{"id":3003,"date":"2023-12-27T03:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2023-12-27T02:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T02:42:10","slug":"eternal-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/eternal-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday, December 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eternal Joy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people&#8230; <\/em><strong>Luke 2:10-11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christmas Day has passed, leaving behind the echoes of celebration and the warmth of cherished moments. The culmination of meticulous planning and ancient prophecies converged on this significant day, a day foretold since the beginning when God proclaimed in Genesis 3:15, &#8216;<em>And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Scriptures, prophecies heralded the arrival of the long-awaited Messiah. The meticulous preparation orchestrated by our Heavenly Father unfolded precisely in His appointed time and manner. As we revel in the aftermath of the Savior&#8217;s birth, let us recognize that all the preparatory measures served their divine purpose. Jesus&#8217; advent heralded a season of restoration.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the celestial jubilation as a multitude of angels joined shepherds, proclaiming, &#8216;Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests&#8217; (Luke 2:14).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>Gracious Father, I embrace the joy that reverberated through the heavens on that first Christmas Day, marking the culmination of years of preparation leading to the birth of Jesus. Today, I join in the celebration of the precious gift You bestowed upon the world. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, December 27 Eternal Joy I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people&#8230; Luke 2:10-11 Christmas Day has passed, leaving behind the echoes of celebration and the warmth of cherished moments. The culmination of meticulous planning and ancient prophecies converged on this significant day, a day foretold since the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3004,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions\/3004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}