The second greatest commandment is to love your neighbour as yourself. A neighbour is not just those we share a fence with, but those with whom we share office desks, footpaths, shopping aisles, and streets. In the second greatest commandment we are called to love others with the same passion, energy, and commitment as we show to ourselves.

Romans 13:10 | The second greatest commandment is to love your neighbour as yourself. A neighbour is not just those we share a fence with, but those with whom we share office desks, footpaths, shopping aisles, and streets. In the second greatest commandment we are called to love others with the same passion, energy, and commitment as we show to ourselves.

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What is a true friend? Our friends are one of the most powerful shaping influences on our lives. In fact, over and over the Bible shows us that the true wealth of our lives is measured by the quality of our relationships. It is when we understand that Jesus endured the cross to restore us into friendship with God, that we will begin to become the kind of friends to others that we ourselves desire to have.

Proverbs 13:20, 18:24, 27:6 | What is a true friend? Our friends are one of the most powerful shaping influences on our lives. In fact, over and over the Bible shows us that the true wealth of our lives is measured by the quality of our relationships. It is when we understand that Jesus endured the cross to restore us into friendship with God, that we will begin to become the kind of friends to others that we ourselves desire to have.

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Hebrews 12:1-3 | The beginning of a new year gives the opportunity to ask an all-important question: "What has captivated the gaze of your life?" What we set our eyes on, we move toward. What we set our eyes on, reveals what we most desire. The only way to get free of the weights and sins on our hearts and to run the race of faith with endurance, is to be captivated by the infinitely glorious reality of God's love toward us in Christ!

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If Jesus is God, then He must be treasured above all else. And yet, if Jesus is God–in–the–flesh, He can be trusted above anyone else. He is not disconnected from our humanity. He is not a stranger to our suffering. He is near. This is the miracle of Christmas: Jesus is God with us.

John 1:14 | If Jesus is God, then He must be treasured above all else. And yet, if Jesus is God–in–the–flesh, He can be trusted above anyone else. He is not disconnected from our humanity. He is not a stranger to our suffering. He is near. This is the miracle of Christmas: Jesus is God with us.

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Everyone is looking for salvation somewhere. Everyone is building their identity on something. To be a Christian, is to live in the freedom of no longer being defined by our best day or our worst, what we do or what we've done, what we've achieved or what we have. Christmas is the celebration of the Almighty God coming into human history in the person of Jesus Christ to adopt us into His family. To restore us to our true identity: children of God. To know God as 'Father.' As Aloysius of Gonzaga said, "It is better to be a child of God than king of the whole world!”

John 1:9-13 | Everyone is looking for salvation somewhere. Everyone is building their identity on something. To be a Christian, is to live in the freedom of no longer being defined by our best day or our worst, what we do or what we've done, what we've achieved or what we have. Christmas is the celebration of the Almighty God coming into human history in the person of Jesus Christ to adopt us into His family. To restore us to our true identity: children of God. To know God as 'Father.' As Aloysius of Gonzaga said, "It is better to be a child of God than king of the whole world!”

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"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” The more we feel the weight of the darkness in our world and in our hearts, the more we will rejoice in the life and light that Jesus shines into the darkness. This is the hope that we have this Christmas Season.