by Steven | Nov 21, 2021 | Audio, christmas
Surely if he had known who was on his porch, the Innkeeper would have made room. Surely if he knew that the Messiah was to be born he would have opened his home to them. But he didn’t. God revealed His son to Mary, Joseph, shepherds, and a select few but the...
by Steven | Nov 21, 2021 | christmas, devotional
Reflection John 14:1-6 (Jhn 14:1 ESV) “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. (Jhn 14:2 ESV) In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? (Jhn 14:3 ESV)...
by Steven | Nov 21, 2021 | christmas, sunday
Micah 5:2-4 The Romans issued the census but the plan was ____________ all along. That is would move Joseph and Mary to ____________ At the exact time ____________ was to be born That was not the agenda of the Romans God is greater than the Romans. Luke 2:1-7 (Luk 2:1...
by Steven | Nov 21, 2021 | christmas, small group
Opening Share of a time that you were so close to something, yet just not close enough. Maybe 4 of five numbers in the lotto or a massive pileup on the highway you were one minute shy of. Context The Innkeeper was so close to not only seeing Jesus the Messiah, but...
by Steven | Nov 14, 2021 | Audio, christmas
Mary and Joseph are tasked with possible the heaviest parenting role in human history: birth and raise the Messiah. What qualifies or prepares them for such a role? Nothing by our standards, yet God favored them and their faithfulness is a shining example to us...
by Steven | Nov 14, 2021 | christmas, small group
Opening What in your life did it seem time slowed down for? This might be In a good way in cherishing the moment or in an impatient way in taking far too long. Context Israel had waited four hundred years for a Word from God. That word comes in two parts: The...
