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The Christmas season can be filled with a lot of hype. But sometimes all that anticipation can leave us with empty and unmet expectations; the prophet Micah reminds us that what we anticipate and what God actually brings are not always the same thing.

We are reminded that God graciously sent John to point to Christ as our Savior. We are encouraged to prepare for Christmas spiritually.

The Gifts of Christmas Advent Series Sermon 1: The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and…

Introduction I had mentioned last week that this Advent season we will be working our way through the four evangelist and their introduction of we have come to know as the Christmas Story. Last week as I mentioned Matthew was written to the Jews from the perspective as a Jew, turned Tax collector working…

A look back at 2022 Began Evangelism training We saw two youth accept Jesus as Savior We had three youth commit to leadership training We invited people to the Easter service We hosted Sunday Picnics through the summer We brought back our dessert and pie auction fundraiser for the youth and children…

The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and shout in exasperation like Charlie Brown, “Isn’t…

Intro What do you need to do to get ready for Christmas? Mountains of shopping? Get the Christmas lights up? Wrapping? Make sure the car is serviced for the road trip? As I experienced the other day trying to drive through town, there is a flurry of activity as people rush this way and that to prepare.…

Call to Worship Worship By Singing We Have a Savior Worship By Corporate Prayer Worship Thru Tithes and Offerings Worship By Singing O Come, All Ye Faithful # 89 Go Tell it On the Mountain #95 Worship By Hearing the Word What Did Jesus Bring You For Christmas? Christmas Day Service Titus 3:1-8 Pastor…

Break the Silence intertestamental period of 400 years since the Prophecy of Malachi 1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the…

Have You Prepared? Really? Does anyone here know the Boy Scout Motto? “Be Prepared.” That’s right. Growing up in my journey through the scouting ranks I had the opportunity to see some amazing preparedness. I still remember on one particular hike one of the scouts back packs losing a pin that held the…

Series Intro Luke 1:4 ...that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.” Jesus came into the world for a specific mission: To fulfill the law, cover sin, and reunite humanity to God. Elements of His mission goal are also found in the first steps of the journey: Purity, Hope,…

Introduction The preparation for children. Having absolutely nothing, but knowing that we would need so much. As we are in the Advent season, heading towards Christmas morning, to receive the blessing of the birth of Christ, we look to the preparation in our own hearts. Preparation is an important step…

How do we prepare for Christmas? 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Who the crier is remains concealed; his person vanishes in the splendour of his calling, and falls into the background behind the substance of his cry.…

Introduction This morning we are continuing in our series of the 4 evangelists and there view of the Christmas Story. We have looked at Matthew, Mark and this morning we will take a look at the Doctor’s view of the story. As I said at the beginning of the series, Luke is all about Details, Details, Details.…

The Tree for Him, and He for the Tree Each year, families around the United States pack into a car. Then they drive, sometimes for a few minutes, other times for a few hours, some for even longer. Their car pulls up to a forest or a farm, and the family piles out of the car to beholden the world of evergreen…

Intro As we approach Christmas day we have been looking as a church at the theme of light and dark and how Jesus brings light into the world. Christmas is really such a wonderful time. People are generally happy and pleasant. The season gives us a special reason to interact with one another. As a kid,…

Story : Let’s be honest. Christmas gifts are great! As we prepare to celebrate on Christmas day with friends and family, there will most assuredly be a gift that you have to figure out how to respond to without hurting someone’s feelings or feeling foolish. I want to offer you eight ways to respond to…

Welcome Good morning and welcome once again. Today, it is incredible to believer, we are at the start of the Advent season! As we have mentioned already, Advent is the time that we prepare our hearts for an “arrival,” someone is coming and we need to get ready. Some of you likely did some preparing this…

Growing up, my family had a family tradition during Christmas time. I’m sure that many of your families did as well. One of those traditions was watching a well-known Christmas movie. How many of you are familiar with “A Christmas Story” from 1983? Yes, kids 1983, it’s an “old” movie … in this movie,…

Intro Paul David Trip New Morning Mercies Dec. 22, 2022 Jesus knew what he was facing. He knew the price that needed to be paid. He knew what it would mean to stand in our place. He was quite aware of the spiritual math: suffering for a moment = acceptance for all of eternity. And he was willing. A great…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Introduction Watching the movie A Christmas Story has become a family tradition. TNT and TBS even show the movie for twenty-four hours straight on Christmas! The movie tells the tale of a young boy, Ralphie, who wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. His mom is against it, so he spends much of the movie…

Countdown Video: The Heart of Christmas Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please…

Introduction Welcome to Advent. A time of reflection on the Advent of the messiah coming into the world. For some of you Advent may be something new. Candles , singing, but during the next few weeks we are going to take some time and reflect upon the coming of Christ into the world. For the people back…