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God Is with Us!
Recapture the wonder and joy of Jesus' birth.
The greatest news ever received is contained in one of the best-known verses of the Bible: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
We do not know the exact day or the exact year when Christ came into the world. Perhaps it doesn’t matter. What matters is that every year we try to recapture the love and wonder and hope and joy that were born in human hearts when God Himself came into the world to share the mystery and miracle of life with human beings—and to offer them a place in His own eternal kingdom. “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
Throughout all the preceding centuries, as the Bible relates, God had tried every other way to get through to man. He sent angels; He spoke through prophets; He made great promises to men like Abraham and Isaac; He revealed Himself to Moses. Yet it was almost as if the concept of God revealed in all these ways was too overwhelming for the average man to understand. So God said to Himself: “I’ll send them something so simple, so natural, so lovable that even the densest, the least attentive, the most indifferent will be able to understand. This time I’ll send them a baby.” And in the form of a baby God laid Himself on the doorstep of the world. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel which means ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:23).
And the heart of the world responded to a baby’s low cry. So that baby, who was also King and Savior of the world, was born in a stable in a little town called Bethlehem—and the world has never been the same since.
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also Zelma I use t have panic attacks too. The reason your stressing your self. Stop please let go and let god you can say you have but the proof is in the pudding,. once I stop focusing on my problems I don't have them hardly at all good luck Zelma.
I've been having panic attacks for a long time. This is not something new. Please, God, and believers in God, help me end the attacks. I just can't stand them. I'm so afraid all the time. I don't believe that a Christian should have panic attacks yet I am a born again Christian and panic attacks are an on-going problem. I just don't understand. Please, someone help me. I desperately need help. Even my doctor has given up on me. I really need help. I love Jesus. I know He died for me and rose again from the grave to pay the price for my sins. I don't deserve his love and sacrifice. I'm terrified that I will continue to have panic attacks, won't be able to breathe, have my heart pound,will continue to ruin everything for my husband. Actually, we aren't married but have been together 28 years, don't sleep in the same bed, have no intimacy, and don't act like we're married but I feel so guilty because we aren't married. I want to get married but he doesn't. We are an old couple; he's 73 and I'm 72. We've sought couseling for the marriage problem but have been told that since we live like roommates, not husband and wife, we are in right standing with God but I don't think so, even though at least 3 pastors have told us this and a lot of Christians. We really can't afford to live apart. We don't make enough money individually, barely enough together. I' m just so scared. What should I do?
Dear Sister in the Lord,
I think you need counseling for your panic attacks, not the "marriage" problem. I don't think you have a spiritual problem. As your Christian community tells you, you are living like roommates, or like brother and sister.
Maybe personal counseling will help you. Maybe you need a new doctor, as well, if the current one can't help you. You may need to go to a psychiatrist (a doctor and counselor in one) - it will be worth the investment! (When you get stablilized on medication, you'll only have to go to the shrink every few months.) Your quality of life is zilch right now. There are good medications for panic attacks. It sounds like your being scared all the time is a biochemical problem. I speak from personal experience.
My husband and I both take medication for depression. I'm fine when I take it. If I start to feel anxiety for no particular reason, I usually discover that I have forgotten to take my medicine!
Also, please look into vitamins. Various B vitamin deficiencies can create mental problems. Find a B-Complex multivitamin, and extra B-12. It has helped my husband sleep - he had horrible insomnia and other weird symptoms.
Also, to be blunt, I doubt if your roommate would want to get married when you are so fragile. If you get help for yourself, and get a new lease on life, you will stop seeming so needy. Who knows what good things will come into your life at that point? You will be able to believe the promises of God!
In my opnion you aren't doing anything wrong but if you wanna get married stress the importance to him. God is a awesome God.He loves you no matter what. If he loves you things will change. I wish you the best cause I feel the same way I wanna be married too. I am 34 a mother of four. I feel so alone sometimes. My prayers are with you love ya.
What a refreshing peace.
This stories ready touch my heart,and I know God love me and I know he gave his only son to us so we can have every last life and I put everything that I have in God hand that if it his will he will send someone to help my family and I with our financial problem,we are very poor don't have a dollars to my name and need money to pay my bills and to have food and to live to see another day.I wish someone would come to us in faith to help my family and I in jesus name we pray,Amen.
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