{"id":16103,"date":"2013-12-06T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T06:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16103"},"modified":"2013-12-05T21:46:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T03:46:03","slug":"born-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/06\/born-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Born To Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15999\" alt=\"gchcarolsbloggraphic\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg\" width=\"568\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic.jpg 568w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gchcarolsbloggraphic-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Almost every day there are precious little babies born to families all over the world,\u00a0 but one day, \u00a0there was one special baby that was born FOR the world&#8230;His name was Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>This Baby came with a purpose!\u00a0\u00a0 And that purpose was \u201cto die\u201d for me and you. This is the ultimate gifts of gifts we have ever, or will ever, receive in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Think about His birth for a moment and the three gifts that were brought to Him. \u00a0One of those gifts was \u201c<em>myrrh<\/em>.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0Have you ever studied about these gifts? \u00a0Well, check this out!<\/p>\n<p><em>Myrrh<\/em> was a gum-like substance that was sometimes used to embalm the dead. \u00a0(You are now saying, &#8220;<em>WHAT<\/em>????&#8221; \u00a0 \u00a0Yes, this is one of the gifts brought from the wise men to the little Baby Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They recognized that He was the little one that was \u201cborn to die\u201d for us all.\u00a0 Not sure if they <em>truly knew<\/em> the significance behind the gifts they were bringing; but oh, how fitting that they would bring this one gift that was a representation about why He came!!! \u00a0 Listen to the beautiful words of this song and let it open your heart to the understanding of why God gave us this precious little baby!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SNQJWHfxhTE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Shepherds gaze in wonder while angel voices sing <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">This night of nights has come, and brought the world \u00a0the long-awaited King. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">The earth is filled with gladness, and yet the heavens weep. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">For heaven&#8217;s eyes can see \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">He was born to die for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jesus, Baby Jesus, is that a tear in Your eye? <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jesus, sweet Baby Jesus, You must know that You were born to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">It must have broken God&#8217;s heart, for the future He could see. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Yet He formed the hands and feet knowing one day, they&#8217;d be nailed to a tree. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">So all the world could know Him&#8212;a gift came from above <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jesus, Baby Jesus, with a tear of love in Your eye. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jesus, sweet Baby Jesus, You knew You were born to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">So, Jesus, thank You, Jesus, for Your gift of eternal life. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">My Jesus, Jesus, \u2018cause for me You were born to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>From the day of His birth the reason was known!<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>Bethlehem happened so Calvary could happen!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost every day there are precious little babies born to families all over the world,\u00a0 but one day, \u00a0there was one special baby that was born FOR the world&#8230;His name was Jesus. 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