Christmas Eve, from 5 – 8pm, Peace 107 will be tracking Santa’s progress with our Santa Sightings! Join host Brian Christopher as he tracks Santa’s progress from the ground with reports from Santa Central, and from the air with Capt. Dewey in SkyPeace! He’ll also be playing your favorite Christmas songs. It’s a Christmas tradition at Peace 107, and fun for the whole family: Santa Sightings!

 

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Peace family, wearing a Peace 107 “I Say Merry Christmas” bracelet is a great way to spread Christmas cheer and let others you know you say Merry Christmas! But most importantly, it’ll help keep Christ in Christmas. Here are the locations you can get your FREE Peace 107 “I Say Merry Christmas” bracelet:

 

Award-winning Celebrity Spa & Salon: 4081  State Hwy 6 South in College Station.  CelebritySpa.NET

B&B Automotive: “We treat you like family.” 1007 South Coulter, Bryan

Binford Pest Control: 1224 South College Ave., Bryan

Brenham National Bank: “Our people. Our service. Our best.” 2470 Earl Rudder Fwy. S, College Station.

 

 

 

 

 

Bud Cross Ford: “Our family, serving your family.” 150 State Hwy. 36 S, Caldwell.

 

 

 

 

Chapman’s Paint Company: “Let us color your world.” 1700 E. Villa Maria Rd, Bryan.

 

 

 

Charles & Sue’s School of Hair Design: “Look good. Feel good.” 1711 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

Eye Care Center: “Providing excellent service and quality you can see.” 903 William D. Fitch Pkwy, College Station

French Door Spa & Salon:  “Here to take care of all your beauty needs.” 461 William D. Fitch Parkway, College Station

George’s Paint & Body: “We meet by accident.” 200 East 32^nd Street, Bryan

RV Source: “Your complete source for everything RV.” 10212 South State Highway 6, Bryan

Zwernemann Flooring: “Providing fine flooring, back-splashes and showers throughout the Brazos Valley.” 2702 Wildflower Dr., Bryan.

Peace family, if someone you love needs to hear how to have a friendship with God, or you’d like to know for yourself, a good way to remember is A, B, C:

A- Accept that we are all sinners. This is easy to see when we think about all of the bad things in the world. There’s nothing we can do to make up for the ways that we have sinned against God, against others, and broken his rules. We often know deep in our hearts that we are missing something, and we try to fill that hole. We are missing a friendship with God, but none of us is good enough to restore a relationship with God, who is perfect, on our own. The Bible says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) However, God loves us so much, that he wanted to be in a friendship with us, even though we are sinful.

B- Believe that God provided Jesus as a sacrifice, as a payment, for your sins. Jesus was God in human form, and he lived a perfect life in which he was tempted in all the same ways that we are, but he never sinned. He never lied, cheated, or stole, or hated anyone. He was killed on the cross, which is what we deserved, but God raised him from the dead, proving that everything that he said was true. The Bible says “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17) No matter your age, your race, your gender, the country you live in, or your past, God wants a friendship with you! 

C- Choose to invite Jesus in as the ruler of your life. Talk to him (that’s what prayer is) and tell him that you give your life over to him. From now on, you want to live the way that God asks you to live, and trust that He loves you, that he has paid for all your wrong doing, and that he has a place for you in Heaven with him. It’s as simple as that, but it makes an eternal difference! The Bible says, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)

No one is ever too far gone. Even if you feel like you’ve done too many bad things, the fact is, we’ve all sinned too much. We all have the same need to have Jesus as our substitute. God’s gift of forgiveness to us through Jesus is truly amazing! This includes if you have given your life to Jesus before, but gotten tied up in sin. Come to him as you are and let him sort you out. Don’t feel like you need to be perfect before you can give your life to God. Understand that even as a Christian, you will not suddenly be perfect, and you will keep on sinning, even though we wish we wouldn’t.

Continue to grow with God. Tell other believers of Jesus about the choice that you’ve made. Choose a church to spend time with (if you aren’t sure where to start, look at the Peace 107 community calendar and see the churches that have community events and special services where you can make some friends.) Read the Bible so that you know what God wants. Talk to him (pray), and be baptized as a public declaration of your commitment to Christ! Be encouraged that God puts his Holy Spirit inside of you and that he will never abandon you. In the Bible, God says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13.) Jesus also says that we, his “sheep” know his voice, so you can have reassurance that he will guide you. Welcome to the family!

Peace Family, do you need freedom from jealousy and envy?  I was recently inspired by my friend LaShunda Mitchell of Grind4God Ministries. She wasn’t speaking to me when she said, “jealousy ends where love begins,” but it was absolutely what I needed to hear.

We all have people whom we envy, or life situations that others seem to be enjoying that we aren’t. We all see a friend or family member on Facebook, or at a family gathering, and wish that we were as well-loved as him, as attractive as her, as successful as him, as happily married with children as her, on the vacation where he is… and the list goes on.

What are some ways that we can specifically love those people, until we are not feeling those ugly pangs of  envy anymore? Perhaps we need to start praying for them. Perhaps there is a way that we can start serving them. Maybe we need to look at their lives with compassion, and instead of believing the devil’s lie that they have everything unfairly given to them, we need to actively bless them and lift them up.

No one’s life is perfect, and we will never know the ways that those whom we envy are hurting or struggling. However, when we despise people in our hearts because of the relationships, material possessions, appearances, and successes that they have, we not only are being hateful and conceited by lifting ourselves above that person (it boils down to us believing that we deserve that thing more than they do), but we are also being ungrateful for the blessings that God has given us.

My challenge to you today is to ask 1) what are some of the amazing blessings that God has given me?, and 2) what can I do today to start regarding that person (or those people) I envy with love instead of contempt? Don’t just think about it. Take steps to do it, and you will find that there is so much more freedom when we try to have God’s perspective, and stop looking down on others who have things that we want.