166 – How do you get ready for Christmas spiritually?

Christmas will be here in less than two weeks. Are you ready?

I'm not talking about the shopping and the cooking, the decorations and the  Christmas cards. I'm talking about being ready spiritually to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Usually at this time of year, I read the Nativity stories in Matthew and Luke. And I look at the prophecies in the Old Testament the tell how Jesus will be born.

But this year I've been studying the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew, chapters 5, 6, and 7), to get in the Christmas spirit.

And I'm seeing things I've never seen before.

There's not time to go over every verse in this podcast episode, but here's what I talk about. And I share how these verses shed light on the spiritual meaning of Christmas.

• Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God 
• Do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them 
• Love your enemies 
• Do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven 
• Each line of the Lord's Prayer
• Don’t store up treasures here on earth, store your treasures in heaven
• Don't worry about what you'll eat, drink, or wear because God will care for you
• Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness
• Don't judge others or you will be judged

I encourage you to read the whole Sermon on the Mount and think about how each verse brings vibrancy to the Christmas message.

I wish you a very blessed and holy Christmas.

For all the Bible quotes in this episode, go to the show notes page:
thebiblespeakstoyou.com/166

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