Merry Christmas 2021
Have a Merry Christmas 2021!
Dear friends in Christ,
May Christmas 2021 fill your hearts with happiness and joy as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ around the world.
How awesome it is to know that our Savior and King will be with us again!
The immense step from the Babe at Bethlehem to the living, reigning triumphant Lord Jesus, returning to earth for His own people – that is the glorious truth proclaimed throughout Scripture. As the bells ring out the joys of Christmas, may we also be alert for the final trumpet that will announce His return, when we shall always be with Him. – Alan Redpath, pastor, author, and theologian.1
Many people this week are singing the beloved Christmas hymn, “The First Noel.”
Have you ever thought about what the word “Noel” actually means?
Besides the association with the well-known song, an older version of Webster’s dictionary defines Noel as “A Shout of Joy.”2
You and I have a life-changing reason for our shout of joy.
Jesus Christ was born, and He is coming back for us!
Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they shall name Him Immanuel, which translated means, “God with us.” – Matthew 1:23, (NASB).3
He is with us!
Merry Christmas 2021! God With Us
Have you ever read Psalm 66?
If you haven’t, please take the time to read this glorious psalm of praise to our Heavenly Father.
You can even make it your prayer.
Come and see what God has done:
he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. – Psalm 66:5, (ESV).4
This psalm is not just for Israel, or for the specific and true events that occurred in Biblical times, but for all of us.
We praise Him for all that He has done and for all that He will do.
The following Chris Tomlin song gives me chills – of the good and humble kind.
As it says in the Psalm, “All the earth worships You and sings praises to You.”
May we never lose our Joy and childlike wonder
over what God has done!
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1Alan Redpath, Christian pastor, author and theologian (1907-1989)) quotation, courtesy of and as quoted from Christian quotes.info
2Webster’s 1828 Dictionary definiton of “Noel” as cited in Got Questions.org.
3Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
4Scripture quotation is from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
