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>  Heartlight Daily Devotional  Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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>When King Herod had called together all the people's chief priests 
>and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be 
>born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the 
>prophet has written: 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are 
>by no means the least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will 
>come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
>--Matthew 2:4-6
>New International Version
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>THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
>"The first will be last and the last will be first." That's one of 
>Jesus' favorite sayings. Isn't it interesting that God said it long 
>before he was born. Isn't it interesting that those who knew the 
>Scriptures, but didn't know Jesus, said it too! Isn't it interesting 
>that Herod and Jesus lived it thirty years before Jesus would teach 
>it? Isn't it interesting that Jesus gave us the Lord's Supper to 
>remember that while Jesus died and shed his blood, on the first day 
>of the week, Sunday, he rose. When it matters most, Jesus and his 
>people will finish first!
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>MY PRAYER...
>You, O Lord, are marvelous. You are God Almighty, the holy and 
>majestic Creator. Yet you became the least so I can share in your 
>glory. Please help me, O God, never to look down on someone else 
>because they look like the least. I know, Father, that as I serve 
>and love them, I'm serving and loving you. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.
         ~ Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV)