Christmas

It has been a very busy last few weeks! I haven't been posting because there has been random stuff come up! I am currently in Tempe Arizona watching my brothers basketball games with my mom and spending time with her before I leave! It has been really great! I wanted to post my notes from 2 different Christmas service that I bought that were awesome!

Saddleback Christmas
The Lost
Shepherd does not leave till he finds the lost sheep. He carries the sheep back

The lost coin, she cannot find it she looks for it on every corner she wants the one that is lost.

The lost son, takes inheritance and uses it. The father always loved the son. When he sees the son a far way off he runs to see him with a hug of unconditional love!

At the end they all have a party, Gods reaction when you come to Him . God wants a party. To be spiritually lost is disconnected with God. God is perfect and we are not and it feels like we are separated.

What do I lose when I'm lost

1.) I lose my direction in life
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.We have left God’s paths to follow our own.Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. (Isaiah 53:6 NLT)
most people are drifting through life with no direction, not driven by purpose.

I lose Gods protection on my life
So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd. (Zechariah 10:2 NLT)
You were meant to have God in your life a protector and if you try and do it on your own you can't do it an you get stressed an tired

When I'm lost spiritually I lose my potential- wasted when your not connected with God.

I lose my happiness, conflict in relationships when you are in conflict with someone close to you, life stinks. You were not designed to lose conflict with your creator. You moved not God.

I lose my home in heaven because there are no rebellion in heaven. Eternally separated from God. That is hell for all eternity we lose the best things. God made you to last forever! Trillions of years on the other side of death. Purpose of this life is to prepare it for the next.
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed? (Luke 9:25 NLT)

Coin and sheep can go through life without knowing it is lost. You can't save yourself you need a savior to seek and save the lost.

Things that are worth finding are lost.
Today a savior has been born for all seek and save that which is lost. If you didn't need a savior then Christmas is unnecessary. Christmas is Gods rescue mission! Good news: Jesus came to save us!

What does it mean to be saved- forgiveness fulfillment freedom pardon purpose in life peace of mind and heart passion a new sense of life and living.

Rescued recovered and reconnected
Jesus came to rescue me
You need a savior a rescuer only solved by trusting. Trust in me in your times of trouble and I will rescue you and I will give you glory. What do you need to be freed from? Anxiety fear worry?

What have you lost that you need to recover? Lost? Jesus came to recover. There is nothing you can not recover from.

Jesus came to reconnect you to God. Reconciliation the war is over! Peace is made we are not outta wack. Anyone who connects to Christ is new 2 Cor 5:17

Amazing Grace I once was lost but now I'm found...
Romans 5:2
This is the second service with Greg Laurie
Names mean something....
Jesus Christ there is power in that name.
"For a child is born to us,
a son is given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulders.
And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6 NLT)

The story of Jesus coming into this world is a gift. Each name he uses shows us the purpose.

His name is Wonderful and that takes care of the dullness of life!

His name isCounselor takes care of the decisions of life.
You guide me with your counsel,
leading me to a glorious destiny. (Psalm 73:24 NLT)

His name is the Mighty God. He was God who became a man. That takes care of the demands of life.

Christmas is about the incarnation of the living God! It's impossible to be a Christian without the Holy Spirit!

This child born in the major was living a perfect life and dying for the sin of this world... A decision was made that Jesus would come and die for us.

Everything you need is in the name of Jesus Christ, the only gift that keeps on giving! He gives the hope, either accept forgiveness or forget it. Christmas can't bring peace joy happiness without Jesus.
You don't need presents but you need His presence! Accept the gift?