DAUGHTERS OF ZION MAGAZINE Issue 6 | Page 2

CONTENTS 4 ISSUE 6, 2015 DAUGHTERS OF ZION MAGAZINE Editors corner 19 Wishing You & Your Loved Ones A Merry Christmas and a wonderful Year 2015. May you celebrate many more Christmases 5 Emmanuel: God with Us The Heart of the Gospel Christmas Sermon Colin Smith is Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church 6 Lessons From The Manger “Christmas is full of surprises.” Somewhere in my reading this week I ran across that sentence. 7 Christmas Gifts 20 Bells in My Head Before we jump into the text, let me add a personal note. I suppose I have heard this verse read hundreds 8 The Sign of the President 9 I. His Humanity “You will find a baby” How To Enjoy Christmas Day Spent All by Yourself 21 Perhaps an illustration will help. Let’s suppose that you have just come to America from another country. You know “A baby.” That’s all the Greek says. The word means “an infant” 11 Get Organised – Sorting Out Your Present Spending Budget… II. His Helplessness “Wrapped in cloths” 23 In that day newborn babies were wrapped in strips of cloth to protect 12 III. His Humility “Lying in a manger” One problem we have with the story is that the word “manger” doesn’t easily Was Jesus Born on December 25?