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"Christmas is the end of thinking you are better than someone else, because Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you." – Tim Keller
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[b] being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:5-8
The reason to put your HOPE in Jesus is because HE is full of GRACE and TRUTH: The TRUTH to change your life and the GRACE to sustain your life.
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”- Jesus (Matthew 7:24-27)
Christmas is not about a helpless baby accidentally born in a stable. Christmas is about the majesty of the fully divine humbling Himself to come and rescue that which is His!
Jesus says that we will continue the work that He started and even do greater things. What has He called YOU to do? Have no fear, but step out in faith.
“What in the world could we do that would be better than building a church.” - Rodney McLauchlan
God has blessed you to be a blessing. What greater blessing could we be than to invest in God’s expanding kingdom?
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot
The cul-de-sac of stupidity leads us to a place where the things we own begin to own us. Materialism promises safety, security and happiness but is unable to keep its promise.
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” – John Piper
God has entrusted you with Time, Talent and Treasure. What you do with them declares what you believe about God.
“Everything I do is either going to bring reward or regret.” – Francis Chan
We BRING to God our FIRST and BEST because God FIRST loved us by giving HIS BEST.
"And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister." Colossians 1: 21-23
May God's blessings in our lives be vehicles for Praising God not obstacles to it.
Action Steps: How do I cultivate an attitude of Gratitude?
1. Count your blessings: literally. Homework: write out 1 blessing for every year of your life.
2. Talk about your blessings vs. complaining. 1 week challenge
3. Preach the Gospel to yourself. (Deut 6:20ff)
Final Thought: Deuteronomy 6- 20 “When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes.23 And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. 25 And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with
all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be
on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and
shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by
the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind
them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between
your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and
on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9
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