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>> Psalms 50:15 says, "Call on me when you are in trouble, and
I will rescue you, and you will give me glory." Matthew 11:28,
"Are you tired? Are you worn out? Burned out in religion.
Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life." James
5:15, "The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the
Lord will restore him to health." God will rescue,
recover and restore.
>> BARB RUDOSKI: Hi, I'm Barb Rudoski and I'm so glad you're
watching the FAITH ALIVE SHOW today. Today, we have a special
episode. An episode about real people with real problems who
cried out to God and God answered. This episode you'll
learn how people got the victory over situations and they shouted
out loud to Him. So sit back, listen, and let God touch your
life like He touched these lives.
♪ [Segment Music] ♪
>> COREY ANSON: Hi, I'm Corey Anson. This is my wife Sherrie
and we're here to tell our story of God's goodness to us through
difficult times. Twenty years ago, when we're pregnant with
twins, we ended up having an early delivery, 21 weeks. Our
first daughter who we named Hope was born. She was just under one
pound. And then six weeks later, at 27 weeks our second daughter
who we named Jocelyn was born and she was just under
two pounds.
>>SHERRIE: When I went in to premature labor with our first
daughter, the doctors told us that she would not live. That
her lungs were not developed and that she would not be able to
survive outside of the womb. They told us that they wanted to
wait until the labor stopped and then deliver one twin, complete
the surgery and hopes of delaying the birth of our second
twin. During those 15 and 1/2 hours I remember being really
just emotionless and when the delivery did take place, the
amazing thing that happened was as the doctor lifted my daughter
up and said it's a girl, this wave of joy and love just washed
over me for a moment. It was something that I looked back on
as being a gift from God. He knew that my baby would not live
but there was this moment that I can look back on where that joy
and love came over me. Even though I know that I wouldn't
have my daughter with me. She lived for 15 minutes which was
amazing. We watched her wrinkle her eyebrows and opened and
closed her mouth and when the nurse took her from me, her
spirit left.
>>COREY: This brought us closer together in our relationship as
we're experiencing the same difficulty, the same emotional
turmoil and it has really made us rely on each other and not
only on each other but together we rely on God to give us the
strength, to comfort us, and to just to keep us going. The
medical staff were prepared for us when we came in for the
delivery of Hope. There was a surgeon that was called in and
when Hope was delivered, the surgeon who performed the little
operation and the hopes of that was to allow Jocelyn to remain
within the womb and to keep her in there as long as they could.
>>SHERRIE: Jocelyn was born 6 weeks later and she was rush in
ICU. She was put on an open bed and she was hooked up to
respirator as well as other machines and she remained that
way until day nine. And on day nine, she came off of the
respirator and her oxygen levels were considered normal. This was
a miracle for such a small premature baby.
>>COREY: We spent a lot of days at the hospital. Sherrie would
spend in just about all of her day at the hospital and when I
was done work then I would come there for the evening. We spent
lots of time there and the nurses were quite comfortable
with having us around. And they were actually quite confident in
the things that we were doing there. And eventually they
showed us how to revive Jocelyn. This was about one month into
her stay in ICU. Jocelyn with her heart rate would drop and
eventually minutes later she would just stop breathing. And
they should us how to rub her back and stimulate her so that
that would reactivate her brain to kickstart her heart and get
her to breathe again. That was, that was a lot of stress. When
we would leave at the end of the night, we would leave not
knowing what we would be returning to the next morning.
>>SHERRIE: I remember being at home and having a nurse come to
do a follow visit with me. And I remember questioning her in my
deep despair for my daughter in the hospital. Firstly, wondering
what kind of emotional trouble she might have being separated
from her twin. And secondly, what her chances of survival
were. And this nurse told me first of all to always be
truthful with her and share the experience with her as she grew
older. And then she also told me that I should pray that Jocelyn
would be developed in the Isolette as she would have been
in the womb. Another nurse at the hospital told us that we
could record our voices and whatever we wanted to put on a
tape and that they would place it in her Isolette with the
small speaker and they would play it for her repeatedly when
we weren't there. So we created a tape and we prayed that exact
prayer, we asked God to create her in that Isolette just as He
would have in the womb.
>>COREY: I remember coming up to visit at the hospital and as I
come out of the elevator on the floor. She, Sherrie standing out
overlooking over the lobby. She was quite distressed. She had
been crying quite hard and I knew that something was wrong.
She then told me that the doctors just told her that
Jocelyn had taken a turn for the worst and that you can expect
that she could die at any moment now. I pleaded with God to
please don't take her.
>>SHERRIE: I had been called in to talk to the doctors. And as I
stood beside the Isolette, beside my daughter. The doctors
had told me that they didn't know what was going on with her
body but it was rejecting the feeding and that she could die.
And I remember standing there and feeling like I just wanted
to run. But as soon as they were finished, I couldn't bear to
stand beside her. I ran out into the hallway and that's where
Corey found me. And I, too, was pleading with God, saying to Him
in that hospital hallway, "Please don't take her, but if
You do I'm still gonna love You and serve You. Our prayer line
was started. The next morning, we went in to see the doctors
and they said that all threatening signs had
disappeared and they couldn't explain it. We could explain
that. We knew God had heard the prayers of all those people
praying for our daughter.
