Dressing to Be Royalty

During this Advent season, Lorne is using “One Baby for the World” as a devotional guide.  It is written by an international worker to Mongolia.  Today’s reading caused some deeper thinking.

When trying to help Mongolian orphans understand Christmas and its importance to them personally, one year they presented each child with royal robes.  The children had to dress in special clothes because Jesus was offering each one of them to become royalty.

The baby in the Christmas story is the King of the world, the Creator of all creation, and He came down for us.  He came to endow us with the position and title of royalty.  Through Jesus we become sons and daughters of the King of Kings.  We are all invited to be royal sons and daughters.

The clothes helped that truth in the story come alive for the orphans that year.

What Scriptural truth will help you and me to feel connected to the story this year?
What concept will help the Taiwanese people around me become connected to the love expressed in the story?

Please pray that God will break through and help people to connect with Him in a deeper way this Christmas season.

Praise and Prayer

• Sharing our own stories of receiving Christ’s help to transition from lost to found, and from darkness to light is important.  We are also inviting people to attend the Christmas Eve service.  The theme this year is: Receiving True Peace.  Please pray that at least some of the people invited will attend.
• Praise the Lord that Kathy-Lu’s health is improved.  It is wonderful that she can stop isolating from everyone.
• Please pray for Lorne as he prepares to tell the Christmas story and lead interactive learning activities at seven classes at an English Cram School (English tutorial school). Different classes need materials appropriate to their age level.  Please ask that the students will have receptive hearts and will remember the truths they hear.