Love Gift // Legacy Sunday [Part 1]

Upcoming Events:

∙ Candlelight Christmas Eve Services:

    Sunday, December 22nd 9:30am, 11am 

Tuesday, December 24th 3pm, 5pm

∙ New Year’s Day 1st Wednesday service

∙ 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting (January 5-25)

∙ Marriage Conference: January 31-February 1

“Those who are righteous will be remembered forever.” Psalm 112:6 (NIV)

God’s Gift of Love

Because of Christmas we know

1. God came to earth.

“She [Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’).” Matthew 1:21-23

“Jesus Christ, who, though he was God, did not demand and cling to his rights as God, but laid aside his mighty power and glory, taking the disguise of a slave and becoming like men. And he humbled himself even further, going so far as actually to die a criminal’s death on a cross. Yet it was because of this that God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name which is above every other name.” Philippians 2:6-9 (LB) 

2. Jesus showed us what God is like. 

“Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.’ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’” Luke 2: 13-15 (NIV)

3. We can know God in a personal, life changing way. 

“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:11-12 (NIV)

“Because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.” Philippians 4:7 (CEV)