Monday, December 12, 2016
Count for Christmas 12
Count for Christmas #12Birth of Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:18-21 Luke 2:1-7
Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth. He was
soon to be Mary's husband. One night he
had a dream. In it an angel spoke Joseph
take Mary as your wife. The child in her is from
the Holy Spirit. When he's born call him Jesus.
He'll save his people from their sins.
In those days Emperor Augustus Caesar
commanded that his people be counted. To do this
everyone went to their hometown. For Mary and
Joseph this was Bethlehem was also King David's hometown.
It was a long journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
Mary who was almost ready to have her baby traveled with Joseph.
They hills in Galilee to the Jordan River. Then they followed the river to Judea.
Up in the Judean hills they came to Bethlehem. The town was full of people who
had come to be counted. An inn was there but it was full of people.
Suddenly Mary had to give birth. So they went into a stable. Here Mary had her child Jesus. She
wrapped him in a blanket and put him to sleep in a feed trough.