Have you ever longed for someone who truly knows you and understands what you’re going through? This week we see from Pslam 139 that because God truly knows us and is with us through his king Jesus, even in trouble and suffering we can be amazed, be comforted, praise Him and cry out to Him for help.

Have you ever wished for a REAL new start? Not just the change of date on a calendar, but something more… This week we see from Luke 2:21-40 how Jesus has come as the perfect, law-keeping, God honouring human to reveal our hearts and redeem all those who put their faith in Him.

Merry Christmas! For sure there are a lot of things that are merry about Christmas but Christmas can also be hard. It can be a time of anxiety, stress and sadness. But Jesus has come to turn the world upside down, by putting it right-side up! This Christmas Day we see from Luke 2:1-20 that Christmas is about Jesus turning the world upside down by bringing real Joy and Peace to all who trust in Him.

Christmas is about God showing his mercy and grace to us by keeping his promises. This week we see from Luke 1:57-80 how God shows his mercy to us in Jesus.

Christmas isn’t just about a nice story of a cute baby laid in a manger surrounded by cute and fluffy animals. Christmas is about a revolution. About the world being turned upside down. This week we see from Luke 1:26-56 how Jesus, God’s promisied king, is going turns the world upside down by blessing and exalting those who trust in Him for salvation.

The Christmas story as told in the Bible is true.  And the best way to help people with Christmas and with life is to read the Bible with them.  This week we see from Luke 1:1-25 that Christmas is a message of God reversing the lives of people.

You either follow God’s King or you don’t.  Following God’s King does not mean no pain.  This week we see from 1 Samuel 27-31 that we should follow God’s faithful King if you seek forgiveness of sins and the comfort of the Lord in times of trouble.

Things aren’t always what they appear. Sometimes God is working in ways that we can’t see. This week we see from 1 Samuel 16 that we see the outward appearances, but God sees the heart and his faithful plans for his people.

How can the fall of an ancient Israelite king expose the darkness of our own hearts, show us what it looks like to really repent and point us to Jesus, the better king? This week we see from the Story of Saul in 1 Samuel 15 how because we and our leaders deserve God’s judgment for our failure to obey his commands, we need a better king.