REASON FOR THE SEASON 

The season of giving and receiving, whether in gifts or deeds, is fast approaching. 

Let us remember to thank God for allowing us to be the one and have the resources to give. 

We are so quick to want and take credit and praise for every good thing that we do. 

Do we express this type of charitable love so infrequently that it should puff us up with pride so easily. Would it not be better that we extend to others in word and deed, in all seasons, that it might become second nature and just part of who we are. 

We live in a selfie, me,me world where everyone is waiting to live the next tweet, status, or instagramable moment. But we remain unmoved by the lost, the hurting, and the hungry. 

Starting now regularly extend a hand and word of hope to others. Sing God’s praises in your own heart and not your own praise before people or social media. 

Remember the reason for the season is Christ Jesus. Give Him all the praise, honor, and glory. 

GOD LOVES YOU !!! ♥️ 

SCRIPTURES 
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Colossians 3:17 AKJV

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.
James 4:2 AKJV

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 1:27 AKJV

1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 
2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 
4. that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:1-4 AKJV