This lesson was taught to the ladies in our Mission at Prayer meeting 12/14 and the devotions in the Culinary Arts Training School 12/15. I hope it blesses you, too.
In the book of Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, we see that God's people are enslaved in Egypt and endure a period of 400 years in bondage. 400 years without hearing from God. In bondage. Then God sends a deliverer--Moses. God uses Moses to deliver His people from bondage and usher in a period of freedom.
In the book of Matthew, the first book of the New Testament, we see that God's people are again in bondage. This time at the hands of the Romans, living in an occupied Israel. For 400 years between Malachi and the beginning of Matthew, there has not been a prophet. 400 years without hearing from God. In bondage. Then God sends a deliverer--Jesus, the Son of God. Only this time, the deliverer offers freedom from other kinds of bondage. The bondage of trying to keep the law, the bondage of sin, the bondage of addictions and behaviors, the bondage of putting a ten cent value on our own worth.
At Christmas, why not let the deliverer, the Savior, Jesus Christ, help you break the bondage in your own life.
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