--Lynn's post:

--You Asked "Where are we in History Now?

--The Vine and Branches
-Pastor David Barnhart / AWM/Winter 2013

[Excerpt from "Christmas"/ 'Editorially Speaking' column]

--Although circumstances today may differ from those in years gone by, the same peace that came streaming into the hearts of God's people on Christmas morning is still at work today. The same peace that passes all understanding, and 'a whole lot of misunderstanding' is still being offered by the incarnate Son of God--"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you...Let not your heart be trouble, nor let it be fearful" (John 14:27).

The Savior of the world not only offers peace, He offers LIFE to all who will receive Him. As the Bible declares, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become the children of God, even those who believe in His name (John 1:12).

As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (penned: "I heard the bells on Christmas Day"), came to to understand the true meaning of the Christmas bells, he triumphantly penned the last verse of that magnificent carol:

'Then pealed the bells more loud and deep,
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.'

As we bid goodbye to 2013 and anticipate the coming new year, 2014, God offers us the sure and certain hope that He is still in control! Nothing will take Him by surprise, nor will anything triumph over His plans for those He has redeemed.

Though evil may rear its ugly head and hold sway for a time, we remain confident that under the mighty hand of God, "The wrong shall fail, the right prevail with peace on earth, good will to men."

--Soli Deo Gloria~~~
-[Jesus is still on His throne and still in control. Either we trust Him or we don't. I DO!]
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