"It was destroyed...

"But out of that," Frank's face lit up, "a new holiday was born.
A Festivus for the rest of us!"

They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
~2Timothy 4:4

Festivus is a myth. But so is a holiday about Cabbage Patch Dolls and XBoxes and iPods.

We need not invent something new, but celebrate something old. Not Happy Holidays, but Merry Christmas.

And the angel said unto them, "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."
~Luke 2:10-14

Merry Christmas,
Dave Price

Daily Prayer

Wonderful God, Savior of the World, You are King of kings, Lord of lords, born in a manger, died on a cross, raised on the third day, coming again to bring Your Kingdom of peace and righteousness.

You are the reason for the season.

May every knee bow and every tongue confess that You are God, Savior and Lord.

Amen

Making A List, Checking It Twice - December 17, 2010

Daily Reading

Philippians 1-4

Daily Verse

In humility consider others better than yourselves.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests,

but also to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:3-4

Daily Thought

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!
~Philippians 2:8

"I think God is just like Santa Claus," argued Jack. "They both have long white beards, children like them, and they keep a list of naughty and nice."

"Aw, but what a big difference in those lists," smiled Bethany.

"How so?"

"Santa brings gifts to the nice."

"Yeah, that's right," Jack nodded.

"God sent his gift to the naughty."

God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
~Romans 5:8

To God's Glory,
Dave Price

Daily Prayer

God, Your ways are so beyond me. You are holy and good and just and righteous. I am a sinner, yet You come for me. My world does not work that way. Yours does. In my world I chase what matters to me. In Your world, You chase... me! You came to seek me and to save me, and You left everything to do it.

What kind of love is that? It's a love I want more than anything in the world. It's that love that compels me to leave everything and seek You.

Amen