Forgiven By God

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:13-14 Each of us has only one life to give. We do not know when that life will be taken away from us. As Christians, we need to be doing God’s business everyday of our lives. You may not realize it, but each one of us has a ministry from God. We may not be called to the pulpit, to teach, or to play an instrument or sing, but each one of us has people that only we can reach on a daily basis. The Bible says our life is like a vapor. Here today and gone tomorrow. With that in mind, we need to be doing all we can to reach the lost. In 2010, our WM group started a prayer box, where we wrote our 10 most wanted things from God in 2010. As I look back over the list it is amazing how many prayers God

Christmas is a wonderful time of year. We buy presents bake homemade goodies and spend extra time with our loved ones. We do this because we love them and we want to show that love by giving something special to them. The gifts we choose to give cost the receiver nothing. All they have to do is accept the gift and unwrap it in order to receive it. As we celebrate Christmas today, let's not forget about the greatest gift ever given to us. His name is Jesus. He was God's gift, given because God loved us and wanted to show that love to us. The Bible says in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have eternal life." This gift did not cost us one single thing, but it cost God His Son. He freely gave His Son for our Salvation because He loved us and cared about us and He wants a relationship with us. All we have to do to receive God's gift is accept it from Him. Too of