{"id":4271,"date":"2025-12-25T00:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:45:57","slug":"merry-christmas-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/merry-christmas-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday, December 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Merry Christmas 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The LORD says, &#8220;Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.&#8221; <strong>Micah 5:2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the first Christmas night, God chose an unexpected audience to receive heaven\u2019s announcement. Not kings or priests, but ordinary shepherds working, watching, and waiting in the fields. Through the angels\u2019 message, God revealed something powerful: the birth of the promised King was good news for all people.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 arrival fulfilled promises spoken centuries before. This King did not come with earthly power or riches, but with peace, mercy, and hope. Wrapped in humility, His birth declared that no one is too small, too ordinary, or too far away to receive God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>As we celebrate Christmas morning, Advent reminds us that we are invited to listen again to hear God\u2019s message with fresh hearts. The same joy announced to the shepherds is meant to shape our lives today and overflow to those around us. We are not only receivers of this good news; we are called to share it.<\/p>\n<p>May this Christmas renew our wonder, deepen our peace, and strengthen our desire to reflect Christ\u2019s love to the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord, \u00a0thank You for sending Your Son to bring peace and hope. Open my ears and heart to Your message, and help me share Your joy with those around me. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, December 25 Merry Christmas 2025 The LORD says, &#8220;Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.&#8221; Micah 5:2 On the first Christmas night, God chose an unexpected audience to receive heaven\u2019s announcement. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4271","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\/4271","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=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4276,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions\/4276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}