I used to approach Christmas with a joy that seemed from a distance. Knowing the facts and history surrounding Christ’s birt is so important but experiencing the rebirth inside brings the whole story of Christmas up close and personal. Considering God’s plan from the very beginning of time, His love for us as His creation, and Bis intimate desire to live with us and in us is mind blowing. His presence changes everything. He is moving us to where He wants to happen in us.
“Prayer, for the Christian, is not merely talking to God, but responding to the One who has initiated toward us. He has spoken first. This is not a conversation we start, but a relationship into which we’ve been drawn. His voice breaks the silence. Then, in prayer, we speak to the God who has spoken. Our asking and pleading and requesting originate not from our emptiness, but his fullness. Prayer doesn’t begin with our needs, but with his bounty. Its origin is first in adoration, and only later in asking. Prayer is a reflex to the grace he gives to the sinners he saves. It is soliciting his provision in view of the power he has shown. Prayer” - David Mathis, Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines
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