>>COREY: After a hundred and two visits to the hospital and
Jocelyn being five pounds, three ounces now. We were able to
bring her home, what joy I had.
>>SHERRIE: Today, our daughter is actually
studying to work in the medical field. And, you
know, I just think about when I was standing beside that
Isolette, if only I would have known at that point that, you
know, one day she's gonna study to work in medical field. And we
went on to have another daughter and this has impacted every
member of our family as we looked back on all of things
that God was in, all of the times that He was right beside
us and guiding us and protecting us. We're just so thankful for
all that His done for us.
♪ [Segment Music] ♪
>>RILEY: Hi, I'm Riley. I grew up in a Christian home and I was
saved at the age of three years old when my parents led me to
the Lord. It was good. It was awesome to grow up and have that
opportunity and I grew up in a great church, in FAITH ALIVE
FAMILY CHURCH and I learned so much about God. Well, as time
went on, in my teen years my dad bought me my own Bible. It's an
NLT version and I started to read it for the first time on my
own and not just being told to in school or being made to by my
parents. But I started to look into it and I read a passage in
Luke chapter 7 that hit me quite powerfully. It was a story where
this woman comes in and she's crying and she wept and bowed
down at Jesus' feet and her tears would wash His feet and
her hair would dry them. The people around who I would
classify as religious folk. They were offended at what she was
doing but Jesus applauded her. He was touched and He said, "You
didn't give me any oil for my head or any water for my feet.
But this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried
with her hair." He said something very profound that hit
me like a ton of bricks. He said to those who have been forgiven
a lot, they will love a lot. And for those who have been forgiven
a little will only love a little. When I read that like, I
was a little nervous for myself because I didn't feel like I did
a lot wrong. I was, I guess you could say self-righteous.
Because I had such a good life, I didn't think I had a lot to be
forgiven. I don't think I understood what this salvation
really meant. And so I start to get impacted by what the Word of
God was saying and I started to dig deeper. And as time went on
and as I would seek God, He started to expose things. And it
says in the Bible the Word of God is like a mirror. And as I
would look into this mirror God would be exposing things that
are in my life. So where I thought that there were certain
sin that were so bad that people will get save from. I didn't
realize that there were things in my own life that were far
worse than some sins that people would classify as really bad.
And so God started to expose the pride in my life of
self-righteousness. And there's a lot of kids I grew up with who
didn't continue to serve God as they got older. There's probably
a bunch of reasons why, but I think one of the deepest reasons
is that it's easy to fall into this self-righteous trap of
thinking that you're all right and not recognizing your need
for a savior. And so God was exposing my, the darkness in my
heart and I didn't like it and I didn't wanna see the same. And
for the first time in my life, I really start to understand what
Jesus saved me from and it changed my life. I was given a
new understanding. And where I had some love for God before, He
started to pour His love into me because I realized that He saved
me from something far worse than any sin that I could think of.
It was the sin of pride. It was deep and it was polluting every
part of my life. And so, when God, it's like He burst through
the door. He broke down the walls of my pride and brought
salvation to me and He saved me. And although I did accept Jesus
into my heart when I was three. I'm not sure if I understood the
significance. And as I got older, He, God has revealed
Himself to me more and more. And to be honest with you, it's like
I got saved a number of times and it's like God still is
saving me today. And I'm so thankful for what He did for me
and I have so much love for Him because I realized how much He
loves me by walking through my pride and giving me His hand to
pull me up higher and to pull me out of that mess. And so I'm
very thankful that I'm saved and that I have a life inside of Him
in His love and it's just, it's life changing.
♪ [Segment Music] ♪
>>DEREK: Hi, my name is Derek.
>>MELISSA: And mine is Melissa. >>DEREK: And this is our
salvation testimony. So I grew up in Christian home and
unfortunately I never had a personal relationship with God.
So when I finished high school I pretty much strayed away and
that led to a life of a lot of poor decisions. But through a
series of events God had a bigger plan for us and I ended
up meeting Melissa at a bar of all places.
>>MELISSA: Yeah, so we met and, you know, kind of quickly feel
in love. And unfortunately, at that time we were not living for
God and making all of the wrong decisions. So what started
really nicely turned into a lot of fighting, mistrust,
unfaithfulness, drugs, alcohol, pretty much nothing good. And
very quickly at seven weeks we found out that we were pregnant.
And I really believed that's where God decided to enter,
re-entering our lives, to tell you it's really with, sort of
straighten our path with following God and ever since
then everything has just gotten better every day.
>>DEREK: Our lives have drastically changed from where
we were to where we are now. We all owe that to God, for Him
having a much bigger plan for us in mind than what we had for
ourselves. And now we have a godly home filled with love. We
have a beautiful daughter, a great church family, and we owe
it all to Him.
>>MELISSA: Yeah, we really wouldn't be here without him.
