{"id":15,"date":"2016-12-06T03:55:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papawsthoughts.com\/christmas\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2020-12-25T01:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T01:06:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papawsthoughts.com\/christmas\/index.php\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"1. An Online Devotional Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seeking His Presence in Our Thoughts About Christmas<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you for taking the time to read and pray through this\u00a0devotional.<\/p>\n

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I hope you have a wonderful adventure with the Holy Spirit by clicking our images and the links to find photos with Christmas thoughts that remind you of our love for Jesus.<\/p>\n

You won\u2019t need to be a Bible scholar to understand Papaw\u2019s thoughts for Christmas, but I\u2019ve written the pages on\u00a0 this parchment to remind us that they are based in ancient Christian traditions<\/span><\/a> that were meticulously recorded by scribes long before printing presses and websites.<\/p>\n

I believe the Bible still connects their ancient love for God with our 21st century experience<\/span>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Putting their thoughts in a\u00a0modern format allows the words in blue to\u00a0carry you to meditation photo pages on this website.<\/p>\n

Personalize the photos with memories and think about your encounters with God.<\/p>\n

When you\u00a0read and click your way through this devotional website you go\u00a0<\/a>thinkabout<\/span> with Jesus <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>b<\/span><\/a><\/span>y<\/span><\/span>\u00a0spending a little time alone with your thoughts about God and His presence in your daily life.<\/p>\n

When we go thinkabout,<\/em><\/h3>\n

we don\u2019t leave the house like a walkabout,<\/em><\/h3>\n

but link our thoughts<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/a>with Jesus<\/em><\/h3>\n

wandering through the memories of our mind<\/em><\/h3>\n

without worrying about the place and time.<\/em><\/h3>\n

So if you want to come<\/span><\/span><\/a> go thinkabout<\/span><\/a><\/span> with Jesus this Christmas season. . .<\/p>\n

wait until you can lay aside the Holiday activities because. . .<\/p>\n

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you just want to remember His goodness and what His birthday means to you.<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Reading is different than other websites, but with these simple instructions we are reminded of spiritual truths when we reach out to do something a little mystical and different…<\/p>\n

Just as prayer opens a window into the kingdom of heaven, words in blue open a new tab with a photo to thinkabout…when we take the time to look.<\/p>\n

Clicking photos will also open a new tab and take you to another photo just as remembering a long forgotten experience can reveal answered prayer.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Can you think of a Christmas gift that was an answer to prayer?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Our trail of thoughts to think about Jesus progresses from page to page. Each of the five parchment pages are numbered.<\/p>\n

On every page there will be an orange star such as the one below, this will be a link to the next page.<\/p>\n

So just just\u00a0\u00a0follow the star<\/span><\/span>,<\/a> but even though it may be in the first photo on a page, do not<\/strong> click it until you have prayerfully scrolled through the thoughts and photos scattered down the page.<\/p>\n

The arrow in the lower right corner will always take you non-stop to the top of the page.<\/p>\n

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\"shopping\"<\/a>What is our weary shopper thinking about?<\/p>\n

Is He buying birthday presents for Jesus?<\/p>\n

Click and see if you believe he lost the magic of Christmas in the frenzy of Santa Claus, Jingle Bells, and Midnight Mass.<\/p>\n

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This holiday season, prayerfully consider giving a gift of consolation to grieving families in your community. <\/a>\nLearn more at our devotional website<\/span> thoughts4loss.com.<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n
\"gift96\"<\/a>\"gift96\"<\/a>. . . Meditate in His Presence day and night . . .<\/em><\/h4>\n
Psalm 1 (paraphrase)<\/em><\/h6>\n
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thank you unsplash.com photographers<\/h6>\n
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