Yes, there is sin and brokenness in this world. But God created this world to be good, and it was good, and it will be made good again! The serpent is defeated, he’s already lost. We need to start acting like victorious people! I think too often, at least for me personally, I walk around like a defeated person. Because the hurts, pains, sin, brokenness of myself and this world are very real and we take that on and we try and carry that as far as we can without crying out to God for help! We must rest in the fact that God is good and that this world will someday be made good again because evil as already been defeated! We need to remember and celebrate that God created this earth for us. We need to appreciate and understand that we’re all broken and sin filled and that should be enough to humble us to a place where we can look somebody else in the eye’s who is different than us and just as broken and sin filled as we are and say I love you now lets go chase this victory together.

Bring Delight into the New Year: Resolve to grow in wisdom and stature, like Jesus.

Bring Delight into the New Year: Resolve to grow in wisdom and stature, like Jesus.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Faith unlocks the transcending power of Christmas’ delight.

More light than we can learn,

More wealth than we can treasure,

More love than we can earn,

More peace than we can measure,

Because one Child is born.

—Unknown

Christmas means that God blesses the faithful.

God blesses the faithful. Waiting isn't easy, but just like in Simeon's case, it bears great fruit.

The road to be made right with God through Jesus:

Believe the good news.

Get to know Jesus.

Go back into life living for God.

Luke 2: 1-20 shows that the shepherds of Bethleham delighted in the coming of the Christ Child.

Anxiety... it clouds our perspective of what the Holiday is all about. The need to be at every party, to get the perfect gifts, or just feeling alone and isolated, but surrounded by celebration. We look at Mary, and how the proclamation of her...