Everything in our life that we have it's good. It's because of
Him and trusting Him. We wouldn't have gotten to where we
are just on our own which is what we were trying to do. I
think when people try to do life without God, you'll find out
really quickly that you just gonna keep, you know, failing in
different ways but you're always gonna get to the same results.
Which is that you need God in order to have a good life and
live a purpose that He designed for us. He is the best designer
and, you know, He put us together and now we're happy and
life's good.
>>DEREK: So we just, we owe it all to Him. We praise Him. We
basically our lives are for His glory and for His honor.
♪ [Segment Music] ♪
>>RENE: Hi, my name's Rene and this is my salvation testimony.
I was saved at a very young age, about the age of five when my
mom invited me to ask Jesus into my heart. Being so young there
wasn't really a big night to day experience and I had a very good
upbringing. I lived in a Christian family, in a Christian
home. Through my teen years, God wasn't really something that
excited me a lot, though I knew it was right to serve Him. I
kind of made my mind up that I was gonna serve God just
sometime down the road. Maybe when I settle down with the wife
and kids, you know, we would do the church thing. It was shortly
after high school, I moved from a small town into the big city
of Saskatoon. And I moved in with my cousin and his
roommates. Now, my intension moving to the big city was to,
you know, to have fun and to go and live the life and maybe to
party, that kind of stuff. But what amazed me was that my
cousin who was about 21, 22 years old and his roommates
roughly the same age. They were all going to church three times
a week. So I was really blown away by that, a little annoyed
by that, because of course I came to have fun. But at the
same time my interest was piqued. So I had to come and
check out this church that would interest twenty somethings to go
three times a week. So I came here to FAITH ALIVE FAMILY
CHURCH and I was 18 years old. When I came in, I think it was
the very first time that I was in a group of people that wanted
to be a church. You know the church as I grew up in, people
were very friendly. They were nice but you could tell a lot of
it was, you know, kind of a facade, kind of plasticky, fake
smiles, and that kind of thing. But when I came to FAITH ALIVE,
the people were genuine and you could feel the love of God on
them. So it was very interesting to me. And when the service
continued on, I felt for the very first time in my life, I
felt the presence of God. And you know, though I knew Jesus
was in my heart and, you know, I had an abiding presence of God.
There was something different about the atmosphere. It seemed
to be charged with life, probably the best way that I can
describe it. And it wasn't long after that that I found out
about the Holy Spirit. That I could be filled with the Holy
Spirit. So that's began my journey into adulthood. I had
recommitted myself to Jesus and before long I was filled with
the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, and my life began to
transform. I became a different person. I became a bold person
rather than a very shy person. And I just had, I had a lot more
life than I'd ever had before. And though, you know, my
Christianity has had, you know, it's ups and downs. I would say
today that I've got more of a love for God than I ever have
and my relationship with Him is growing stronger and stronger.
That maybe a little different for a lot of people who make an
initial commitment to God and then, you know, seemed to waffle
day by day. I find myself getting closer to God and
feeling more of His presence and more of His power. And it really
is a joy to serve Jesus and I couldn't imagine life
without Him.
>>BARB: Have you ever been weigh down? Feel like life is just too
hard. Feel like the burden of the world is being carried on
your shoulders. You know Jesus want to come and He wants to
help you. He wants to lift that burden off and bring joy and
peace in life. Repeat this prayer after me. Dear Jesus,
come into my life. Remove this burden that I'm carrying and
replace it with peace, joy, and love. In Jesus name. Amen.
>> I wanna stay here. I come alive here. I wanna stay here.
Where earth becomes like heaven in this moment. I wanna stay
here. I come alive here. I wanna stay here. Where earth becomes
like heaven in this moment. I wanna stay. I wanna stay. Let me
stay here, Lord. I wanna stay with You for all my days where
Your presence carries me. We're all free to see. I wanna stay
here. I come alive here. I wanna stay here. Where earth becomes
like heaven in this moment. Lord, I'm singing. I wanna stay
here with You, Lord. I come alive here. I can feel it now. I
wanna stay here. Where earth becomes like heaven in this
moment. This moment. Captivated by Your presence. Pull me
closer. I surrender my whole, Lord, to be right where You are.
Captivated by Your presence. Pull me closer. I surrender my
whole, Lord, to be right where You are. I wanna stay here. I
come alive here. I wanna stay here. Where earth becomes like
heaven in this moment. This moment. Captivated by Your
presence. Pull me closer. I surrender my whole, Lord, to be
right where You are. How captivating. May Your presence
draw me in. Your presence draws me in. Here I am, how all the
way You are. How all the way You are, we worship for You.
>>BARB: Wasn't that powerful? God took impossible situations
and He made them possible. God is interested in doing that for
you, too. Would you let Him? Let's pray. Father, I thank You
that You are God of the impossible. Lord, I thank You
that You can take terrible situations and turn them and
make them possible situations. So right now, we release Your
power to come in to every home, every person listening today and
surround them and change their situation. Amen. If you would
like to watch more episodes or this episode again. You can
check us out online at faithalive.tv See you next week.
