Hello Everybody! This is going to be a quick post. There is a book giveaway over at Katie's blog. The deadline is tomorrow. Sorry about not posting about it earlier, but get over there as quickly as you can. The book that she is giving away is Josh McDowell's, "More Than A Carpenter." I have heard that it is an excellent book and Katie enjoyed the book when she read it, so it must be a good book. So, without further ado, zoom on over to her blog and enter in. You won't be sorry you did. :)
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!! The raffle is complete and the winner is about to be named. I made sure that I put everyone's name in the box, checked it twice, and my great sister Rachel reached her hand in the box to pick the winner. So with that said, the winner of the Christmas giveaway for the Don't Waste Your Life book is..............
Katie! Congratulations Katie. I will e-mail you to ask you for your address, so that I could send the book off to you, and I will post a comment on either one of your blogs. Thanks to everyone who entered into this giveaway.
Now, as I said, I will post a small post on the birth of our Savior. Without the birth of Christ, there would be no cross, no resurrection, no salvation for mankind, no New Testament, no hope. But, with the birth of Christ, the one, who humbly stepped down from heaven to take on the form of human flesh, the cross, as dark as it is, shines as the symbol of hope because of His birth. Thank you Lord Jesus for your birth and thank you for the cross. The reason for Jesus' birth is the cross. He came to willingly give up His life, and would I say humbly give up his life to save wicked, vile sinners. He did not come to die for righteous people. He came to die for sinful humanity. Is that an astounding thought? Jesus Christ, fully God and truly man, stripped Himself of His divinity to become like man in every way, shape, or form; so that He would become sin for us that we might know the righteousness of God through His death. Jesus' birth equals His death. The true meaning of the virgin birth is found in the brutality of the cross. The preview of the Gospel is found in the babe lying in a helpless state in a manger with two parents, which He came to save. So, when you celebrate Christmas this year, remember the cross. The true meaning of Jesus' birth is found solely in the cross for that is the reason why He came. He came to redeem humanity from living a life of sin and He came to redeem humanity from eternal damnation. That is the true meaning of Christmas. The cross = the birth of Christ.
Soli Deo Gloria Forever!!!!!~
This is the final call for the Christmas giveaway. It ends in exactly 8 hours, 11:59 PT. I will announce the winner tomorrow and post a small Christmas celebration post on the birth of our Savior. Praise be to God for the birth of His Son, who redeemed mankind with the giving of his life.
Soli Deo Gloria!!!!!~
I deleted my Christmas giveaway post. I will not go into the technicalities of why I deleted it, but it has been causing a few problems on my blog. The people that posted a comment on that post are still in the Christmas giveaway. Here is a rundown of all the people who have entered:
Michelle
Kaylene
Melinda
Jenna
Lindsay
Baker Smurf
Jennifer
Chloe
Kara
Bethany (2)
Katie (2)
Josh (2)
Angela (2)
Green Gardening Girl (2)
If I forgot anybody, post a comment. God's blessings to all of you.
Soli Deo Gloria!!!!!
Thank you for all the people, who have gone out of their way to explain problem that has evidently effected this blog with the comments on the Christmas giveaway post. If you have not contacted me yet, post a comment on this post and you will be entered in. Hopefully, the comments are enacted on this post. Anyways now, the people, who have contacted me in any way shape or form or somehow posted a comment on that Christmas post, their names are engraved in this raffle. So, if you don't see your name down below, post a comment on this post to enter the raffle.
This is in no specific order:
Bethany (2)
Jenna
Lindsay
Baker Smurf
Jennifer
Bethany, the 2 after your name means that you have entered twice. I trust that you will post a post tomorrow, so you are entered in twice.
If I missed anyone, post a comment. :)
Here are the rules again for the giveaway:
This giveaway is going to be a raffle with each person's name placed in a basket. You can enter your name multiple times. Here is how you can do that:
1) Comment on this post.
2) Post this Christmas giveaway on your blog (if I don't follow your blog, veer me to your blog so I can see the evidence). P.S. I may follow.
3) Comment on three other people's blogs, who don't know about the giveaway and tell them. (Again, I need evidence.)
So, you can enter in your name a max. of three times. The deadline for this giveaway is December 24th at 11:59 P.M. There is still enough time to enter in your name how many times you want. Have fun and may God be glorified.
The deadline again is on December 24, 2009 at 11:59 P.M.
A DVD of the sermon Don't Waste Your Life is also included in the book as well. So, it is a two for one deal.
Soli Deo Gloria!!!!
Hello Everybody! This is going to be a quick post. There is a book giveaway over at Katie's blog. The deadline is tomorrow. Sorry about not posting about it earlier, but get over there as quickly as you can. The book that she is giving away is Josh McDowell's, "More Than A Carpenter." I have heard that it is an excellent book and Katie enjoyed the book when she read it, so it must be a good book. So, without further ado, zoom on over to her blog and enter in. You won't be sorry you did. :)