Grow in your faith… the fear of the Lord.

Get good (and quick) at walking in forgiveness

Develop a close Friendship

Get serious about having fun together.

How did Jesus remain healthy while he was regularly surrounded by unhealthy people? How will you?

2025 will be the BEST year of your life IF it is your BEST year spiritually.

Three keys for a spiritually significant 2025:

1. Your heart would be SOFTENED.

2. Your faith would be STRETCHED.

3. Your walk would be STRENGTHENED.

What difference would it make if you saw Jesus more completely this Christmas?

1. Consider the unrealized, long-awaited hope of ancient voices.

Isaiah 9:6-7

2. Listen to the private ponderings of a humble man and a young woman.

Matthew 1:18-21, Matthew 1:26-37

3. Peer into a stable that became a make-shift child delivery room.

Luke 2:4-7

4. Pay attention to the action in the usually sleepy fields nearby.

Luke 2:8-12, 2:16-18

5. See a shining star piercing heaven’s darkness.

Matthew 2:1-2, Matthew 2:9-11

6. Overhear the secret, back-room conversations of the powerful.

Matthew 2:3-5, Matthew 2:7-8

7. Go behind the veil into the spiritual realities beyond what we naturally see.

Revelation 12:1-5

8. Observe the very thoughts in the mind of God.

Galatians 4:4-7, John 3:16-17

What difference would it make if you saw Jesus more completely this Christmas?

INTEGRITY OF HEART:

1. God loves the coming generation more than you do.

2. The coming generation already has a Savior - and you are not it.

3. The coming generations needs a Savior - and you can’t be it for them.

4. Success for the coming generation is not for them to ‘succeed.’

5. We succeed when the coming generation finds their Gospel-aligned mission in

the world.

6. The local church can help families grow spiritually, relationally, and directionally

healthy.

7. The greatest gift you can give the coming generation is a spiritually vibrant,

spiritually alive you.

Do you need a fresh look at the manger King?

Joseph was a man. Like all men, He was tempted to be controlled by money, sex, and power.

Rather than being controlled, He honored God.

Honoring God brought him purpose, significance, and true joy. He built a life that truly mattered.

Would you consider yourself a giver or a receiver?

Everything at the first Christmas was about giving.

There is nothing more “Christmas” than giving.

Would you consider yourself a giver or a receiver?

You probably know that you give to make a difference, but did you know that you also give because it shapes you?

What you decide to do with money will have as big an impact on your heart as anything else.

Giving is less of a “treasure” thing and more of a “heart” thing.

1. Grieve like Jesus

2. Believe that God will leverage your loss.

3. Look up…what happened to Lazarus is going to happen to you and every follower of Jesus.

There is power in feeling thankful. There is more power in giving thanks.

Marriages fail long before the actual separation or divorce papers are served.

At some point, you have to choose which design of marriage you want for your life.