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ANZAC Friendship Remembrance Video Hop & GIVEAWAY 2018! - Duration: 8:38.
hi it's Therese from Lostinpaper and I'm really excited to be here as part of
the ANZAC Day friendship remembrance video hop. I'm going to do some messy
Copic coloring today and I've got this gorgeous stamp from penny black which is
called poppy gems now it is a red rubber cling stamp so I did decide to use my
Misti I am trying out the new extreme black ink from MFT which is Copic
friendly it could be used for so many different things but it's meant to be a
little bit blacker than the tuxedo black and I do like it with my copics it does
work well I don't think there's a lot of difference it may be a little bit
blacker I'll get back to you on that so messy Copic coloring I've used this
technique before and basically I am NOT being particular with my blending and I
have it almost gives you a watercolor look without using water colors so I do
do one petal of each flower at a time and that way it does allow it to blend a
little bit but I'm trying not to overdo it and of course you know what it's like
the first flower I think I overdid this flower I couldn't help myself I kept
coming back in and blending and I should have just backed off a little bit but I
got into the swing of things and you'll notice as I move along the image a
little bit more that I does my coloring does become a little bit looser shall we
say, it's kind of like the first pancake that you make the
sacrifice of the first pancake, in the pan, they never as good as the
rest for some reason doe's anyone know the answer to why I don't know? Oh anyway
I forgot to mention that there's a giveaway today but I'll explain that a
little bit more in the video so I want to talk a little bit about em Anzac Day
here, it is a solemn kind of day for us
it stands for it's Australian and New Zealand Army Corps so that's what Anzac
stands for so you'll find that there's both Australians and New Zealand
youtubers along this video hop and a real variety of inspiration along the
way some people have really embraced the whole Anzac theme others have embraced
the friendship theme because it is a day of remembrance and it's remembrance of
those that have been fallen and affected by war and the day itself is
commemorative of the day that the Australian and New Zealand forces landed
in Gallipoli so that's why it's April the 25th and poppies are the flower that
they're actually red poppies that are used on the on the Day of Remembrance
people wear them in remembrance but also it signifies the bond of esteem,
affection and respect so we wanted to celebrate the friendship as well as
remember the Anzacs and all those affected by war I was originally going
to make a friendship style card like using images and do something a little
bit cutesy I suppose but then I remembered that I had this poppy stamp from penny
black and once I thought of that I just couldn't get that one out of my brain so
I went with the poppy gem stamp instead I thought by colouring him in purple it
would just be a really pretty color too actually and I can't
remember I have color these flowers before like currently what color though
I used the other times I think maybe it was yellow but I think the purple looks
amazing, like I said there is a giveaway I am going to give a $50 gift
certificate away and all the details will be at my blog you do have two
chances to win so if you are a subscriber in your comment here
at my youtube channel you're in with one chance if you head over to my blog which
the link will be in the description below and you comment at my blog as
well you'll have a second chance to win and like I said all the details will be
over at my blog and it's open to everybody all international as well as
Australian New Zealand's anyway you're all welcome to comment and have a chance
to win so all the participants like I said they're going to be either New
Zealand or Australian YouTube paper crafters I will have all the links to
all their blogs as well as all of their videos at my blog as well but the next
person following me will be linked at the end of this video and also in the
description below so the flower centers I did come in with a multiliner and add
some of the details and for the background I decided to continue with my
messy Copic coloring but I found this really hard I I'm not very good at
coloring large areas with my Copic markers there is a bit of a knack to
this and I think my marker was a bit dry so how I got around
that was I just came in with some with the tip of the pen and added some dots
and then set it aside for a week and decided whether I was going to use it or
not, anyway I did resurrect it and added some black splatters as well and
was much happier with this, this is a very busy design for me I've got one of the
mega greetings sentiments from Altenew and I'm just gonna white heat emboss
that on some black cardstock and I did use my powder tool to prep my cardstock
first before I hit with my heat tool it makes it much easier than trying to
clean up embossed white specks afterwards now
I've got a top fold portrait card and I'm adding some adhesive directly to the
card base I've just got some pale gray cardstock this is out of my scraps and I
just thought it'd be nice to have this peeking out from under the bottom and
then I can just I just like to flip it over and cut the edge off I could have
measured it and cut it and this was easier I've popped up the floral panel
with some fun foam and some scor tape and I can just finally add my sentiment
using some this is some black fun not fun foam sticky back foam sticky foam
foam squares that it comes in sheets and I cut it up (and I'm running real low) and
to make my card even busier I have decided to add some black sprinkles and
I used matte medium to do that and I recently loaned my katana to my husband
and he squished the end of it anyway I'm hoping it'll be all right
I remoulded it and set it aside and it seems like it might be fine it is wax
after all I do love my katana and that's my finished card don't forget to head
along and see what everyone else has created or know I'm gonna be heading it
back to the beginning I think I'm last on the hop so head to my blog though
so you can start at the beginning just in case you missed out I'll link to the
first person after me (just in case) until next time
Happy Papercrafting bye
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Timonium resident cleans up land near fairgrounds on Earth Day - Duration: 0:46.
