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The Holy Spirit played an integral role in the birth of Jesus Christ. The Gospels tell us that Mary became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit (Matt 1:18, 20; Luke 1:35). The significance of the Spirit in Jesus miraculous conception isn’t just that Jesus was born from a Virgin, as true as that may be. As theologian Steve Studebaker explains, the Spirit enables the incarnation as the “Spirit creates, sanctifies, and unites the divine Son with the humanity of Jesus Christ.”[1] Anointed by the Spirit When we read that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are reminded that the Holy Spirit played a dominant role throughout Jesus’ ministry. And this is, in part, what it means for Jesus to be the Messiah. To be clear, being the incarnate Word of God does not make Jesus the Messiah—the Spirit does. The Greek word Christ and Hebrew word Messiah both mean “the anointed one.” And in the Old Testament, the Israelites expected that the Messiah would be anointed with the Spirit. When Jesus started his ministry, he was filled with the Spirit at his baptism. Afterward, he affirms Isaiah’s prophecy that “the Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor” (Luke 4:18). As the Messiah (the anointed one), Jesus ministered “filled with the Holy Spirit’s power” (Luke 4:14). And long before his public ministry, we are reminded of this fact in Jesus conception. Jesus Identity and Our Identity The biblical stories of Jesus’ birth aren’t there just to tell us about how Jesus happened to come into the world. They are there to remind us of Jesus identity. As the angels told the shepherds, Jesus was not just any baby; he is “the Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11). “The Spirit is central to both who Christ is and what he did.”[2] The Spirit enabled the incarnation of the Son of God, and the Spirit-empowered Messiah came to bring redemption to the Israelites, and even for the whole world. Likewise, the Spirit is central to both Christian identity and action. The Spirit gives believers new life, making them children of God. And the Spirit anoints Christians to continue in the Spirit-empowered ministry of Jesus.

The Significance of the Holy Spirit at Christmas

እንኴን ለጌታችን መድሀኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ልደት በሰላም አደረሳችሁ። መልካም በዓል።

📢ከመንበረ ጴጥሮስ ህጻኑ ኢየሱስ በማርያም ፊት ላይ ይንጸባረቅ ነበር፡፡ መጀመሪያ  በእጇ የደባበሰችሁ እርሷ ናት፡፡ ኢየሱስ መጀመሪያ ያየው ፈገግታ የእርሷን ነው፤ የመጀመሪያ ፈገግታውም ለእርሷ ነው፡፡ በፍቅር የመሳሳትን ዐቢዮት የጀመረው ከእርሷ ጋር ነው፡፡ ቤተክርስቲያንም የህጻኑ ኢየሱስ ፊት እያየች ይህን ዐቢዮት ማስቀጠል አለባት፡፡

“Let us entrust to Mary, ‘Queen of the family,’ all the families of the world, especially those experiencing suffering or unease, and we invoke her maternal protection on them,” Pope Francis said.

“We need to retake communication within the family: parents, children, grandparents and siblings must communicate with each other,” the pope said. “This is your assignment for today for the feast of the Holy Family.” Pope Francis said that the Holy Family is a model for families today in “following the Gospel, the foundation of holiness in a family,” as they prayed, worked, and communicated with each other.

On the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged families to get off their cell phones and talk to one another. “In your family, do you know how to communicate with each other, or are you like those kids at the table -- each one has their own cell phone, chatting? In that table there is a silence as if they were at Mass, but they don't communicate with each other,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Dec. 29.

Pope Francis asks families to put down their phones on Holy Family feast

🎉ወደ ፊልጵስዩስ 4 4፤ ሁልጊዜ በጌታ ደስ ይበላችሁ፤ ደግሜ እላለሁ፥ ደስ ይበላችሁ። 📌በችግር ወቅት 📌በሀዘን ስናልፍ 📌ነገሮች እንዳሰብናቸው ሳይሄዱ... በጌታ ደስ ይበላችሁ! ⭐️አልፋ እና ኦሜጋ ስለሆነ! (የዮሐንስ ራእይ 1:8) ⭐️የዘለአለምን ህይወት ስለሰጠን (1ኛ ዮሐንስ 5:11) ⭐️ዳግም በክብር ስለሚመለስ (የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 16:27) ⭐️ከአብ ዘንድ ጠበቃችን ስለሆነ(1ኛ ዮሐንስ 2:1) ⭐️ሀሳባችን በሰማይ ስላሉ ነርገሮች ስለሆነ( ወደ ቆላስይስ 3:2) ⭐️በመከራ ብናልፍም አለምን ስላሸነፈ (የዮሐንስ ወንጌል 16:33) ⭐️የእግዚአብሄር ልጆች ስለሆንን( 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3:1 ⭐️መንፈስ ቅዱስ በውስጣችን ስላደረ(1ኛ ቆሮንቶስ 3:16) ደግሜ እላለሁ በጌታ ደስስስ ይበላችሁ!!! 🗣🗣ሳምንታችሁን በደስታ ዋጁ🙏

መዝሙረ ዳዊት 23 6፤ ቸርነትህና ምሕረትህ በሕይወቴ ዘመን ሁሉ ይከተሉኛል፥ በእግዚአሔርም ቤት ለዘላለም እኖራለሁ። 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊

God has Provided for Us an Abundant and Fruitful Christian Life Jesus said,  “I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly” (John 10:10). “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22, 23). “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). “I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly” (John 10:10).”I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).”But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22, 23).”But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 11 28፤ እናንተ ደካሞች ሸክማችሁ የከበደ ሁሉ፥ ወደ እኔ ኑ፥ እኔም አሳርፋችኋለሁ።

መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ 1 9፤ በምትሄድበት ሁሉ አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር ከአንተ ጋር ነውና ጽና፥ አይዞህ፤ አትፍራ፥ አትደንግጥ ብዬ አላዘዝሁህምን? God is commanding us not to fear this week! Take courage , keep your head up high and move forward. Have a blessed week.

የተከበራችሁ ውድ የካርዝማቲክ ቤተሰቦች ነገ ታህሳስ 5 ከቀኑ 8:00 እሰከ 11:30 ወርሃዊ ልዩ የምስጋና እና የአምልኮ ፕሮግራም በጎተራ ዶንቦስኮ ቤተ ፀሎት ይኖረናል ።