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>  Heartlight Daily Devotional  Tuesday, January 3, 2006
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>While [Joseph and Mary] were [in Bethlehem], the time came for the 
>baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She 
>wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was 
>no room for them in the inn.
>--Luke 2:6-7
>New International Version
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>THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
>I've always been amazed at how God chose to place his Son into our 
>world. He could have done it any way he wanted. But he chose this 
>way -- to enter the world in difficult times under difficult 
>circumstances as a helpless infant who must be cared for by parents 
>who were vulnerable to so many frailties. Yet in spite of the 
>challenges that lay ahead and the bewildering mystery that 
>confronted them: Joseph and Mary, along with everyone around them, 
>were caught up in the great joy this new child gave.
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>MY PRAYER...
>Give me a heart of faith, O God, so that I might always see your 
>sovereignty and grace being poured out on me in special ways. I am 
>thrilled that you, the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe, 
>chose to enter my world as a child. Thank you for trusting your 
>wonderful salvation to human flesh so we could know that you deemed 
>us worthy of entering our world to make us right for yours. Through 
>Jesus. 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)