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Melania Greets French President, No One Can Take Their Eyes Off What She's Wearing - Duration: 3:28.
Melania Greets French President, No One Can Take Their Eyes Off What She's Wearing.
First Lady Melania Trump is pulling out all the stops for this week as she and President
Donald Trump host French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at the White
House.
On Tuesday morning, she appeared outside the People's House for the arrival ceremony
honoring the Macrons, and no one could take their eyes off what she was wearing.
Melania always looks flawless.
It's safe to say that we have never had a first lady with such impeccable style.
Jacqueline Kennedy was an icon, but she wasn't a former runway model.
That having been said, Melania's look on Tuesday will go down as one of her greatest
ever.
It was absolutely perfect.
Everything from the fit of Melania's suit to her statement hat to the pop of color she
added with her signature heels was jaw-dropping.
On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania appeared outside the
White House with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
The arrival ceremony featured a 21-gun salute and review of the troops with all five military
branches present totaling over 500 service members.
Plenty of people were in attendance to watch on the White House lawn.The first lady did
not disappoint with her all-white outfit.
[Source: IJR] The first lady's white hat was a huge hit,
taking the internet by storm:
USA Today reported that Melania was "making waves" in her all-white ensemble:
As the first lady and President Trump greeted French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife
Brigitte Macron at the White House Tuesday, her outfit choice — which included a white
belted blazer from Michael Kors — got people talking.
Though both wives wore white for the occasion, which marks the official arrival of the French
president's three day state visit, Melania's outfit turned heads thanks to her large, wide-brimmed
matching hat.
Not very many women could rock a hat like that.
For that matter, not many women have the figure to wear a tight-fitting white suit.
But this is Melania Trump we're talking about.
Her outfit the night before did not disappoint, either.
As Melania and her husband greeted Macron and his wife on Monday, the first lady made
a big impression in a little black dress, showing off her perfectly toned and tanned
legs.
According to The Daily Caller, the first lady dazzled in the black number that hit above
her knees as she stood next to Trump to greet Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
She completed the gorgeous look with her hair down, a matching jacket, and black high heels.
Earlier in the day, the first lady shared a behind-the-scenes video of all the work
that she and her staff at the White House have undergone to put on the first state dinner.
"After months of preparations, President @realdonaldtrump and I are looking forward
to hosting our first State Dinner with France!
Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this visit a success," the first
lady captioned her post.
Melania Trump is pure perfection.
We can't wait to see what she has in store for tonight's state dinner!
What will she wear?
Who did she invite?
This is better than anything that Michelle Obama ever did.
What do you think about this?
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Faith Alive Show 511 - Duration: 28:31.
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>> Psalms 50:15 says, "Call on me when you are in trouble, and
I will rescue you, and you will give me glory." Matthew 11:28,
"Are you tired? Are you worn out? Burned out in religion.
Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life." James
5:15, "The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the
Lord will restore him to health." God will rescue,
recover and restore.
>>SHONA RAY: Hi, welcome to the FAITH ALIVE SHOW. I'm Shona Ray
and I'll be you're host. We are so excited that you've joined us
today. We have a great Christmas program instore for you where
we're gonna dive deeper into the true meaning of Christmas. So
stay tuned and I'll see you here at the end of the show.
>> When the snow starts falling down. That means Christmas is
around the corner. Lights are being hung, laughter's heard
from everyone. But I know that there is more than the gifts in
every store. A second chance, a gift of life was born that
night. Jesus, Messiah, the Savior of man. Born in a manger,
yet He was God's plan. Carried our sins to the cross, to the
grave. And on the third day He rose, for you and I. This story
often has been told, to the young and to the old of a Savior
that was born to a world that had been torn. There are those
who do not know. They live their lives without a hope. It's time
to spread the Christmas cheer that He is here. Jesus, Messiah,
the Savior of man. Born in a manger, yet He was God's plan.
Carried our sins to the cross, to the grave. And on the third
day He rose. God is with us. He is with us. Emmanuel, Emmanuel,
day He rose. God is with us. He is with us. Emmanuel, Emmanuel,
Emmanuel, Emmanuel. God is with us. He is with us. Emmanuel,
Emmanuel, Emmanuel. God is with us. He is with us. Emmanuel,
Emmanuel, Emmanuel. Jesus, Messiah, the Savior of man. Born
in a manger, yet He was God's plan. Carried our sins to the
cross, to the grave. And on the third day He rose. And on the
third day He rose. And on the third day He rose, for you and
I. Oh, for you and I.
>> Merry Christmas. We're looking today at the story of
Christmas. But you know what? It starts a long time before Jesus
came and was born and as we know was laid in a manger. Actually,
the story of Christmas is all about God's plan right from day
one, right from Genesis. So let's look at the picture the
God was painting right from the very beginning. In Genesis
chapter 3, we're familiar with the story. Mankind is tempted.
