Keep Christ in Christmas

December 22, 2021
Midweek Study with Pastor Edith

A friend recently gave me a beautiful bookmark that has the acronym: C.H.R.I.S.T.

I thought it would be very helpful to see how the verses that go with each letter might help us keep Christ in Christmas this week and hopefully, keep Christ in our daily living for the year ahead. I will confess that I made a few adjustments as I felt the Spirit move me to alternate scriptures. So here is my version of C.H.R.I.S.T.:

C - Commitment
Psalm 37:4-6.
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”

H – HUMILITY
James 4:10
“Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up”.

R – Responsibility
Luke 12:48b
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked”.

I – Integrity
Psalm 25:21
“May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you”.

S – Service
Matthew 20:26-28
“…whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many”.

T – Truth 
John 8:31-32
“…Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’”.

I pray you will seek out a place of worship to celebrate Christmas Eve, this Friday, and some churches will host a Christmas day service as well. The two congregations I am blessed to serve with are having a simple and delightful Christmas Eve Candlelight service.

We would be delighted to worship with you and your entire family.

Merry CHRISTmas!