Who Needs Christmas?

What Child is This?

Does anybody really need Christmas? Do we need the decorating, entertaining, gift-giving, spending … the gathering, singing, worshiping? Why do we expend so much energy on these things? Maybe it’s because at the first Christmas everybody needed what Jesus came to bring, no matter who they were: the rich and powerful, the outcasts, the lonely, the forgotten … everybody. And maybe, we all still do!

Christmas is a celebration of a gift that is powerful, life-changing and eternal … a gift everybody needs and anyone can receive!

No matter how hard he tried, Herod could not halt the plans of God. Despite the difficult, nightmarish circumstances that come your way, know that nothing can separate you from God’s love, forgiveness, and redemption.

Other People's Christmas

Does anybody really need Christmas? Do we need the decorating, entertaining, gift-giving, spending … the gathering, singing, worshiping? Why do we expend so much energy on these things? Maybe it’s because at the first Christmas everybody needed what Jesus came to bring, no matter who they were: the rich and powerful, the outcasts, the lonely, the forgotten … everybody. And maybe, we all still do!

Christmas is a celebration of a gift that is powerful, life-changing and eternal … a gift everybody needs and anyone can receive!

Jesus was born in humble circumstances and his birth stands as a reflection of His earthly ministry. Humble, simple, yet life changing. We often judge our life, even our Christmas, by what we get. But being like Christ means it’s not so much what we get, as what we give.

In Moments of Desperation

Does anybody really need Christmas? Do we need the decorating, entertaining, gift-giving, spending … the gathering, singing, worshiping? Why do we expend so much energy on these things? Maybe it’s because at the first Christmas everybody needed what Jesus came to bring, no matter who they were: the rich and powerful, the outcasts, the lonely, the forgotten … everybody. And maybe, we all still do!

Christmas is a celebration of a gift that is powerful, life-changing and eternal … a gift everybody needs and anyone can receive!

Often we assess God’s goodness and power based on our present circumstances. And sometimes our present circumstances don’t demonstrate a good and powerful God. But what if there was a better way? What if we could better understand and trust God even when our circumstances are challenging? In the story of Christmas, Mary teaches us to replace worry with worship, because she trusts based on her past experiences.

Remembering Christmas

Does anybody really need Christmas? Do we need the decorating, entertaining, gift-giving, spending … the gathering, singing, worshiping? Why do we expend so much energy on these things? Maybe it’s because at the first Christmas everybody needed what Jesus came to bring, no matter who they were: the rich and powerful, the outcasts, the lonely, the forgotten … everybody. And maybe, we all still do!

Christmas is a celebration of a gift that is powerful, life-changing and eternal … a gift everybody needs and anyone can receive!

Today, we kick off our Christmas series by stepping back to remember Christmas. Have you ever felt like God is absent? Like he has been ignoring or hiding from you? People throughout history have felt that too and before the first Christmas, it was no different. But God’s faithfulness to you in the past casts a shadow of hope on your future. If we don’t remember God in our past we will forget to see Him in our future. As we remember Him in our past, we will see Him in our future.