He falls. He gives in to the voice of the serpent disobeys
God. And this is what God speaks to the serpent, to the enemy, to
the one who's led man astray. He says, "I will put enmity between
you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall
bruise your head, and you will bruise His heel." See, right
from the beginning God said, I'm not gonna let things continue
the way they are. Though things looked dark in this moment,
though you have broken relationship with me. I'm gonna
restore this and I'm gonna do that by destroying the enemy
that led you astray. We see this promise repeated over and over
and over again every time that God establishes relationship and
covenant with His people. We see when God calls Abraham, He says
once again, I will bless you. I will bless the nations through
you and through that special seed that I am going to bring
through you. Again, fast-forward to the time of David and the
establishment of the monarchy in Israel. God says, David, there
will be a special descendant, a seed from your royal line that
will sit on your throne forever and He will make righteousness
the standard of the land. He will establish my laws. He will
destroy your enemies because I, this is what I want to do. I am
for you. I am not against you and I'm not gonna allow darkness
to rule the earth. But you know what? There were points in
Israel's history where it looks like evil was gonna win. It
looks like darkness was gonna established itself. But God in
the midst of those moments through the prophet speaks, and
what does He say? He says in Isaiah 9:2, "The people who
walked in darkness have seen a great light and those who dwell
in the land of deep darkness, on them the light has shone." And
then, just a little bit further it says, "A Child is born, a Son
is given. The government will be on His shoulder. And His name
will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His
government and peace, there will be no end. And on the throne of
David and over His kingdom to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and righteousness from this time forth and forever
more. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will do this." You see,
God was never content. He was never happy to just allow man to
stay on that state of sin and darkness, a state of oppression,
a state where their enemies would rule against them. He
said, no I will send a perfect child. This promised seed and He
will crush the very devil himself. He will crush the enemy
of Israel. He will establish a kingdom that is everlasting. The
kingdom of righteousness, peace forever more.
>> Man on the Street.
>> Today, we're on the street asking people, why is Christmas
so important? Why do we give at Christmas? What's the meaning of
Christmas? Let's go find out.
>> So what is the meaning of Christmas.
>> I think for me, it's all about family, just being
together with family, good food, good drink, and good
conversation, yeah.
>> The meaning of Christmas to me is getting the family
together. The biggest meaning.
>> I like giving back at Christmas.
>> What is the meaning of Christmas?
>> The birth of Christ.
>> I think the meaning of Christmas, it's just more than
the gift giving. I think it's bringing families together for
Catholics and other people. I'm a Catholic. So, it's celebrating
the birth of Christ.
>> So, what is the meaning of Christmas?
>> It's about family.
>> Giving back and...
>> Spending time with family.
>> Yeah.
>> The birth of Jesus.
>> Ah, being together with family and having fun with your
friends.
>> What is the meaning of Christmas?
>> Ah, giving.
>> Yeah, and spending time with family.
>> What is the meaning of Christmas?
>> Christ, Mass.
>> Nice.
>> The birth of Christ.
>> The baby's birth.
>> Perfect, okay.
>> Ah, the meaning of Christmas to me is family. Family and
friends.
>> So, why is Christmas so important?
>> It brings families together and hopefully brings all the
love out.
>> All we know it's supposed to be important because the baby
Jesus was born. That's why it's important.
>> I think it's important to get together with family and it's
not necessarily about gifts. But it's all getting together and
every Christmas that's what you do.
>> Why is Christmas so important?
>> I think it's important because it just create a lot of
memories from it and it's a spirit of giving and it brings
out the best in people every time Christmas rolls around.
It's certainly holy. I look forward to it the most.
>> So, why is Christmas so important?
>> I guess because it's a family time and also because we have a
son in Australia and we see him once a year. So he comes here
for Christmas and then we go there.
>> Why is Christmas so important?
>> Bringing closer together when you don't have that time to come
closer together like during the year you're busy I guess.
>> So, why is Christmas so important then?
>> Ah, it's that one-time of the year where you have to stop and
remember to spend time with people.
>> Ah, it's the time to reflect with family and friends, make
sure that people that don't have enough in the world, get enough
in the world.
>> And it's when you realized like the importance of giving,
like not getting.
>> So why is Christmas so important?
>> Ah, it's the one time of the year where we get together and
it's a requirement, you know. It's, you know, everyone gets
busy in their own lives. But everybody sets aside that time
to get together.
>> Ah, why is Christmas so important?
>> Because He is our Savior and for that we have eternal life.
He came here for us.
>> Nice.
>> If He wasn't born, He couldn't die. And if He didn't
die, then we won't be able to go to heaven be free of persons.
>> And it's important to celebrate His birthday every
year. It doesn't matter how many centuries had gone by.
>> Why do we give at Christmas? >> Ah, that's a good question. I
think, perhaps it's become a lot overblown in the past few years,
too commercialized. And speaking from our family, we've really
try to cut down because nobody needs anything. So that's why we
focus more on being together.
>> That's great.
>> Yeah.
>> Why do we give at Christmas? >> I give because it makes me
feel good.
>> That's what you're supposed to do at Christmas time. Yeah,
giving back is always good, right? It's better to give than
to receive. Yeah.
>> Because the spirit of Christmas is to give.
