Hello Everyone
This week we are looking at the Gift that takes a life time to unwrap. This gift was not a cheap gift, but it was a gift that has AN ENOURMOUS VALUE.1 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.Who can begin to put a price on the gift that God has given us through His Son Jesus?The Shepherds realized what an enormous gift they had been given.Luke 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.The wise men understood as they tried to bring gifts to present to a King, but they knew that His life was worth much more than gold, frankincense, and myrrh but this is all they could come up withWhat gift can compare to never dying, never suffering, never crying, never feeling pain again, but to live eternally in a place called Heaven? It is indescribable!And it is of enormous VALUE…it was the greatest gift ever given…and cost more than anything ever could.And yet, it was given to each and every one of us FREELY…it costs us NOTHING!Many times when we get things that are precious to us…that are of enormous value, we want to keep it for ourselves.But that’s not what Jesus wants us to do…He doesn’t want us to keep it but He wants us to GIVE IT AWAY.Acts 20:35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ’It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ "This gift that we have been given that takes a lifetime to unwrap was meant for us to give to others.It is not just our gift but a gift for all to receive.The Shepherds in the field realized this…look at Luke 2:17-18When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.This time of YEAR is a time to give the most precious, indescribable gift ever given…to spread the Word what you have been given, and have seen, and been told about this child.It is a gift that takes a lifetime to unwrap…an indescribable gift.

Oh How HE Loves Us!
Pastor Phil