Merry Christmas Today we're featuring today's daily devotion from Pastor Greg Laurie for Saturday December We hope you have a blessed Christmas Day with friends and family --- I heard about a couple that was going out of town for the Christmas weekend They packed their luggage dropped off the dog at a friend's house and then loaded up their SUV They pulled out of the driveway and were driving down the street when the woman suddenly turned to her husband and said We forgot the baby They had to go back and collect their child whom they had left [... more]

Christmas presents might look nice under the tree but it would be silly to leave them there Presents are meant to be opened and used And the same is true of the spiritual gifts God has given us [... more]

ldquo No ear may hear His coming but in this world of sin where meek souls will receive Him still the dear Christ enters in rdquo Those words from Phillips Brooks rsquo much-loved hymn ldquo O Little Town of Bethlehem rdquo point to the very heart of Christmas Jesus came into our broken world to rescue us from our sin and give all who would put their faith in Him a new and vital relationship with God In a letter to a friend decades after he wrote the hymn Brooks poignantly described the outcome of this relationship in his own [... more]