{"id":1760,"date":"2022-02-10T01:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:54:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:54:29","slug":"2-10-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/2-10-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Jesus-Day 32"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-01d158d ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-01d158d-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:12px !important;background-color:#f1f1f1 !important}.ugb-01d158d-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper:before{background-color:#f1f1f1 !important}.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h1,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h2,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h3,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h4,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h5,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > h6{color:#222222}.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > p,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > ol li,.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper > ul li{color:#222222}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-01d158d-wrapper ugb--shadow-3\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-01d158d-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew 1:18-25<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Birth of Jesus Christ<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>Now the birth of\u00a0Jesus Christ\u00a0took place in this way.\u00a0When his mother Mary had been betrothed\u00a0to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child\u00a0from the Holy Spirit.\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling\u00a0to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.\u00a0<sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>But as he considered these things, behold,\u00a0an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, \u201cJoseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.\u00a0<sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>She will bear a son, and\u00a0you shall call his name Jesus,\u00a0for he will save his people from their sins.\u201d\u00a0<sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>All this took place\u00a0to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cBehold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and they shall call his name&nbsp;Immanuel\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(which means, God&nbsp;with us).&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. 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