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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Introduction Last week we started a series on The Trappings of Christmas. We talked about how easy it is to get caught up in the season of Christmas that we forget to focus on the reason for Christmas. The goal for this series is to help us keep our focus on Jesus throughout this Christmas season by…

The Perspective of Joseph Bible Passage: Mt 1:18–25 This morning I want to start a mini series that will take us into the lives of four different kinds of individuals. From a poor Carpenter to a virgin girl, to three wise men from a far country, to two outcast shepherds, we will see how each one of these…

Going on a tour Talking about the whole Christmas story on our Christmas light tour. Had a great time on Friday night I asked the men, “who did you witness to this past year?” - how many people did I give a tour too? Last, we talked about the faith that Jesus created when he both walked on water and…

One of the hardest parts in sharing a sermon is thinking about how to begin. How do I hold your interest in something so vitally important that if you really consider it, really deeply think about it, let it seek down in to your soul it will change your life. A new friend of mine, Austin, from Gravity…

The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and shout in exasperation like Charlie Brown, “Isn’t…

--- Title Slide Scripture Intro: Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”) Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He…

As we saw in our video tonight, Christmas has become just another time of the year. It has become steeped in tradition and Commercialization. It is not about all that garbage. It is about an event that changed world history and still changes our world and lives today. It is about Immanuel. God With Us.…

INTRODUCTION . MESSAGE . 1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also…

Introduction: 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth,…

Introductions The hubbub of the season hurt my ankle this week got a lot done as I’m a little ahead of shopping if you’ve got some stuff done, in fact you are done, than I ask you to pray, pray for those who don’t.Tray for those who are missing it, missing this whole Christmas season. Pray for those…

It’s a good day. It is an amazing day because we are able to worship Jesus. This is what we are created for. How many of you believe that Jesus gives you hope for today? How many of you believe that accepting that Jesus is God, that he died for you and committing to follow Him is the most important belief…

Today, we begin a 3 part series called Merry Xmas. Throughout the last few years, we hear the phrase Xmas and we think about how they may be taking Christ our of Christmas. We see it written and it may or may not make us mad. We see it in advertisements and we vowel not to purchase from that company.…

Announcements Ambassador Baptist College Choir, Sunday night, December 11. Christmas Day @ SCBC, December 25 - Only one service on that day at 11 AM. Dwain Roache has asked us to renew our praying for his brother and sister, Dudley and Ceila. They need to be saved and Ceila has been told that her breast…

Luke 1:26-38 , 1 John 4:19 , John 3:16 , Jeremiah 33:3 , Matthew 7:7-11 , James 4:8 , 1 Peter 5:6-7 , Romans 8:31 Intro: People are notorious for being curious at Christmas time. Some even sneak into closets and into the gift hiding spots. Curiosity can be good, however. Being curious is one of the traits…

Luke 2:1-7 A few days ago, I posted this question on Facebook: “How can a church not gather for worship on Christmas Day when Christmas is on Sunday?” I wasn’t expecting to spark any controversy. I was only sharing some candid thoughts from my heart that day. But a surprising number of people jumped…

Today we are going to finish up the “Come to Worship” series. This series was inspired by the wise men who traveled to worship the new born king who would rescue all nations, Jesus. They traveled very far simply to worship. They brought gifts and didn’t ask for anything in return. Throughout this series…

Come To Worship Has anyone here ever been to the Grand Canyon? How about somewhere else that took about 14-15 hours to drive to? Every year Amy goes to Wisconsin to see her family and it is about that far. Now imagine making that trip on the back of a camel. Last week we started a new series called “Come…

Introduction We are continuing a series that we began last week titled ‘Experiencing the Christmas Story’, where we are examining the sights & sounds of what is known as the Christmas story. As I mentioned last week, the story that we typically know as the Christmas story takes place over the course…

Christmas Series I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. I know we did. I am still recovering from all of the food that I couldn’t stop eating. Now that December is here we are finally starting to see the end of summer. As we approach Christmas and celebrate the birth of our Savior we are…