Christmas is God’s rescue mission for

humankind for

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time.

“Christmas is not a reminder that the world is really quite a nice old place. It reminds us that the world is a shockingly bad old place, where wickedness flourishes unchecked…where civilized countries make a lot of money by selling weapons to uncivilized ones so they can blow each other apart.
Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don’t light a candle in a room that’s already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that’s so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are. The light shines in the darkness, says St. John, and the darkness has not overcome it.” —N. T. Wright

We are invited to participate in the rescue mission by bringing

to earth.

Heaven is where what

wants done is done.

Jesus coming at Christmas means that God is ready to come and meet you

you are.

“New life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark.” —Barbara Brown Taylor, Learning to Walk in the Dark

What is the

part of your life where you need help?

Invite Jesus into that part of your life. Revelation 3:20

God loves you and there is

you can do to change that.

“Christmas reminds us that God continues to love us all, even the worst of us…to each of us he says, “I love you and I will always love you, for you are precious in my eyes.’ God does not love you because you think and act the right way. He loves you, plain and simple. His love is unconditional; it does not depend on you.” —Pope Francis

The miracle of Christmas is born through the willingness of

people to do God’s will.

God’s salvation is about what God does

us, not merely to us.

Action Steps:

Give

to the mission offering than you have spent on yourself and your family.

Invite Jesus into your heart and the hard and dark places of your life and wait for

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