December 11th & 15th
This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
—Matthew 1:1 NIV
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”
—Genesis 12:2-3 NIV
God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.
—Galatians 1:5 NLT
23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
—John 12:23-24 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
—Ephesians 1:3 NIV
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
—2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us— 2 so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
—Psalm 67:1-2 NIV
God has blessings for you!
13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
—Matthew 2:13-14, 16 NIV
2 You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:
—Deuteronomy 28:2 NIV
THE SONG OF MARY - The blessing from CHANGE
My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior …His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.
—Luke 1:46b-47, 50 NIV
THE SONG OF ZECHARIAH - The blessing from CONVICTION
67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
—Luke 1:67-68 NIV
THE SONG OF SIMEON - The blessing from CONSISTENCY
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel…
29“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
30 For my eyes have seen your salvation…
—Luke 2:25, 29-30 NIV
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Next Steps:
1. Today, I make a decision to follow Jesus.
(I embrace change and make Jesus my Savior.)
2. I am aware of blessing that God has for me and desire more blessing in my life.
3. I want others to experience blessings in their life that come from Jesus, so I am going to invite them to one of the Christmas Eve gatherings.
4. I will move to the 11:30a gathering for 6 months to make space for the One More.