Is your God too Small? - The Faithfulness of God

I trust that all of you will have a "precious" time this Christmas with family and friends.  Some of you who will receive this email won't be with any family as you live overseas.  I am passing along part of an email that I received from one of our missionaries.  I thought it would be a reminder to pray for them this Christmas!

"As I was sick in bed on Friday with a terrible flu bug, I was pondering
the meaning of something I was reminded of in an amazing book I'm reading
called, Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret...  "What a wonderful thing to be
really one with a risen and exalted Savior, to be a member of Christ!"

Christ is in us AND we are in Him.  I challenge you to mediate on these
sentences...

CHRIST is in me.
He IS in me.
He is IN me.
He is in ME.

I am in Christ.
I AM in Christ.
I am IN Christ.
I am in CHRIST.

These are TRUTHS from the WORD.  They beg questions such as...  Is He always in me and I in Him, even when I don't feel like it? YES!  He has promised to abide with us and He is in us.  This is a promise and a fact. If you are doubting this truth,
just read any of Paul's epistles - I've been amazed how Ephesians is just
saturated with us IN Christ.

May you have comfort and hope in the fact that Immanuel, God, is WITH
YOU!  May God give it to you and I to lay hold of the blessed truth that He
is in us and we are in Him.  Merry Christmas!"

There is no safer place in all the world than to be in Christ.  There is no more wonderful truth than to know that Christ is in us working to will and to work for His good pleasure.

I pray that you will join us this Christmas Eve for one of our two services.  Avery's Christmas vocal group will help lead us at 5 p.m. and our 11 p.m. service will be a wonderful celebration with communion!

Patty and I want you to know how much you are loved and appreciated.  If you will click on this link we have a special Christmas greeting just for you.

http://view.greetings.yahoo.com/greet/view?2667XH5CNPHD7

Because He keeps on giving,
Glen and Patty.

P.S.  Here is a Christmas greeting that someone sent me.  It is from our President.

        Christmas Message from President George W. Bush

As families across the nation gather to celebrate Christmas, Laura and I want to extend our best wishes for the holidays. We hope that this Christmas will be a time of happiness in your home, and a time of peace in the world.

In this season, we celebrate with our families and deeply miss love ones who are no longer with us. Thousands of families in our nation are still grieving over the terrible
losses that came to them last year on September the 11th. We have not forgotten their loss and we continue to pray for their comfort.

The Christmas season brings a deeper concern for fellow citizens in need. Our country is prosperous, yet we must also remember there are pockets of despair in America. Some men and women are facing the struggles of illness and old age with no one to help them or pray with them. Other Americans fight against terrible
addictions. Some young men have no family but a gang. Some teenage moms are abandoned and alone. And some children wonder if anybody loves them.

We all share a responsibility to help, both through our government and through individual acts of compassion. In this season of giving, I hope all Americans will look for opportunities to donate and volunteer where the need is greatest. By reaching out to a neighbor in need, we make our country a more just and generous place.

Our entire nation is also thinking at this time of year of the men and women in the military, many of whom will spend Christmas at posts and bases far from home.
They stand between Americans and grave danger. They serve in the cause of peace and freedom. They wear the uniform proudly, and we are so proud of them.

I have met with these idealistic young men and women across America and around the world. I know the sacrifices they make. And in every place they serve, they can
know that they have the love of their families and the gratitude of their nation.

At this time of year, we appreciate all the blessings that fill our lives, especially the great blessing that came on a holy night in Bethlehem. The Christmas story
speaks to every generation. It is the story of a quiet birth in a little town on the margins of an indifferent empire. Yet that single event set the direction of history and
still changes millions of lives.

For over two millennia, Christmas has carried the message that God is with us, and because he is with us we can always live in hope. The world we live in is very
different from the world of ancient Bethlehem. Our need for that hope is still unchanged. In all the challenges and dangers of our day, we still seek the promise of peace on Earth.

Merry Christmas,
President Bush