If a Christian is Christlike,then one is :

Caring  Happy Respectable Industrious Sincere Tolerant Inspiring Amiable Neighborly.

?A virgin will have a baby boy, and he will be called Immanuel,wich means ?God is with us.? Matt.1:23, CEV 

Have you ever stopped to wonder , What does Christmas really mean?

What do we truly see when we view the manger scene? 

A mother, a baby, the sheep and oxen mild?

The shepherds, angels, Wise Men, the lovely Christ child?

The sweet baby Jesus, with such an innocent face,

The beautiful epitome of God?s loving grace. 

The humble shepherds who watched for the sign,

And with God?s help knew it was just the right time.

Thousands of majestic angels who came from above,

Bringing true meaning to Christmas, God?s matchless love. 

Strains of the melodious , angelic voices,

As the whole world in awe and wonder rejoices.

The Wise Men traveling, came from afar,

Intently following God?s celestial star. 

God in His wisdom had set her apart,

As Mary pondered it all in her heart.

God?s ultimate Gift to us had come,

The sweet baby Jesus, God?s only Son.

Source : Lillian Musgrave

Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning  to hire  laborers into his vineyard.

Mat 20:2  And  when he had agreed  with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Mat 20:3  And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

?Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion.? Amos 5:8

It was early in the morning when I woke ? just half past three.

     My heart was o?erwhelmed with burdens that were troubling me.

I wasn?t ready yet to face appointments I must keep,

     And so in darkness I prayed for one more hour of sleep. 

    ?A true friend sticks closer than one?s nearest kin.?Prov.18:24, NRSV 

    Friends ? How we all need friends! Some of us have few friends, while others have quite a few. Some are ?casual? friends, while others are ?heart? friends.

God and the geese  

There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays. His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.

One snowy Eve, his wife was taking their children to service in the farm community in which they lived. They were to talk about Jesus' birth. She asked him to come, but he refused.

"That story is nonsense!" he said. "Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!"

So she and the children left, and he stayed home.  

   A Nighttime Prayer ?

                  Interrupted by God

My Dear Father in Heaven ?

*YES? 

Don?t interrupt me.I?m praying

*But you called Me. 

Called You?I didn?t call You.I?m praying?

My Dear Father in Heaven ?

*There,you did it again. 

        Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. 

He called his parents from San Francisco. 

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me." 

When you are sad, phone John 14;

When people hurt you, phone Psalm 27;

If you want to be helpful, phone John 15;

When you are nervous, phone Psalm 51;

When you are worried, phone Matheus 6:19-34;

When you are in danger, phone Psalm 91;

10 THINGS GOD WON'T ASK

1...God won't ask what kind of car you drove, He'll ask how Many people you drove who didn't have transportation.

2...God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask How many people you welcomed into your home.

Three trees

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest.  I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems.  I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty."

Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship.  I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull." Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest.  People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching.  I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me."

After living what I felt was a decent" life, my time on earth came to the end. The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a court house.

The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table. As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor." He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him.

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;

Forgive them anyway. 

If you are kind, people may accuse you of being selfish, and having ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway. 

A Psalm  of David.   

1.The LORD  is my shepherd; I shall not  want. 

2.He maketh me to lie down  in green  pastures:  he leadeth  me beside the still  waters. 

My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable!

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?  He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.  

A Song of degrees.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

The gift of God

What is the gift of God?
"The Gift of God is eternal life" (Romans 6:23)

What is eternal Life?
It is the exact opposite of death.  "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life" (Romans 6:23). Eternal life is continued existence with no death. One writer describes it like this: " If a little bird should fly from heaven to earth and pick up one grain of sand and take it back to heaven, and repeat it once every million years (one grain of sand every million years), by the time it had taken every grain of sand from this earth to heaven, it would be put a moment in eternity."
Eternal life is also a different quality of life that we experience now.  The apostle Paul wrote that now we live in weakness, but then we will live in power; now we are perishable, but then we will be imperishable (1 Corinthians 15:35-44,RSV).

Why suffering and death?

Why is there so much suffering in the world? Why is there death? Who is the cause of trouble and sorrow? Is it God? Does God make people sick? Did God plan death? How can God be a God of love and allow suffering and decay? Is there any hope of release? Will it always go on like this?

What kind of world did God make?
"God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good.  And the evening and the morning where the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31).  Very good means that it was a world without sin, suffering, and death when it came from the hand of God.

Prayer

" Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as a friend." " Prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence."

To whom are we to pray?
"O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come" (Psalm 65:2)

How willing is God to hear our prayers?
"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (Matthew 7:11).

What happens after death?

Are the dead living in another world? Can the dead see, hear, and know what is going on in this world? When a good man dies, does his soul go immediately to heaven?  When a bad man dies, does his soul  go immediately to hell? Do the dead go first to a stopping-off place called purgatory?  When a amn dies, does he go off to a spirit world where he his able to send mesages to his loved ones? Or could it be that when a man dies, he peacefully sleeps until the resurrection day? Let us see what God, the Author of live, has to say on this subject.