Blessed Christmas and a Peaceful New Year
All these took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
All these took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
We celebrate Christmas – the birth of our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ on the third Advent Sunday. We are aware that 25th of December is not the actual birthday of Jesus so we know it is also fine that we may choose a special Sunday to celebrate Christmas for our ICF International Family.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and continues until Holy Thursday, just before Easter. Disciples of Christ seize the opportunity to abstain, fast, and/or do other good works during this time until Easter Sunday.
This week concludes the How to Make the Best in Life series by learning to make every effort to keep peace with one another. By choosing to release forgiveness, we find that we are releasing the real prisoner out of prison.
What is one of the strong proofs that you are a disciple of Jesus Christ? It is loving one another. Paul in Galatians tells us that "the whole law can be summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.'"
The Bible points out: How can a mouth filled with praise to God one moment and the next be filled with curses? Surely this is not right. We want our mouths to be overflowing with joy and thankfulness.