Quotemeal: Dec. 20th, 2008

Saturday, December 20, 2008

"The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity - hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory - because at the Father's will Jesus Christ became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross."
— J. I. Packer

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Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, December 20, 2008

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Spiritual Warfare
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'Obey and Be Pure, Internalizing Scripture'
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Illustration of J. I. Packer — "The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity - hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory - because at the Father's will Jesus Christ became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross."

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