Our Salvation

Today you shall know the Lord is coming and in the morning you will see his glory. So reads the Invitatory Verse which begins the Church's Prayer for today. This promise has been kept but it is up to us to renew it in our own lives and experience. This morning, gathered with over 200 men, many of whom brought their sons, of all ages, neatly dressed in shirts, ties, and even suitjackets, to the 27th annual Merrimack Valley Christian Men's Christmas Breakfast, I did experience not only the hope that Christmas engenders, but also that faith that will keep it alive until the Second Coming of Jesus. The room was filled with believiers whose hefty voices raised the ceiling in song, whose hearts prayed with deep conviction, and whose laughter and good fellowship exhibited the joy that is essential to Christmas. The Lord's coming will be celebrated tonight and tomorrow; with the angels and shepherds we will see his glory. It will prompt us to take the faith in our hearts and bring it to family, to the streets of our communities and to the workplace in the weeks ahead. Yes, Christmas is about more than decorations and gifts, it is about our salvation, and for that we hoot and holler, and "tell it on the mountain": Jesus Christ is born!
Bro. Rene