Abba Father, we your children in the Jesus Youth movement praise and thank you in this Jubilee year for all the wonders of your love and mercy towards us. Guide and protect us as we journey through life.

Lord Jesus, help us to remain faithful to your Word and to the teachings of the Church, to grow in faith, hope and love, and to be present to the needs of others, as we live our call to proclaim the Good news, so that all people may come to know you as their Lord and Savior.

O Holy Spirit, source and strength of our Christian life, grant us the grace to be docile to your voice and to share the fire within us.

We call upon you, O most Holy Trinity, with Mary, our Mother, and Saint Francis, our patron, to make this Jubilee a year of grace. Refined in thy fire, Renewed by thy Spirit, Radiant in thy holiness, may we become a gift to the Church and the world. Amen.

Also Read : Jesus Youth Jubilee 2010

People, rather than being drawn closer to Christ at Christmas, in a very real sense are drawn away from the Lord Jesus. It seems like, in the very midst of the celebration, we lose Jesus.

After the Christmas story in Luke 2, the Bible tells of a young, twelve-year-old Jesus going with His parents to celebrate Passover in Jerusalem. As His parents were returning home at the end of the celebration, they realized Jesus wasn’t with them. They lost Jesus in the midst of Passover, which was all about Jesus. Does the same thing happen to us at Christmas? How do we lose Jesus?

In what sense may we lose Jesus?

It was not in the sense of relationship that Mary and Joseph lost Jesus; it was in the sense of fellowship – Mary was still His mother, Joseph still His earthly father. If you’re saved, you can never lose your relationship with Christ.

Some people have the idea that the devil can take you out of the hand of God. That’s ridiculous! If he could, why hasn’t he? That would be a strange doctrine, wouldn’t it: going to heaven by the goodness of the devil? No, the only reason he hasn’t is because he can’t! You cannot lose your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, but you can lose your fellowship.

If you have doubts concerning your salvation, pray through 1 John 5:13. Circle the word “know.” Ask God for the assurance you need.

Who may lose Jesus?

Many times, those we would least expect, lose fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. It may surprise us to see that it was Mary and Joseph that lost Him, but if you’ll study the Bible, you’ll find out that God’s choicest of saints got out of fellowship with Him from time to time.

Read the following passages and describe how these saints lost fellowship with God.

Have there been times when you have lost fellowship that you have not repented of? If so, pray now and ask God for forgiveness and allow Him to restore your fellowship.

Where do we lose Jesus?

Mary and Joseph didn’t lose Jesus in a dance hall, a nightclub, or in some den of iniquity. It was in the midst of a religious ceremony. You see, Passover was all about Jesus, yet it was there they lost Him. Read Revelation 3:20. It is often used as an evangelistic text, but read the context to see who it was really written to.

He’s not knocking at the sinner’s heart. He’s knocking at the door of the church. Billy Graham once said, “Most people in America have just enough religion to keep them from getting the real thing. They have just enough to inoculate them against God!” (S.B.C., 1982)

Being a part of a fellowship is a wonderful thing, and we are instructed to do this (Hebrews 10:25). Don’t misunderstand and think I am discouraging church attendance. We just need to ensure that our public worship is an out-flowing of a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

How may we lose Jesus?

They didn’t lose Him by getting drunk or by opposing Him or denying Him. They lost Jesus by presumption. They just assumed He was with them. They went a day’s journey, one step at a time, every step taking them farther from Him.

Sometimes you just have to get alone with God and let Him peel you like an onion. Say, “I’ve come to do business. I’m not going to get up off my knees, off my face, until I know that I know that I know, it’s not a supposition, that Jesus Christ is real to me.” May I suggest you take inventory, so every step doesn’t take you farther away from Him.

Ask yourself:

Have I lost Jesus due to:

Or might you lose Christ at Christmas simply due to neglect? Don’t take a “holiday” from your spiritual life this Christmas. Our tendency seems to be to forsake our routines (including our devotional times) during weekends, vacations, or holidays. Make a commitment not to neglect your time with Christ this Christmas. Instead, seek to make this time with Him more meaningful and worshipful. Enjoy the relaxed schedule and abide with Him, celebrating His birth.

Use the above inventory to guide you in prayer. Wait on God as you reflect on each question.

How do we find Jesus again?

Mary and Joseph found Him right where they left Him, in the temple, where they first lost Him. If Jesus Christ is not real to you, if you do not have that conscious awareness of His presence, just go back to where you first left Him.

You know where you left Him. You know where you got away from God. Just go right back there. Wherever it was, go back to that spot. Confess what has caused you to lose Him. Repent and make it right. Until you do, you cannot have that fellowship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t lose Christ this Christmas!

Now, you can’t lose something that you have never had in the first place. If you’ve never accepted Christ as your personal Savior, why not do it now? He has the gift of eternal life for you.

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Famous Quotes:

If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.

Find your joy and share it with others…

Laughter is an instant vacation – Milton Berle

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless – Mother Teresa

The strong man is not the good wrestler; The strong man is only the one who controls himself when angry – Muhammad

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. – Norman Vincent Peale

It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life… that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Burn brightly without burning out – Richard Biggs

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things – Robert Brault

The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave.

Even if you are caught on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there – Will Rogers

Success is not final, failure is not fatal : It is the courage to continue that counts – Winston Churchill

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