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Breaking down what happened before Jesus arrived. Jesus' birth was a first of how Jesus will continue to arrive in our life. I have personally experienced the arrival of Jesus several times in my life. Everyone we are going to talk about the next couple weeks are coming out of a season of nothing happening.…

The Gift of Jesus Christmas morning is a special time of year. It’s the season when we come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Savior and Lord. On this day, as we gather with family and friends, let us reflect on the greatest gift ever given: The Gift of Jesus. Through His life and death on…

Introduction: Attention Getter: We began our series of “Is There Anything Too Hard for God?” with the birth of Isaac in Genesis 18 . The Theme verse being Gen. 18:14 Genesis 18: 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall…

Titus 3:12–15 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. 14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for…

THE CHILD WHO CHANGED EVERYTHING Luke 2:1-7 Have you ever stopped to think of the potential growth that one new born baby has. All of us have seen a newborn babe and how undeveloped they actually are. Then you think of their father and their mother and how they will likely outgrow one of them if not…

Word of the night: Present How do you say that word? What do you mean by the word? Wherever you are—be all there. Jim Elliot Yvette shared this quote with our teens this past week. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him…

Introduction Happy Christmas and a Happier New Year. Were you like me as a kid in school and loved to study Greek mythology? I was fascinated in the various ways the gods would interact with humans. When I read the Iliad and Odyssey, I learned about Zeus and Apollo to name a few. I learned about the…

Our Scripture lesson this evening is taken from John’s Gospel: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the…

Introduction Continue in our series on the birth narratives of Jesus. We’ve already saw that the time was right for Jesus to appear when He did. Last week, we looked at the Gospel of Matthew and saw how he presented Jesus as the King of the Jews. Today we will look at Mark. We are all familiar with the…

The cute Baby Jesus. The peaceful nativity scene The amazed Mary The protective and trusting Joseph The curious shepherds The glancing animals All of these are pictures our minds conjure up when we think of the Christmas story this time of year. Have you seen the little nativity scenes? Even the world…

Prayer What is Christmas to you? What about the Christmas story speaks to you the most? Kenosis – That Jesus left heaven, giving up power & knowledge to be a man. How did people know Jesus was the Christ child? Micah 5:2 KJV [location] & Isaiah 11:1 KJV [blood line] Notes- Prophesy – They knew it. Just…

The announcement of the most important birth in the history of the world was made to the least important people in society: shepherds. Why? Why did the hosts of heaven appear to a bunch of shepherds in Judea, rather than people who mattered to the world? Listen to our Christmas Eve message and find out why this message is for everyone in society, from the "least important" to the "most important." The video in the middle can be found here: https://youtu.be/4y9rNSKuk3I

Luke 1:26-56 We often overlook the part that Mary & Joseph played in God's great plan! It is so easy to have a romanticised view of Mary & Joseph and we fail to appreciate their situation and the lessons that we should learn from them. How would some of you men respond if your fiancee came up to you…

Isaiah 9:6 Political leaders always disappoint. Here’s the thing about political leaders. They always disappoint us and they never accomplish everything they promised to do. Some accomplish more good than others, some last longer than others, and some behave more wisely than others. Yet, in the end,…

Two nights ago we looked at and considered how the common writers of John, Luke, and Matthew responded to the birth of Christ by sharing it in written form and making Him known We looked at Joseph and Mary as the obeyed the Lord’s message and pondered on the things they heard We considered the shepherds……

Introduction A school teacher in England tells a charming story. At Christmas time she supervised the construction of a manger scene in a corner of the classroom. The children participated happily in the project. They also enjoyed casting characters for the drama depicting the Nativity. The teacher noticed…

Last week we saw how some wise men from the east saw a star in the sky and discovered that a king was born in Israel. They followed the star to Jerusalem and then to Bethlehem where they met the Savior face-to-face. Now they may not have known the significance of this birth. They did not know all of…

Christmas Together is the theme of the Christ’s Birthday Observance for 2021. After all this time away from our workplaces, or isolated at home, or sick, or quarantined, or even facing the loss of loved ones without the means of properly mourning their death with little delay, we need a season of Christmas…

A Joyous Restoration Introduction Gen 1 God Created the Heavens and Earth (v.3-5) Light—Good (v.6-8) Heaven—Good (v.9-13) Land/Vegetation—Good (v.14-19) Sun/Moon—Good (v. 20-23) Birds/Fish—Good (v.24-31) Land Animals/Man—Very Good Completion, Wholeness, Very Good Mandate And God blessed them. And God…

26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” 29 But she was…

Christ was Born in a Manger. 6 When they arrived in Bethlehem, Mary went into labor, and there she gave birth to her firstborn son. After wrapping the newborn baby in strips of cloth, they laid him in a feeding trough since there was no available space in any upper room in the village. Christ was born…

last week we looked at Jesus’ human genealogy traced back through his adoptive father Joseph recorded by Matthew in chapter 1:1-17 the conclusion: Jesus is the only legitimate heir to the throne of David. (Mt 1:1-17) today we are going to look at Jesus’ divine genealogy captured in just 1 verse! 18 Now…

Introduction A school teacher in England tells a charming story. At Christmas time she supervised the construction of a manger scene in a corner of the classroom. The children participated happily in the project. They also enjoyed casting characters for the drama depicting the Nativity. The teacher noticed…

Psalm 139 (KJV 1900) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me . 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a…

Last week we saw the angel Gabriel appear to a priest named Zacharias who was very old and without children. He announced his wife Elizabeth would have a son, an impossible feat given they were beyond child bearing years. But we saw that God is the God of impossible as what he promised through the angel…