The message of the season is not, "Let it snow" or even, "Let us shop." The real message of Christmas is, "Let us worship." That is what the wise men came to do. And that is what we should be doing as well.

So here is what it comes down to: the ultimate choice in life is between pleasing ourselves and pleasing God.

Let heaven fill your thoughts instead. Because when you do, everything on earth gets placed in its proper perspective.

And any declaration of faith that does not result in a changed life and good works is a false declaration. It is faith alone that justifies. But faith that justifies can never be alone.

The Bible tells us, for instance, that there is going to be a cashless society. The Bible tells us that there is going to be global instability and excessive violence in the End Times.

The Bible says that in the last days that it will be like labor pains. As a woman is ready to give birth, the labor pains get closer and closer together. That's what I think we are seeing that says we are in, maybe now, the last hours because the events are getting closer together.

God's plans for you are better than any plans you have for yourself. So don't be afraid of God's will, even if it's different from yours.