Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! What makes Christmas Merry? Yielding To God…Miraculously Merrily So. To fully experience the essence of “The Gift Of Christmas”, the gifting that never corrupts or fades, never grows old or tossed away, but becomes more every single day as you become lesser so, there is a YIELD that has taken place. The Father God began this contagious “Christmas Spirit” by yielding His Son to us. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/attractive-anointing/
“O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth.” Isaiah 25:1 AMPC
Family Prayer~Family Hope
🙏I pray that we Family Love of God, will realize to the greatest of our ability to know, that sacrificial joy of giving ourselves to God, to be used by Him… from the youngest to the oldest of all of our families, may we experience this kind of JOY… Jesus 1st Others 2nd and then You blessed by God as we know, without a doubt, we can’t outgive our God!🙏 Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/365-days-of-christmas/
What a HUGE privilege it is to know God personally, to love and be loved by Him, this Jesus, Who Came to us that first Christmas. He has gifted us with more than we could hope for, abundantly gifted us time, talents, and treasures! The Joy of the Lord is amazingly realized, that exceeding great joy, that ecstatic joy, that we saw in the Magi and Shepherds, as Jesus was first to show us, model this sacrificial servant leadership and first to teach it…that sacrifice of giving, loving, caring, brings great Joy. We, His Servant Leaders, experience this daily as we gift the time, talents, and treasures…God gives us… they were meant to be shared… And then there was exceeding great JOY! It was exactly the result we pray for…God’s Joy…but it takes giving back what hasYES been given to us, time, talents, treasures…this is JOY. Jesus, Others, You!
“The light of God’s love shined within us when he sent his matchless Son into the world so that we might live through him. This is love: He loved us long before we loved him. It was his love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins.” 1 John 4:9-10 TPT
Never Get Over It
Jesus Came To Us And We Should Never “get over” this powerful, life changing truth. This Grand Gesture of the love of God should be fully embraced, and this lavished, abundant love of God should be openly received and fully regifted. This is the “Christmas Spirit’ of everyday receiving and everyday pouring out. This happens supernaturally when you yield your life wholly-holy to Gods way, truth and life. The descriptive “being found in Jesus” this daily yielding to His Christmas Spirit, is called “Lordship”! And when we Y.I.E.L.D to God, each morning of our lives until sleep overtakes us in our evening, we are wholly-holy aligned to and with the Holy Spirit of God.
YES-Yielding
As we “yield” our lives to the Will of God, there is more of Him, and less of us. When our YES is on the table with God we live humbly, selflessly and powerfully in the “gifting spirit of Christmas”! In the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through the story of His miraculous birth we are taught, learn and experience the Christmas Joy of all the “Y.E.S Yielding” that took place.
Jesus ~ A Grand Gesture Of The Love Of Father God
“For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
The first Yield-Yes of the Christmas Story was from our Savior, Jesus Christ, Who said Yes to the Reconciliation Plan of The Father God Who had always been mindful of us. Jesus yielded, and counting the cost of “Incarnation” He Dared To Care! Jesus, Our Redeemer Came Here To Us. This Christmas Child, a heavenly gift of the Father God, humbly and powerfully was born here, on earth, as His “Y.E.S. Yield ushered in the greatest transformation that would ever be known to mankind… just as the Prophets of old foretold.
Jesus Came To Us that first Christmas morning, yet, we have never been without our God throughout the history of mankind. Before God created us, He was mindful of us, and this very same God, our Triune God, the Light of Heaven is with us now. Our Father God promised to never forsake us, never leave us and He has kept His Promise from generation to generation. He had a plan to redeem us, He was always mindful of us. We are loved well!
Reality Of Truth Psalm 115:12 The LORD, who is [always] thinking about us, will bless us. He will bless the descendants of Israel. He will bless the descendants of Aaron. GWT
Mary, The Mother Of God’s Y.E.S Yielding
“Now in the sixth month [after that], the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, To a girl never having been married and a virgin engaged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, Hail, O favored one [endued with grace]! The Lord is with you! Blessed (favored of God) are you before all other women! But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean. And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace (free, spontaneous, absolute favor and loving-kindness) with God. And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus. He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David, And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end. [Isa. 9:6, 7; Dan. 2:44.]
Saying Y.E.S. this young teenage girl “betrothed” to Joseph is now pregnant And the child within her does not belong to Joseph, this reality of truth, played out in her culture should have had the consequence of being stoned to death. She yielded her life as she knew it, wholly-holy all in with The Father God’s plan, no matter what it cost her. Mary positioned herself underneath The Rulership of God.
