For You

One year I was handing my wife the presents to wrap. After each one, she would ask who it was for and write their name on it. About six presents in, I gave her one to wrap and when she asked who it was for I said, “It’s for you!” She was so caught up in all the measuring that she didn’t even pay attention to what she was wrapping and didn’t notice what the gift was. I feel like we get that way with Christmas. We get caught up in stringing lights, decorating, singing the songs and shopping that we forget the central message of Christmas. God sent His son for you. You were the reason Jesus was born. God desires to have you with Him for eternity, so He sent Jesus to make a way for you.

Here are some Bible verses that remind us God sent Jesus for you:

1. But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”

Galatians 4:4-6 NLT

2. For here is the way God loved the world—he gave his only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life.

John 3:16 TPT

3. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people. For this day in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord (the Messiah).”

Luke 2:10-11 AMP

4. A child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. The responsibility of complete dominion will rest on his shoulders, and his name will be: the Wonderful One, the Extraordinary Strategist, the Mighty God, the Father of Eternity, the Prince of Peace!

Isaiah 9:6 TPT

5. And when He had taken bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

Luke 22:19 AMP

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