>> I think it's important to give at Christmas, just to
remind everybody that giving is an important aspect of human
nature, you know. If somebody needs to be picked up. It
doesn't have to be, you know, big, extravagant gifts. It can
just be them being, you know, in somebody else's presence and
just spending some time with them, is one of the most
important aspect of Christmas.
>> So then, why do we give at Christmas?
>> Why what?
>> Why do we give? Why do we give presents? Why do we give
something to other people?
>> To show affection to the other person I guess.
>> 'Cause it feels good.
>> Yeah, I agree. It feels good. >> I try to give things that
they would not normally buy for themselves. So I do put thought
into my gifts and it's not necessary monetary. I try to
spend less but make it more meaningful.
>> Yeah, I think it's a reflection of your love for
other people and try to find something that's important to
them and show them how much they mean to you.
>> Then why do we give at Christmas?
>> Ah, because it's better to receive that's for sure. I don't
know, in our family we like give as much as we can. We came from,
I came from a smaller background. I like to give as
much as I can and make sure that people out there have everything
that they need 'cause we all have a little bit too much and
excess.
>> Why do we give at Christmas? >> I think you should give all
year round personally. But at Christmas, I don't believe it's
retail. I believe it's more family and friends and that's
the important thing.
>> So, why do we give at Christmas?
>> Because the wise men brought gifts for Jesus and that's why,
it's His birthday party. So we can't give to Him, so we give to
each other and it's supposed to be in His honor.
>> Because Jesus shared His life with us, so we can share with
each other.
>> Since you mentioned the baby Jesus, approximately how old was
Jesus when the wise men came to visit Him?
>> Oh, almost right away, isn't it?
>> 10 hours.
>> Zero.
>> Approximately how old was the baby Jesus when the wise men
came to visit Him?
>> Just born.
>> Wasn't it He just born, the same night?
>> Just born.
>> No clue.
>> Wow. Let's see. Well, He was probably two weeks old.
>> Oh, I was gonna say a few hours old. I should know that. I
have no idea.
>> Three days.
>> Two days.
>> Oh, I don't know. I'm assuming probably about two
months old?
>> Approximately how old was the baby Jesus when the wise men
came to see Him?
>> I don't know. According to the show it was minutes. But
they were on camels so I don't think they moved that fast, so
it could have been days.
>> Couple hours, couple days.
>> I would say it would be days. At least three days.
♪ [Instrumental Music] ♪
>> A few moments ago, we heard Adam Vero quote many Old
Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah and this was
great news. But even so the son of David seemed to be slow in
His coming. Much time had passed since these prophetic words were
given, yet, He was nowhere in sight. Even the prophets had
been silent for about 400 years. Were they wrong? Was He not
coming? If Israel ever needed a Messiah, it was now. God's
chosen people were in desperate need of His intervention. Rome
was ruling with an iron fist. Jewish people lost land and
properties and were paying taxes not only to the temple but now
also to the Roman Emperor. What a great time for the Messiah to
come. Finally, He'd be able to right the wrongs and bring the
kingdom of heaven into an era of prosperity and rule that
everyone had dreamed about for centuries. But then, confusion.
The Messiah of the world born in a stable instead of a palace.
Wouldn't it make sense for the Messiah to have some connection
to Herod the current king of the Jews? Instead they claimed that
He's the son of a carpenter. That doesn't seem to fit. And
what about His message of peace? Peace is not the message they
need. Perhaps after Rome bows their knees and Israel becomes
the shining star they were always destined to be, but not
yet. Yet, this Jesus was saying things like love your enemies
plus those who persecute you and if a Roman soldier demands that
you carry his gear for one mile, carry it for two. That is hardly
the voice of Israel's deliverer. Even Moses had enough sense to
bring the Jewish people out from under their oppressors. Then
there were the signs and wonders. It would be hard to
argue with all the healings and deliverances. He even fulfilled
the four messianic prophecies. Surely the synagogue and temple
leaders would recognize and support the Messiah. Yet, they
say He has a devil. All of these things and more made it hard for
the people of Jesus day to believe in who He really was.
But then again, that's exactly what Isaiah the prophet said
would happened to Him. He was despised and rejected, a man of
sorrows. Here was God's own Son sent to earth to redeem mankind.
But so many of the ones He was sent to didn't recognize Him.
And in the end, they crucify the Son of Glory. Yet Jesus, despite
all opposition fulfilled every Bible prophecy. The angel said
it best when they declared who Jesus was to the shepherds in a
nearby field in Luke 2:10 says, "Fear not, for behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord." Though He may not have
overthrown Rome or looked the part the people thought He
would. Jesus was still the light that shine in the darkness. He
was the gift from the Father to all mankind. The Savior of the
world and the reason that we celebrate Christmas.
