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Intro: It’s Christmas Eve! I hope you have plans to enjoy the holiday and all it brings. We know that the the secular world, and those in other religions do Christmas with different motives, focus and even aspirations of this holiday. For Christians, Christmas is a very special time of the year. I’m…

We are all searching for something. The ads have told us so. Maybe we have been poked and prodded to “make a list”. Our politicians tell us we are searching for their leadership. May I ask this evening, “what are you searching for?” Our world is hurting. We have drugs, disease, division and pain all…

Intro: My Great Uncle Cabble was a great storyteller. As big as his stories were, the story of the Christ birth is even greater. But it had to be told by a big God! A big God for a little and insignificant people. Read: Luke 2:1–5 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world…

Scripture Reference: Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce…

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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…

Prayer Let’s pray. Preamble When considering what to bring out of the Christmas story I had one word that kept coming back to me again and again. I had no idea how I would deal with it, but of all the words I could have chosen to focus on, this seemed the most important and is at the very heart of what…

Matthew 2:1-12 Tradition and Truth Who were the wisemen? Where did they come from? Magi- Persian king makers, possibly descended from Daniel’s leadership of Satraps ( Dan. 6 ) kept the memory of Daniel’s revelation of the presentation of Mashiach Nagid ( Dan. 9 ) possibly influenced by strong Jewish…

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…

We are well into the advent season now, Christmas is upon us. This is the time that we celebrate the coming of our king. This is the time we celebrate the birth of Jesus What we celebrate is not what the world celebrates. This isn’t about a guy in a big red coat coming down chimneys, though all of that…

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…

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20…

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.…

A Season of Peace Luke 1:26-38 The weeks leading up to Christmas should be a time of joy, peace, and love; but far too often they are times of uncertainty, frustration, worry and stress. When we find ourselves beginning to be caught up in the materialism of the season, we must stop and refocus by remembering…

Setting the stage Heavenly announcement to Zacharias Heavenly announcement to Mary Today, heavenly announcement to some shepherds Jesus had just been born in a unlikely place. Scripture does not in Luke make any thing but one verse about it. 6 While they were there, the days were completed for her to…

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…

Isaiah 7:14 In 1999, George Bell, CEO of the search engine Excite (second largest at the time, only behind Yahoo), turned down a game-changing offer, the opportunity to purchase a young startup called Google. The purchase price was only $750,000, while Google’s current valuation stands at $1.6 trillion.…

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…

The Eternal Son of God Jesus- born to his earthly mother and father, and laid in a manger (cradle) mystery of humility He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or…

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…

Message This evening, you have witnessed a presentation of the first Christmas. Of the characters involved in the play, you were first introduced to a young Joseph and Mary, those new parents that beamed with joy at their firstborn child. You also met an angel that came winging down with a message from…

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…

Merry Christmas, everyone! We told the Christmas narrative last week. We saw how Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, and the Wise men all experienced the Presence of God through the coming of Emmanuel, God with Us. Now, let’s read what happened after Jesus was born, about forty days. When the time came for…

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Candle Lighting - In the fullness of time, God sent the angel Gabriel to Zacharias, a humble Levite priest, who ministered before God at the temple in Jerusalem. Appearing in a vision, the angel foretold the birth of John the Baptist who would be sent to prepare the way for the Messiah. And with the…