A SAVIOUR IS BORN !

For unto you is born this day

in the city of David

a SAVIOUR+

Who+ is

CHRIST the LORD !

Luke 2:11 

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
art not the least among the princes of Judah:
for out of thee shall HE+ come forth unto ME
WHO+ is to be ruler of Israel, 
WHOSE+ goings forth have been
from of Old, from Everlasting !
Micah 5:2 

JESUS

knowing that The FATHER

had given all things

into HIS+ hands

and that HE+ was come from GOD

and went to GOD;

HE+ riseth from supper,

and laid aside His+ garments

and took a towel

and girded Himself+.

After that, HE+ poured water

into a basin,

and began to wash the disciples' feet,

and to wipe them

with the towel wherewith

HE+ was girded.

John 13

My LORD has garments so wondrous fine

And myrrh their texture fills;

Its fragrance reached

to this heart of mine,

With joy my being thrills. 

Out of those Ivory Palaces

Into a world of woe, 

Only HIS+ Great

Eternal Love

Made my SAVIOUR+ go.

Hymn by

Henry Barraclough

Charles M Alexander 

A GOD-CENTERED LIFE...

Becoming GOD-Centered ~ ~ ~ The Way of The Cross
Pascha Season Meditation 1
(Passover or Lenten Season)
Year of His+ Grace,
2009

These things spoke JESUS,
and lifted up His+ eyes into the Heaven,
and said,
FATHER, the hour is come;
glorify Thy SON+,
that Thy SON+ also may
glorify THEE:
John 17, verse 1,
Italics from the Greek text

The LORD dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas Iscariot in the account of the Last Supper we see recorded in John 13. When Judas had received the morsel and gone out into the night, The LORD said these mysterious words:

Then, when he [Judas] went, JESUS said,
Now was glorified the Son of Man+,
and GOD was glorified in Him+.
John13:31
[Literal Greek translation from J.P. Green’s Interlinear New Testament]

The LORD explained something important to His+ remaining Disciples who did not betray Him+.

HE+ pointed out that HE+ had made a deliberate decision from His+ Will to do what The FATHER asked Him+ to do.

When The LORD put that decision in motion, HE+ explained what HE+ was really doing: becoming glorified in The FATHER.

In the next verse, Our LORD explains more about what HE+ just did. HE+ refers to Himself+ as HE+ often did in the third person, [i.e., he instead of I,]. JESUS said, referring to Himself+:

If GOD was glorified in Him+,
GOD also will glorify Him+ in HIMSELF,
and immediately will glorify Him+.
[Greek translation from J.P. Green’s Interlinear New Testament]

Here The LORD tells His+ Beloved Disciples that The FATHER will do something for Him+ and to Him+. Why? It is because JESUS brought The FATHER glory by doing HIS will.


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Dear Heavenly FATHER,

We ask YOU to help us do Your Will so that we can bring glory to You. Strengthen us so that we do not shrink back and pull away from the path You have shown us to walk… be it in loneliness, in strict economy, or in any other straightened circumstance of body, mind, or soul. We thank You for sending Your SON+ as our Example so that we do not have to walk in darkness …nor in aloneness as we embrace the cross You have laid out for us as Your Will. Glory to YOU, LORD GOD of our fathers; You are worthy of praise. Glory to You.

In the Name of The FATHER,
The Beloved SON+,
and The Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.
Amen.
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