As we reflect on the true reason of the season, we can be so grateful for the good news of Jesus! We have freely received the best gift; the walk in the grace and love of the Lord completely in relationship with Him.

Good news: delivered. God is in the business of taking what seems lowly, insignificant and unexpected and turning it into something powerful and good for His glory. This is how Jesus came to us: humble and lowly, to redeem the world for eternity.

We do not wrestle against just the forces we can see. Paul makes it clear that our biggest battles are against spiritual forces. We have to rely on God’s power to make it through the battles we face.

90,000 hours of the average person’s life is spent working. That is a lot of hours spent! Regardless if we are entry level or a seasoned employee or CEO, we all are called to do all things for the glory of God; including or jobs.

“Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.” The famous words of Mike Tyson may be referring to boxing, but it often summarizes how one can feel about parenting too. We may go in with a plan and a vision with how we want things to go, but often it doesn’t turn out that way. As we get to the basics of what it means to have a Godly home, we start to worry less about insignificant things and more about raising Jesus-loving kids.

Marriage is meant to mirror the Gospel. No, its not what you think it is; its a story of grace, deep love, and respect. We are not robots and have the ability to choose to love each other and live in humility towards each other, just as we have the choice to submit to Jesus.

Monkey see, monkey do. As we are called “little Christs”, as God’s children we should imitate our heavy father. The goal as Christians is to have our life look so much like Jesus, that people confuse us with Him.

Jesus didn't come to make us better. He came to give us life and life to the fullest. When we say that Jesus radically transforms our life, we mean it looks radically different than the world around us. Would our neighbors, store clerks, co-workers and friends see Jesus in your life?

Its about unity, not uniformity. We often think everyone needs to look exactly like another within the Christian walk, but that is not the case. You can have a different denomination or religious background and its not going to change the need and calling to treat all with value and equality.

What is the mystery that Jesus has done for us? As Paul writes in Ephesians, we are meant to be stewards of Gods grace in our lives. It is not earned. Grace makes significant claims over our lives. Grace that is given to us is only a stewardship, is does not belong to us. We all have the gift of the grace of Jesus, it is up to us how we use it.