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Our Daily Bread - Thursday, December 23, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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WHAT REALLY MATTERS

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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
-2 Corinthians 9:15

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Nahum 1-3
Revelation 14

When our children were living at home, one of our most meaningful Christmas morning traditions was very simple. We would gather our family around the Christmas tree where, in of the gifts we were receiving from one another, we would read the Christmas story together. It was a gentle reminder that the reason we give gifts is not because the Magi brought gifts to the Christ-child. Rather, our gifts of love for one another were a reflection of God's infinitely greater Gift of love to us.
As we rehearsed the familiar story of angels, shepherds, and the manger scene, it was our hope that the magnitude of what God had done that first Christmas would overshadow our best attempts at displaying our love for each other.
Nothing could ever match the gift God has given us in His Son, a reality which echoes in Paul's words to the church at Corinth, "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15).
Clearly, God's willingness to send His Son to be our rescue is a gift that words cannot fully comprehend. This is the gift we celebrate at Christmas - for Christ Himself is truly what matters most. - Bill Crowder
'Twas a humble birthplace, but O how much
God gave to us that day;
From the manger bed what a path has led,
What a project, holy way! - Neidlinger

Jesus Himself is the greatest Christmas gift ever given.

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