Transition Week.
Back to School. Back to Work
Back to __________.
CHRISTMAS decorations are coming down or are falling down.
CHRISTMAS is being unmasked.
But today is
THE EPIPHANY~
"the manifestation of CHRIST to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi" (Lexicon)
THE EPIPHANY~
"We Three Kings"
coming to see the CHRIST CHILD~
"And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem.
It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the CHILD was.
When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!
They entered the house and saw the CHILD with his mother,
Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped HIM.
Then they opened their treasure chests and gave HIM gifts
of gold, frankincense, and myrrh" (Matthew 2:9-11).
EPIPHANY~
Life-changing Experience.
Revelation.
Manifestation.
EPIPHANY~
Awakening.
Peace that transcends all understanding.
EPIPHANY~
An encounter with the SAVIOR of the World.
Swaddled as a BABY.
EPIPHANY~
"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people"
(Luke 2:10)
EPIPHANY~
More than a resolution.
More than a brief visit.
More than bringing just a baby gift
because
THE BABY is the GIFT!
THE BABY is the EPIPHANY~
in the midst of a dark night,
in the midst of a dark day,
in the midst of a dark circumstance
in the midst of dark~
"May the GOD of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing
[through the experience of your faith]
that by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT
you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in HIS PROMISES"
(Romans 15:13), .
An EPIPHANY~
"a moment in which you suddenly see
or understand something in a new or very clear way" (webster)
An EPIPHANY~
The SUPERNATURAL that happens in the natural
that CHANGES you FOREVER.
To have AN EPIPHANY~
"And, I pray, that the eyes of your heart~
the very center and core of your being~
may be enlightened, flooded with light by the HOLY SPIRIT,
so that you will know
and cherish the hope~
the divine guarantee, the confident expectation,
to which HE has called you,
the riches of HIS glorious inheritance in the saints (GOD's people)" (Ephesians 1:18) .
An EPIPHANY~
Experiencing
JESUS in this SECOND.
Inhale JESUS.
Let JESUS fill every nook and cranny of your
mind,
body,
and soul.
Let HIM fill the BROKEN spaces and places of your HEART
that crave
an EPIPHANY,
because HE WILL~
"YOU did it:
YOU changed wild lament into whirling dance;YOU ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers.I’m about to burst with song; I can’t keep quiet about YOU.GOD, my GOD, I can’t thank you enough"
(Psalm 30:11).
Because
JESUS IS your EPIPHANY
in
every SECOND.
Oh to experience
the twinkling STAR
that changes every
HEART
who
EXPERIENCES THE EVERLASTING LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.
The ONE who lit up the sky
that one starry night
and became
THE EPIPHANY~
MORE THAN just an ordinary day in January.
May you have an
EPIPHANY~
A Turning Point.
An Eureka Moment,
An Awakening.
like the
THREE KINGS EXPERIENCED,
because they
had one mission
to
SEE THE BABY JESUS,
but they got MORE THAN
they could ever have asked
as they
EXPERIENCED THE MIRACLE
right before their very eyes.
AN EPIPHANY~
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
who BIRTHS LIGHT
into the dark
because
JESUS IS THE MIRACLE IN your every SECOND
that craves a MIRACLE~
"What's your impossible? Your 'I need a miracle'?What's got you barely hanging by a single thread?What looks so hopeless now? What weighs down your heart with doubt?You beg for a breakthrough but no sign of breakthrough yet..."*
Make this
your
EPIPHANY SECOND~
"Don't stop praying.
Don't stop calling on JESUS' name.
Keep on pounding on Heaven's door.
And let your knees wear out the floor.
Don't stop believing',
Cause mountains move with just a little faith.
And your FATHER'S heard every single word you're saying
So,
DON'T STOP PRAYING*
(listen to the song below)
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