Desert Light Church Bulletin for Sunday, January 5th, 2020
The Gift of a Christ-Centered Home, Pt. II
we want our homes to be a place where Jesus lives and
people know He’s there. Joseph and Mary had the first Christ centered
home and we can learn from them by looking at the singleness, engagement, and
marriage of Joseph and Mary. God chose two people in transition from singleness to
married life as the ones who would would cooperate with Him in His plan to invade our planet with His physical presence.
The Monster, The Magi, & The Messiah!
Joseph and Mary were temporarily homeless, made a difficult journey having to go
uphill almost 3,000 feet, sacrificed their reputations (do you think their friends, family, and
neighbors assumed the Holy Spirit put the baby in Mary’s womb? NOT!), ran for their lives,
lived in poverty, and yet what they did was for all of us to have the hope we have.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
“But when the Child was born in Bethlehem, since Joseph could not find a lodging in that village, he took up his quarters in a certain cave near the village; and while they were there, Mary brought forth the Christ and placed Him in a manger, and here the Magi who came from Arabia found Him”
–Justin Martyr, around 155 a.d.