Don't miss your Christmas Miracle.

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Before the good news of Jesus' birth, God used to talk to His people through prophets. And just after the book of Malachi (the last book of the Old Testament, just so you know), it is said that God went silent for four hundred years, until the birth of John the Baptist (see The bible Journey ).

Yes, the gap between the Old and the New Testament is 400+ years: 400+ years of people not hearing from God, not even the one prophet they had left at the time (Malachi, who died around 450 BC).
And all of a sudden, miracles started happening, angels  started visiting and singing, the Holy Spirit began pouring out on people, dreams started to be fulfilled and very old prophecies began coming to pass everywhere.

At such a time as then, as no one was expecting to hear from God (and even if anyone did hear from Him, most certainly everybody expected Him to speak through another prophet or the teachers of the law), ordinary people started seeing angels: the virgin Mary, Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), Joseph (the father of Jesus) the shepherds, and then the wise men. More miracles and supernatural things continued to happen, one after another.

A very old couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth, who had aged without a child, conceived a bouncing baby boy (John the Baptist); a virgin got pregnant without knowing a man, mere shepherds saw with their own eyes a host of angels singing in the sky; the wise men got to find the Messiah, Simeon an old man who had been eagerly waiting for the Messiah, finally got to meet and carry Jesus; and many more miracles.

At a time like this, the heavens met the earth, with angels going in and out, not talking or being revealed only to prophets but even to every-day shepherds; joy was spreading all over the earth not only for food and gifts but also for the fact that God was then coming among us like never before.

As we try to re-live this amazing time in history, I believe God wants us to have the faith to believe for miracles. Indeed, this time of the year is known for bringing miracles into people's lives, so you shouldn't miss yours. 

Let's have the faith to believe God for the impossible this festive season, after all miracles are His children's food (Matt. 15:22-29). Let's us raise our faith for a miracle, let's go ahead and write down a few things we are believing God for this miraculous season.

A Merry Christmas to you!!! 
Until next Wednesday.
Please remember to type your Christmas miracle in the comments after it does happen.
Amen.

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