>> Baby boy in Bethlehem. He grew up to be a man. Faced the
giants of the land. Moved the mountains by His hand. Oh, what
giants of the land. Moved the mountains by His hand. Oh, what
we could never know. The birth of one unknown would be a
victory. Jesus, Jesus, wonder of a man. Oh Savior, Savior. You
were God's one plan. All of heaven rings out, we had been
set free. Let your people sing, we believe. On the cross you
set free. Let your people sing, we believe. On the cross you
bled for us. Darken skies now turn to dusk. Mourning clouded
those you chose and yet the grave was empty, You arose. Oh,
what we could never know. The birth of one unknown would be a
victory. Singing Jesus, Jesus, wonder of a man. Oh Savior,
Savior. You were God's one plan. All of heaven rings out, we had
been set free. Let your people sing. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh.
been set free. Let your people sing. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh.
Jesus, Jesus, wonder of a man. Oh Savior, Savior. You were
God's one plan. All of heaven rings out, we had been set free.
And on this Christmas day, we believe.
>> At Christmas we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus
Christ. The light of the world, the Son of God. And it is
probably one of the most famous Bible stories of all time, being
repeated year after year in the nativity scenes all across the
world each Christmas. Church Christmas pageant reenacting the
miraculous birth of the baby Jesus. And what a glorious birth
it was, God Himself being born into the world that He created.
Taking on the image and form of a man, God in the flesh. It was
part of His plan from the beginning of time when Adam and
Even sin in the garden and separated mankind from God. He
took on the form of a human to reconcile all of humanity back
to God, the Father. He took on our emotions, our weaknesses,
and our sin so that we may be made right with God. He laid His
life down as a living sacrifice. What a Savior. The prophet
Isaiah said, for unto us a child is born. His government and its
peace will never end. He will rule for all eternity. Although
Jesus died over 2,000 years ago, He was raise from the dead and
He's seated on the throne. He is ruling and reigning and the
evidence of His rulership is His peace. It may not look like
Jesus is ruling with all the chaos and confusion going on in
the world today. But He is establishing His kingdom and
making it manifest in the hearts of those who believed. John
14:27, "Jesus said, I leave you with a gift, peace of mind and
heart. And this peace that I give you, the world cannot give
you. So do not be troubled or afraid." The world that calmly
pursues a life of passions, fame, and wealth. The things
that people think will give them the desires of their hearts. But
the true thing is, the only thing that will satisfy the
desires of our heart, the deep longing of our hearts is this
peace that Jesus gives to us knowing that He's reconciled us
back to the Father. He took on all of our debts and all of our
sins, and was crucified on the cross. What a beautiful Savior
He is. Colossians 3:15 says, "Let the peace that comes from
Christ rule in your hearts." The problem is, there's so many
things that are containing for the throne of our hearts.
Whether it be pleasures, fame, or wealth. These things can
hinder us from recognizing who Jesus really is. We must put Him
in His rightful place on the throne of our hearts and let His
peace rule our hearts. No matter what it looks like, what
difficulty or things that you might be struggling with or
going through, Jesus peace is there for us. Whoever believes
in Him, He will give you His peace. He's the ever-present
help in time of need. All you have to do is cry out to Him and
He will hear your cry. As you celebrate Christmas this year, I
pray that you would not only celebrate the birth of our
Messiah in a manger. But you would experience the love, joy,
and peace that only our Savior can give us. And this is the
evidence of His rulership in our lives.
>> For unto us a child is born. God so loved the world that He
gave His Son. The Word made flesh to conquer death. His name
is Jesus. Perfect love, Prince of Peace. Light of the world
everlasting King. The chosen One, to overcome, Jesus. Oh, how
beautiful. Oh, how glorious. Emmanuel, God is with us. Can
you hear the angels sing. All glory unto the king. Exalted in
the highest, Jesus. It's Christmas time, do people know.
the highest, Jesus. It's Christmas time, do people know.
That Jesus Christ is not a baby boy. He died and rose from the
grave, to rescue and save, all of those who were believing His
name. Oh, how beautiful. Oh, how glorious. Emmanuel, God is with
us. Can you hear the angel sing. All the glory unto the King.
Exalted in the highest. And know how the prophesy foretold. That
a little child would be born in Bethlehem. The Savior of all
men. Oh, and how he gave His life away to glorify His
Father's name. Let the earth rejoice in Him.
>>ANNOUNCER: The Christmas season is a special time of the
year. It is the time of giving. God gave us the greatest gift of
all when He send His Son, Jesus, to be born as a baby and
eventually would die for our sin. So that He can be the
Savior of the world. If you would like to receive Jesus as
your Lord and Savior please pray with me. Lord Jesus, I realize
that I'm in need of a Savior. I believe in You and I believe
that You have died on the cross for me. Jesus, would you come
into my heart right now to be my Lord and to be my Savior from
this day forward. In Your precious name. Amen.
>>SHAON: Wasn't that a phenomenal episode? I hope that
that brought clarity as to why we celebrate and the true
meaning of Christmas. Let's pray. Dear Jesus, I pray that as
we go into this holiday season with our friends and family.
That we would be a light to them. That we would be able to
reveal to them as well the true meaning of Christmas and why we
are celebrating. From all of us here at FAITH ALIVE SHOW, we
wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.
See you next time.
>> God will rescue, recover, and restore.
Closed Captioned by MD: The Miracle Channel Association
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