Christmas Scripture Countdown

This is a little late, but I kind of knew it would be. Christmas break may be a break from school, but in my hometown of Rexburg, it is a party at all times of the day. Its exhausting and we are getting close to needing to get home to get ready for school. However, this past Christmas Season I found a Christmas Scripture countdown that I liked and decided to implement in my little apartment. This one emphasized the many missions and titles of our Savior Jesus Christ. Jordan and I enjoyed looking up these scriptures and then even looking online and in dictionaries to find the deeper meaning of the titles that are given to our Savior.

This is a little photo of the display on our wall. I included an extra picture of Christ, a piece of paper that we reported our findings on every night, and three quotes that I thought were important to keep in mind during the Christmas Season. Below is a copy of one of the quotes on the wall as well as the scripture countdown. The scriptures come from 3 of the 4 standard words: The Book of Mormon, Bible, and The Doctrine and Covenants. For more information about the Book of Mormon click here.

Names of Jesus Christmas Scripture Countdown

1. 2 Nephi 2: 26-27    Messiah
2. 2 Nephi 2:8-9        Firstfruits
3. Matthew 1: 23       Emmanuel
4. Isaiah 9:6             Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace
5. Omni 1: 26           Holy One of Israel
6. John 3: 16            Only Begotten Son
7. Alma 7: 14            Lamb of God
8. John 10: 11-14     Good Shepherd
9. John 6: 35            Bread of Life
10. John 15: 1-5       True Vine
11. D&C 38: 1-4      Alpha and Omega
12. D&C 138:23-24  Deliverer
13. Ephesians 2:19-20 Chief Corner Stone
14. 1 John 2:1-3         Advocate
15: Revelation 17:14   Lord of Lords/ King of Kings
16: Revelation 19:11-16 Faithful and True
17: D&C 19:1-2         Great I AM
18: Matthew 20:26-28 Son of Man
19: John 8:12            Light of the World
20: Isaiah 40:28-29    Creator
21: D&C 93:8-10       Word and Messenger of Salvation
22: D&C 138:42        Redeemer
23: Isaiah 53:3-5        Man of Sorrows
24: Mark 14:61-62     Son of the Blessed

Christmas is a celebration, and there is no celebration that compares with the realization of its true meaning—with the sudden stirring of the heart that has extended itself unselfishly in the things that matter most.
~ Howard W Hunter.

I know this post is a little late and Christmas already seems long past. However, these scriptures can be used at any time of the year. Because of our break we left off at 14 before coming down to Rexburg, hopefully we can finish the rest of these scriptures up in a future Family Home Evening. 

Merry Christmas 

From the Fuquas

The Thankful Turkey

I know that Thanksgiving has been long over, but between moving into a new apartment, having a few Etsy orders to fill, and finals, life is busy and this year's Thankful Turkey didn't get up on the ole blog. The thankful turkey is something that I planned on doing the whole month of November, however, I didn't get it up on the wall and ready to go until the day before Thanksgiving break. Oh well....

We had so much to be thankful for this year, only 6 made is up to the thankful turkey, but on top of that we are thankful that:

* Jordan got into Grad School for this year

* An sweet deal for a new apartment that we are moving into

* how long our car as actually run thus far

Hopefully I will post again soon with the Christmas happening that are going on since Christmas is only 5 days away.