Lord, there is enchantment in the air tonight casting a mysterious spell of expectancy on all creation fulfilling the promise of the birth of God on earth as a human child. And as I watch with trembling hope the wondrous pageant pass by of poor shepherds and powerful kings the radiant serenity of the night is suddenly broken by a storm of power-drunk winds spewing bullets of hatred, hurling stones of violence on men and women on frightened children all fleeing from the grips of oppressive structures, from bondage of sorrow and broken lives, from explosive knowledge which has not yet solved the problems of hunger and poverty, from crumbling values which confuse the mind, from death itself... searching for the manger where God’s love and goodness for all humanity blossoms in the heart of a babe and lets us know anew this Christmas morn all people as our brother, as our sister. Amen.
— Savithri Devanesen, India
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"That is my prayer for you this Christmas—that you would experience the fullness of Christ; that you would know in your heart the outpouring of grace upon grace; that the glory of the only Son from the Father would shine into your heart to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ; that you would be amazed that Christ can be so real to you.”
— John Piper
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