Christmas Toy Story

 

 

De-cluttering Christmas 

Colossians 2:6-9

Have you ever heard the saying, “throwing the baby out with the Christmas tree?”  No, of course not, I made it up.  But I still want to know, can we clean up our Christmas and still keep the celebration?  I mean, would a less complicated faith make us happier? 

 

The Down-side to Tinsel 

Colossians 2:16-17 

Christmas Traditions are fantastic ways to embed the celebration of Jesus' birth in our calendar, but is there a down side to all the habits?  Likewise, Christian tradition can hold us dearly to our Saviour through life, or become a road block to genuine intimacy with Him. 

 

Faithfulness - Ben Delaney 

Faith and faithfulness.  What is the difference?  Why are we encouraged to have both?  How does it look in our lives?  How do we obtain faith and faithfulness?  Life is not the same without them. 

 

How Can I Control Myself? 

Mark 9:17-24 

It's crazy that we don’t have control over ourselves. The Holy Spirit is shining light in dark corners of the urges that drive us, leaving us with the power to finally govern ourselves.  

 

Gentleness 

Steve Crouch 

Can the gentle win?  Or should we adopt the tough skinned life of the world?  The Holy Spirit is helping us learn how to wrestle as 90 pound weaklings. 

 

How Can I Be Good? 

 

Hebrews 9:3-14 

Can we survive a world that is increasingly godless?  The Holy Spirit is leading us to be righteous without being self-righteous. 

 

How Can I Handle Difficult People? 

John 8:2-11 

Some people suck the life out of you.  The Holy Spirit is helping us navigate the vampire crypt with our life blood intact. 

The Spirit of Transformation  

We love to achieve, it makes us feel good about ourselves knowing that we can do something well.  When pay day comes along we like to feel as though we've earned it.  We have an inner drive to be better people.  God has His pay day for us as well, but what does He require of us to be deserving of the wages?  

Testimony - Sally Graham 

Sally Graham shares her story of how Jesus rescued her from a life of chaos, addiction and pain, bringing her into a life of helping others to find healing.