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A Christmas/New Year Message to All Our Family and Friends, from A BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES
- Ronald Bainbridge
- Dec 15, 2025
- 6 min read
Updated: Dec 30, 2025
Friends, the purpose of A BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES is to provide men and women with words of Encouragement and Hope, as well as empower believers in Jesus Christ around the world, to recognise, experience, and celebrate their oneness with all others who know Jesus as Saviour and Lord, regardless of denomination, church fellowship, or historic tradition.
(Stories of: Real People, Real Events, Real Place
And are dedicated to HELPING
PEOPLE FIND SALVATION, PEACE and HOPE
Through entering a genuine
Relationship with Jesus Christ,
Who has declared,
“In this world you will have trouble,
But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
(John 10:10; 14:1-6)
(16:33; Acts 2:36-47)
TODAY’S MESSAGE
OF
HOPE
And
ENCOURAGEMENT!
From
Discovering
A BETTER LIFE
December 2025
THE
DAWN!
Friend, like many people in the world today, you probably get discouraged about events in the news, too. Such as Terrorism! Family violence! Perhaps, it could be Catastrophic Fires? Or Damaging Floods? Volcanic Eruptions, Etc. Etc.
Some of the scary news may even be closer to home than the newspaper or television screen. Such as: Health problems, COVID-19, and its various strains, or damaged personal relationships. Perhaps it is the friction among people in your church. All of this can be very discouraging.
However, in the light of any discouragement we may be experiencing, whose responsibility is it to make things better? If your first thought is God, I would not propose to correct your answer. I would only remind you that God acts in this world through human agents.
There is an old Hasidic story about a rabbi and his students. As they walked along the road one day, he asked, “How can we know the hour of dawn – the time at which the night ends and the day begins?”
No one ventured an immediate answer, so they continued to walk. Then one of the rabbi’s disciples asked: “Is it when you can look from some distance and distinguish between a wolf and a sheep?” “No!” exclaimed the rabbi. And they continued to walk.
“Is it when there is light enough to distinguish between a grapevine and a thorn bush?” ventured another student. “No!” said the rabbi. Then there was a long silence.
“Please tell us the answer to your question,” said one. “How is it possible to know the precise time at which the dawn has broken?”
“The dawn comes for each of us,” said the wise old teacher, “when we can investigate the face of another human being and – by virtue of the light that comes from within us – recognise that even a stranger is our brother or sister. Until then, it is night. Until then, the night is still with us.”
Friend, self-centred lives are cramped, provincial, and ultimately forlorn. It is only those souls selfless enough to live for others that are expansive with joy and bright with love. Love is, in fact, the only spiritual power great enough to overcome the selfishness that seems to be instinctive to being alive.
The essential ingredient of the Christmas message is that God came among us to teach us how to value and affirm one another. So, as you plan your holiday time and spending, think not only of yourself, but of others. Rediscover again that it really is more blessed to give than to receive. And don’t forget to teach your children to share with others.
There is so much darkness in our world,
Let us pray together for the dawn to come!
Friend, thank you for taking the time to read the Messages of Encouragement from Discovering A BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES, which we have been privileged to share with you on our Website Blog during 2025.
The Discovering A BETTER LIFE Ministries Team
sincerely hopes that Jesus will always be the heart of your Christmas Season... and the most important part of every day. We also pray that 2026 will be bright with the light of His love.
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GOD THE CREATOR!
“In the beginning God expressed Himself.
That personal expression, that Word,
Was with God, and was God,
And He existed with God
From the beginning!
All creation took place through Him,
And none took place without Him.
In Him appeared life, and this
Life was the light of mankind.
The light still shines in the darkness
And the darkness has never put it out.”
(John 1:1-5)
GOD THE CREATOR!
Jesus
Is the
Light
Of the world!
Knowing the One who is truth and light,
Brightens our days with Comfort, Hope and Peace!
(Matthew 2:1-2)
Friend, this Christmas, and during the coming New Year, may God lift you on eagle’s wings and give you PEACE!
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Ron Bainbridge
EDITOR
2 Days until Christmas!
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May the true joy of Christmas be with you throughout 2026!
“Labour of Love”
Sherry Anne LIVE!
Sherry Anne sings "Labour of Love", written by Andrew Peterson - a poignant account of the Christmas story. "It was not a silent night..." the night Mary gave birth to
Jesus Christ, our Saviour!
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"Mary, Did You Know?"
Backstory and Song
Mark Lowry, the songwriter,
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Emmanuel … GOD with us! Jesus Christ,
the Son of God became the Son of Man!
This is a mystery without parallel!
No wonder this songwriter meditated for years to convey the depths of it all. Here is the backstory to one of our current favourite Christmas songs, followed by a breathtaking performance.
Truth is truth. So why not meditate afresh as you read and listen?
And a blessed Christmas to you and yours!
There’s no doubt that ‘Mary Did You Know?" is one of the most popular modern Christmas songs. Today, the talented a cappella group, Pentatonix, is performing this powerful Christmas hymn. ‘Mary, did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man? Mary, did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand? Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod? When you kiss your baby, you kiss the face of God!’
It took over 7 years for Mark Lowry, the songwriter, to perfect the lyrics to this song. The idea came to Lowry when he was writing a Christmas program for Jerry Falwell and he started thinking about what he would ask Mary if she were sitting right in front of him. He wondered how she must have felt when the angel told her she would birth a child of God. Then, he put together the questions that eventually became the lyrics we all know and love today.
‘Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation? Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations? Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect lamb? That sleeping child you're holding is the great I am!’
Decades later, this song still resonates with hearts all over the world. And when you hear this beautiful Pentatonix rendition, you will be in awe. Isaiah 7:14 ‘Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
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O Holy Night!
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BORN FOR US TONIGHT!
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