Simple Simon Says: December 2015

20 December 2015

Merry Christmas 2015

Merry Christmas!

Ephesians 5:2 NIV
Live a life of love, just as Christ loved us

Wishing you all a merry and jolly Christmas! May the star in you shine bright and true. Love your love ones and cherish the people around you, remembering to say to them as often as you can, that they are fondly remembered today and all the year round.

Here's hoping that this greeting finds you and your family well. In whatever you do during this festive holiday season, keep save, enjoy it, be rejuvenated by it and I hope not over-indulge in food and drinks.

Let your faith founded in Christ Jesus lead you to a place of peace, a place of rest, for in Him is the source of all your blessings (Matt 6:30).

Blessings
Margaret + Simon

My Christmas video for this year is "This Is Christmas" by Kutless

17 December 2015

Where are you Christmas?

Getting into the Christmas festive mood as the days progress closer towards Christmas Day, may be tough going for some or many of us. There is so much to do before then and you may begin to wonder where Christmas is.

Hope this music video "Where are you Christmas?" by Faith Hill, help set the mood.

14 December 2015

Christmas? What does it mean?

Well, it's that time of the year again.

It's the Christmas season, where you'll find people in a festive but hurried mood, to get all their Christmas planning and shopping done before Christmas day. For most, it is always a happy and fun time where there is a gathering of family and friends over food and drinks. It can be a joyful or stressful time.

But in all that is happening around us, during this season, what is the meaning of Christmas? Have we forgotten its meaning or do we still remember the message of Christmas?

I thought I google this to see what I may find. The answer may just surprise you.

This video is one of the interesting find, if you ever wonder what Christmas is about in a nutshell. Made by Dan Stevers, it illustrates the miracle of Christmas in a fun and poignant way. Trust you'll enjoy it.

Have a merry and jolly Christmas!

Bible Verses

1 John 4:17-18 (NLT)
¹⁷ And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this world.
¹⁸ Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.

Hebrews 9:12 (NLT)
¹² Once for all time he took blood into that Most Holy Place, but not the blood of goats and calves. He took his own blood, and with it he secured our salvation forever.

Romans 5:17 (NLT)
¹⁷The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5;21 (NLT)
²¹For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Romans 5:1-2 (NLT)
¹Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. ²Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.

1 Corinthians 1:26-27 (NLT)
²⁶Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world's eyes, or powerful, or wealthy when God called you. ²⁷Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)
⁸ "My thoughts are completely different from yours," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
⁹For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Hebrew 8:8-13 (NLT)
¹² And I will forgive their wrongdoings,
and I will never again remember their sins."

Romans 4:7-8 (NLT)
⁷"Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.
⁸Yes, what joy for those whose sin is no longer counted against them by the Lord."

Romans 8:1 (NLT)
¹So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus

John 3:16-17 (NLT)
¹⁶"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it."

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