Jesus is worth searching for. God uses many various means to bring people to Jesus. He is the One God promised and He deserves our worship and surrender.

The quiet, unassuming town of Bethlehem was home to the most extraordinary event in history. In this town, the angels announce the arrival that is "Good news of great joy for all people." Jesus is a shepherd of His people who is also the Eternal King. The angels' announcement is most important--Jesus is Good News… for all people… for He is a Savior… the Messiah, the Lord!" We want to be the ones who hear, receive, and believe the message that Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior.

The first people who were witnesses of the newborn King were ordinary people, mostly overlooked by the world–shepherds in the fields, a guy named Simeon, and lady named Anna. These ordinary people understood something about Jesus that resulted in authentic, extraordinary praise to God. Understanding who Jesus is and what His arrival means is the key to responding in praise, worship and thanksgiving to God.

Two ordinary people—a young woman and a carpenter—were each asked to trust God and accept what seemed impossible. Their extraordinary faith, demonstrated through their obedience, was a response to who they believed Jesus to be.

The ordinary list of ancestors in Jesus’ genealogy reveals an extraordinary truth–Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s ancient promise to come to save His people.

Paul asks for prayer so that he may be effective in proclaiming Jesus and then he urges the Colossian Christians to seize every opportunity to share their faith. Finally, the letter ends with a list of people who have found their place in the Gospel work of Jesus. This message include video greetings from extended BridgePointe family.

When Jesus is given reign in our hearts and lives, He changes everything about us from the inside out—from the peace that we experience in our hearts to the harmony we have in our relationships. As we surrender to Jesus, he restores God's image in us and gives us a new way to live.

In chapter three of Colossians, the focus shifts from what Jesus has done to how we respond to what He has done for us. In this week we look at how we must put to death the sin that separates us from the life Jesus wants to give us.

We can easily be deceived into thinking we need to add more to Jesus, but Paul writes powerfully to show that Jesus is enough and there is no need to add anything else to faith in Him.

Perhaps one of the biggest dangers to the faith of the Christians in Colossae and to us today is a diminished view of Christ. In this portion of scripture, Paul writes to correct a wrong view of Christ and reveals who Jesus is from pre-creation through the completion of his substitionary death. He is Lord over all and has reconciled us to God.