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January '03
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February '03
Week 6
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March '03
Week 10
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April '03
Week 14
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May '03
Week 18
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Week 20
Week 21
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June '03
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26

July '03
Week 27
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Week 29
Week 30
Week 31

August '03
Week 32
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September '03
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
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October '03
Week 40
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November '03
Week 45
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December '03
Week 49
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Key Passage: Matthew 1: 18 - 23

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."
So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

Man enjoyed God’s presence from the beginning. At the cool of the day God came to the garden to commune with man (Gen 3:8). However, when sin came, God’s relationship with man turned sour, and the man who was God’s delight became condemned, rejected and cast out of the Garden of Eden. The exit of the first man and his wife from the first Paradise was an anti climax in the beautiful story of creation. Man became separated from his Maker and God, and Satan took advantage of that separation to frustrate man’s destiny and turn his life into misery, shame and woe.

Jesus came into this world to restore God’s relationship with man. He was born by a virgin in a manger in a little town called Bethlehem, yet He was God present with His people. He came as the Light of the world, but the world did not know Him. He is the Kings of kings and the Lord of lords, yet it took wise men to recognize and worship Him. God anointed Him as the Savior and Deliverer of mankind, and He went around doing good, healing the sick, setting the captives free and turning men to righteousness.

Little wonder angels sang to herald His birth: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" (Luke 2:14). Jesus is man’s dream realized; man’s hope rekindled and man’s place before God restored. He touched every life He met and gave it a meaning. May that same Jesus manifest Himself to you this Christmas. May His presence bring the reality of God’s love, care, protection and provision for you. May you experience Him in your life, saying, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age”. Amen – Matt 28:20. Have a Merry Christmas.

 

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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