Celebrate the Birth of Christ

Christmas, a time to celebrate the birth of Christ and all that we receive because of He came.

Because Jesus came as a babe and lived as a human and died for us we do not have to struggle with our "old man".

Our struggle is not with our old man. It died when you accepted Jesus. God didn't "fix us", He killed us. The enemy wants to convince us the problem is us. But we wrestle against spirits, not flesh and blood.

"Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." Eph. 6:10-12 (NLT)

Evil spirits have NO power over us. Satan tries to convince us that we are the problem. He wants to dis-empower us keeping us from knowing our identity (in Christ).

In Nehemiah Chapters 2-6 Saballat attacked their

Person hood....."What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves?
Motives....."What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the King?"
Relationship with God.....Tried to make him sin and then intimidate and discredit him.
Ability to accomplish their mission....."Do they think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap - and charred ones at that?"
Quality of their ability....."That stone wall would collapse even if a fox walked along the top of it!

Don't let Satan rob you of your person hood, motives, relationship with God or the quality of your ability to accomplish what God has planned for you.

Galatians 4:4 -"When the right time came, God sent His son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that He could adopt us as His very own children. And because we are His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, "Abba, Father." Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are His child, God has made you His heir."

WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD!! Being a child of God means we don't have to doubt our person hood. We don't need to accept the lies Satan gives us, trying to rob us and steal our joy, peace and righteousness that was bought for us! Give thanks to God that He gave us His identity through Jesus' sacrifice!

Christmas (cow) Party

Everyone has their own holiday traditions. Ours is getting together with friends and exchanging inexpensive gifts in a random fashion commonly called a "White Elephant" gift exchange. We draw numbers to see who goes first, second etc. and then the person choosing can open a wrapped gift or take one that is already opened from a previous player. If your gift has been taken you can unwrap another gift or steal another and on it goes until the last gift is opened. Gifts can be funny or serious.A few years ago someone brought a small cow pin and everyone thought it was the funnest gift ever. Now every year we try to add more "cow themed" gifts to the mix until our party has become known as a "Christmas party with a cow gift exchange." It is a lot of fun and we look forward to it every year. Here are a couple of pictures showing how some of the cow theme was played out this year!


Patty and I want to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. Along with the fun lets take time to remember the reason for the season! Our Lord and Savior Jesus was born this day to save us all! That is great news! Spread it around!!