Christmas Eve, 2024
Allowing God to reposition your life
Fill in the blank…
“Christmas is a ________ time of the year.”
Most wonderful
vs
Worst/Humbug
Hectic, Drama-filled, Emotional, High-expectation, Commercialized, Over-rated, Complicated, Hard, Confusing (St Nicholas), Nostalgic, Expensive
Fun, Happy, Magical, The most wonderful…
Just another day.
One thing for sure…
Misunderstood
Cultural ------------------ Religious
“Keep the CHRIST in CHRISTmas”
“Jesus is the Reason for the Season”
If you take CHRIST out of the christIAN
Christian
You’re left with
Christian
Ian
“Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he [Jesus] appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin… The reason the Son of God appeared [Christmas] was to destroy the works of the devil.”
-1 John 3:4,5,8
Jesus Forgives
We cannot ALTER the past,
but we can bring the past
to the ALTAR of God.
He came that we might have abundant life.
He came to destroy the works of the Devil.
He came to give us Guidance, Direction, Hope, Confidence, Wisdom, and the Will to do things that in our weariness, or in our sinfulness we don’t want to do.
Think of your life like a CAR.
Where is Jesus in your car?
Trunk?
Back seat?
Front seat passenger side?
Drivers seat?
“Reposition” Jesus in your life.
Put Him in the Drivers Seat, and don’t be a
backseat driver.
TRUST GOD IN ALL THINGS.
Mary did.
Don’t let Christmas/Your life be ruined.
Let the Good Shepherd carry you
Travel Agents
Those who specialize in “Guilt Trips”.
Do you know some?
Those whose “expectations” are too high.
“The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.”
That is what Christmas is all about.
“For God so loved the world that he gave [Christmas Gift] his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light..”
-John 3:16-19
To cancel our debt.
To clear our overdraft.
To waves our fines.
Gives Forgiveness for the past,
Gives New Life for the Present [Today]
and Hope for the future.
Let Jesus help, not “Ian” [You, a Christian without Christ]
Are you taking on your problems as Ian or as a Christian.
“Ian” The Christian without Christ.
“For unto us [YOU] a Child is born, unto us a Son is given… His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
-Isaiah 9:6
“I have come into the world as a LIGHT, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”
-John 12:46
“In his name the nations will put their HOPE.”
-Matthew 12:21 [Isaiah 42:1-4]
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