CHRISTMAS TRANSFORMATION
December 2 & 3, 2023 // Pastor Mike Berry
1. YOU ARE NEVER TOO FAR
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:1–2, NIV
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23–24, NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:16–17, NIV
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8, NIV
2. WE MUST REMEMBER GOD IS OUR
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1, NIV
A. GOD’S POWER IS
B. HIS ULTIMATE VICTORY IS
C. HE WILL NOT FAIL TO RESCUE THOSE WHO
3. THE KEY TO LIVING IN THE SPIRIT IS TO STEP OUT OF THE
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10, NIV
4. REMEMBER HE HAS A
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11, NIV
Action Steps: How can you do a better job of being still and knowing He is God in the morning? What can you do to practice being in His presence throughout the day? What do you think God’s plans for your future are? How will you let God transform your Christmas?