“Then Mary responded, saying, “Yes! I will be a mother for the Lord! As his servant, I accept whatever he has for me. May everything you have told me come to pass.” And the angel left her.” Luke 1:38 TPT
Yield = Finish Well ~ Merrily So
The Father God, The Proof, Jesus The Proven, The Holy Spirit, The Prover. We position our lives underneath The Rulership of God’s Love, yielding to God our lives and simply-significantly being found “All In” with Him. This is our Christmas gift to Jesus, it is the placing of our identity, wholly-holy in Him and becoming His Servant Warrior, fighting the good fight of faith on this side of heaven and finishing so well, that we leave a living legacy behind that points the way to God and His Kingdom. Listen Up To This 1 Minute Encouragement Video for more wisdom on Lordship, being “All In” with Jesus.
Joseph Yielded His Fear And Disappointment
Joseph Yielded His Disappointment And Fear And Said Y.E.S. Joseph loved Mary, but in his human fear, in his disappointment, a misunderstanding almost took place. God intervened and Joseph, like Esther of old, realized it wasn’t about him, it was about yielding his life, his plans, his way, to God for a time such as this.
“Her fiancé, Joseph, was a righteous man full of integrity and he didn’t want to disgrace her, but when he learned of her pregnancy he secretly planned to break the engagement. While he was still debating with himself about what to do, he fell asleep and had a supernatural dream. An angel from the Lord appeared to him and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t hesitate to take Mary into your home as your wife, because the power of the Holy Spirit has conceived a child in her womb. She will give birth to a son and you are to name him ‘Savior,’ for he is destined to give his life to save his people from their sins.” This happened to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through his prophet: Listen! A virgin will be pregnant, she will give birth to a Son, and he will be known as “Emmanuel,” which means in Hebrew, “God became one of us.” When Joseph woke from his dream, he did all that the angel of the Lord instructed him to do. He took Mary to be his wife, but they refrained from having sex until she gave birth to her firstborn son, whom they named “Jesus.” Matthew 1:19-25 TPT
I do believe that all of us know that crushing disappointment that comes when something suddenly crashes into our life-plan and pretty much destroys it. The emotions that are provoked by the death of our dreams can lead us to anxiety, fear, doubt, and hopelessness. We turn away from God when chaos steals our peace as we look more to the looming disaster of unwanted life changes. It is easy to drift away from God. But God, He never leaves us nor forsakes us. His Holy Spirit keeps reaching for us until the truth of God’s Sovereignty over us, the truth of His trustworthiness, the truth of His goodness shatters the darkness of the enemies deceit with the powerful light of truth. The truth of God can never be extinguished and we thank God for that. We have been redeemed, delivered and restored back to our Father God, Miraculously, Merrily So, this is our focus, Jesus is our way, truth and life and in Him, we can endure all things and wait in faith and radiant hope as He works out our lives according to His perfect and purposeful plan. That’s Our King! This King Joseph yielded his life plans to, this King that Joseph said YES to. Dig Deeper For Courage To Yield All The Plans Of Your Life To God: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/holiday-tears/
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace. Micah 5:2-5 ESV
The Three Magi – Yielded – Merrily So
These three Magi from afar, said Y.E.S. and yielded all they knew of their life and their current occupations, to “follow the star”. The Magi, started well and then in the middle of their journey, they lost their way, yet they kept going and then they saw the star again… and despite all the hardship of their journey, they found the Christmas King. They yielded to God’s guidance and had a Magi Moment of ecstatic Joy. This could be us too. Let’s not give up when it seems like we lost our way. Let’s not quit on the God Adventure He set our life in motion to. I Pray We Trust God To The Uttermost. I pray we “Believe” that He is an amazing finisher. Reality Of Truth: God Finishes Well! I Hope we know, realize the Joy of finishing well with God! Have your Magi Moment: Dig Deeper https://thebridegroomscafe.com/magi-moments/
“Let all the nations burst forth with praise; let everyone everywhere love and enjoy you! Then how glad the nations will be when you are their King. They will sing, they will shout, for you give true justice to the people. Yes! You, Lord, are the shepherd of the nations! Pause in his presence No wonder the peoples praise you! Let all the people praise you more! The harvest of the earth is here! God, the very God we worship, keeps us satisfied at his banquet of blessings. And the blessings keep coming! All the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves and be in awe of him!” Psalms 67:3-7 TPT
Miraculously Merrily So... “By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:22-25 NKJV
God loved us to the uttermost, through a devotion that remained unshakable throughout the history of humanity. Regifting His merciful gesture of huge love, every single day. His love is here, now, and you can receive it just by asking for it. It is simply-significantly here and now present with us. Nothing can separate us from the love of God…. Absolutely nothing. Miraculously Merrily So! The Christmas Story is full of our ancestors putting their Y.E.S. On the table with God and yielding to God. Stop. Pray. Do It Again. YES-Yield Miraculously Merrily So. Merry Christmas!