It is a tough world out there. We will face difficulty and Jesus just tells us to "shake it off"! How on earth or why would we ever shake it off?

Jesus has laid out the vision and strategy of advancing the Kingdom. Now he moves to the tactics. Which are the everyday things we do to accomplish the mission.

We can feel the need for action, but that isn't action. All mission is about action. How do we move from feeling to action?

Missions start because we feel the need for the mission.

Jesus trained his disciples on feeling the need and where to go when you're overwhelmed.

Faith is seeing things the way God sees them, then acting on it. Mary had faith. But it was going to bring difficulty. How was the gift of faith seen in Mary's life?

Life gets out of control at times. But that isn't the way God intended.

When the Baby King shows up, he doesn't rescue us from the chaos. He gives calm in the middle of the chaos.

Jesus promised overwhelming joy.

But sometimes it is hard to see joy and church go together.

How does the Baby King bring overflowing joy?

When God feels far away, it is hard to think God loves you.

And it brings fear.

When the Baby King brought the Kingdom, he brought God's love.

Authority is the ability to captivate people's allegiance without demanding or bossing.

Jesus had amazing authority. How can you live in restored authority?

Hope is certainty the future will be better than our past or present.

But disappointment leads to despair...the inability to see the future as better.

Jesus shows us that hope leads us to Hear & Follow him, even when everything looks dead.