CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES Part 2: It’s A Wonderful Life

Proverbs 13:12 NIV
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Job 17:13 NIV
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,

Isaiah 53:6 NIV
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

2 Corinthians 1:8 NIV
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

Psalms 106:44 NIV
44 Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;

Romans 15:13 GW
13 May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in him. Then you will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Psalms 62:5 NIV
5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

Isaiah 40:31 NIV
31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

God’s Presence
God’s Promise

Psalms 119:81 NIV
81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.

God’s Presence
God’s Promise
God’s Purpose

Isaiah 29:11 NIV
11 For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.”

GROWTH TRACK
Find where you belong.
Believe about yourself, what God believes about you.
Find your purpose and become who God made you to be.

God’s Presence
God’s Promise
God’s Purpose
God’s Place.

John 14:1-2 NIV
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

1 Peter 1:4-6 NIV
4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

Luke 2:10-11 NKJV
10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.