Paul has a grand view of heaven and is pushing on to get there. What are we to do while we wait for Jesus? We press on too, imitating those who are a little further ahead so we can attain to our glorious resurrection.

What is the best thing about Christmas? It's the gift Jesus came to bring - the lasting satisfaction of a relationship with God through the Cross.

The best gift is the unexpected one you didn't even know you needed. The best gift God gives us is coming in the person of his Son with flesh on to make us his adopted children.

Christmas can be a real mixed bag. How can we enjoy God's good gifts to us at Christmas?

What does it look like to have confidence you know the true and living God?

We know God loves us because 1) he displayed his love in sending his Son for us, 2) we love like him so we must have first been loved by him, and 3) our love for each other proves he lives in us.

What's a sure sign that someone has become a disciple of Jesus? Self sacrificial love for their brothers and sisters.

Babies always look like their parents, so what do you look like when you're born of God? And how can you tell if you're one of God's children? We become children of God by God's great love in sending his Son to make his enemies into his family. And we know we're God's children because we're not rebels against God anymore, and we do what's right like our Father who does what's right.