The Lord's Day (December 10, 2023) at Rainsville First Baptist Church

What is your best Christmas memory?  I'm sure it involved a gift of some kind.  Was it a new car?  The vacation of a lifetime?  Money? A house?  Did you get engaged?  Married? Have a parent, spouse, or child returned from the military?  Have a baby?

I think I know for sure.  Your best Christmas gift did not involve a candy cane or a sack of coal.  

The gifts of Christmas, in whatever form they come, are what makes Christmas so remarkable and memorable.

While the experience in Matthew 2: 1-11 is not at the actual birth of Christ, it is always connected with the Christmas story.  Wise men come to visit bringing gifts.

But it was Paul who gave voice to what we all believe when he said in II Corinthians 9: 15 "Thanks be to God for the indescribable gift!!"

There is a gift beyond words.  There is a gift so grand we can't describe it.

Tomorrow we will gather at 10:15 for worship to sing, pray, hear the Word of the Lord, and then give our gift during our annual "March to the Manger."  Our Christmas gift to Jesus is a gift to missions.  Can't wait.