Holidays with Jesus: Thanksgiving to Christmas: Book 1 by Stacy Duplease of Stories by Stacy

Holidays Blog Post #1

20 November 2009 Friday

Book: Thanksgiving to Christmas:
A Bible study Journey with Jesus
Book 1 of the Holidays with Jesus Series

Over the next year, I'm going to do a blog about Jesus. Here's the start of the first chapter.

Day 1:
Two Days before Thanksgiving
Introduction to the Series, Holidays with Jesus


Holidays
I don’t know about you, but sometimes (more often than not) the hustle and bustle of the holidays gets to me. I can’t help but wonder why we’ve made the holiday seasons so chaotic and why we thought it was important to take away the real meaning of them. What purpose has this served? I want to get rid of the stress and get back to the basics and the real meaning of the holidays. How about you?

The holidays are supposed to be a magical time of rest and relaxation where you’re able to receive refreshment and renewal to help you get by until your next vacation.

Every Day
It’s also a concern to me that I worship Jesus every day, not just the holidays. However, the holiday seasons can give us different emphasis to focus on Jesus when our faith might seem a little stale, or if we want more and want to draw nearer to Jesus.

Is Jesus the Messiah?
I also want to discuss throughout this series how we know Jesus is the Christ, Messiah or Savior. I will show how Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies, which proves He is indeed Jesus Christ the Messiah and Savior. There are approximately 300 prophecies which show how Jesus is the Messiah and are fulfilled in the New Testament. I will discuss all of them throughout this series.

By Stacy Duplease
of Stories by Stacy