Embracing the Gift of Jesus This Christmas

"We give gifts to each other to show how much we love each other and how much God loves us. But in the scripture, it also says that Jesus is our Emmanuel. So it's another name of Jesus, our Emmanuel, that God is with us. God, and we saw this in all the testimonies, God is with you. You, God is with you, whether you know it or not. Every step of the way, he knows your situation. He knows everything about you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. God is present. He is active in your life. He is involved." [01:13:08] (36 seconds)


"Maybe you need to really know joy. Or maybe, maybe love, like Matt talked about, this love that he's finding in God and even in this community, that we accept him, we love him. It's Christ in us, that together we're one family. Whatever you've done, wherever you've come from. Amen. Amen. It's hope, like Susie talked about, in the midst of the pain and the not knowing what to do and what's going to happen. There's hope. There's hope. Or maybe peace, like Eva talked about, the peace of, I never found peace, he said. I didn't know where to find, I was looking for it, but I didn't find it. And then she met Jesus. He is the prince of peace. As he came, she allowed him to come into her life and was changed forever." [01:14:03] (48 seconds)


"He's with us when we have all the answers or whether we only have questions. He's always there. He will never leave you nor forsake you. You know he's fighting for you. He's loving you, even if you don't know it. He's empowering you. Angels are working overtime to bring you into a relationship. They're working overtime to bring you into a relationship with God. Jesus is our Emmanuel. He's my Emmanuel. Can you say it to yourself? Say, Jesus, you are my Emmanuel. You are with me in my darkest moment, Lord. In my brightest day. When I feel you and when I don't feel you. When I see you and when I don't see you. When I'm sad or happy, Lord. You are always there. And this is comforting for me. In my struggles. In the tragedies of life. In the pain. You are there for me." [01:15:02] (55 seconds)


"Even when I have no faith left. You heard the Eva. No faith left. He's there. It says in 2 Timothy. And I'll finish with this. If we are faithless, he remains faithful. Because he cannot disown himself. Because he cannot disown himself. God is always faithful. God is always faithful. See, when your faith is gone. When your joy is gone. When your hope is gone. When your peace is gone. There's a promise. Jesus is our love. Jesus is our hope. Jesus is our peace. Jesus is our joy. It's who he is. It's who he is. Look to Jesus. Look to Jesus." [01:16:08] (45 seconds)


"So we saw today in the scripture. In the face of Jesus. We see him as Savior. Savior. But also in the face of Jesus. We see him as Emmanuel. God is with us. God is with us. He's not far away. He's close. He's close. As close as breath. He's our Emmanuel. What do you need today? There's two things on offer here today. Two things. One is do you need a Savior? Well Jesus came as the Savior of the world. I mean Christmas is all about this. Come. The Savior of the world. We celebrate this. Because it's good news. Because he paid the price for our sins." [01:17:23] (43 seconds)


"can be forgiven and we can come back into right relationship with god you just need to receive the gift just receive the gift of jesus christ the only thing you need is faith say yes jesus i believe in you come into my life and it'll come into your life or maybe you need him to be emmanuel today god with me i need him in my circumstance and i need him close in my pain i need him close right now like the four testimonies that we saw god wants to encounter you today maybe you want to experience the job love god is love he's pure love when he comes to into your life you'll experience a love that you've never experienced before it's just amazing what about about the hope he said man i i'm so i find this world and my situation is so hard he said well christ the bible says guys it's the hope of glory it's the hope of eternity it's the hope of that this life is not all there is there's actually a life after this life it's called eternity and jesus gives us that hope and that love what about peace like eva's man i'm struggling i can't find this peace he's called the prince of peace and he wants to come into your storm your storm in life and bring you a supernatural peace you can't even understand it sometimes it's just he is peace and when he brings peace in your heart it's a supernatural thing or my favorite is the joy the bible says the joy of the lord is my strength as a christian we have joy live inside of us it's actually not fair to the world really they're trying to find joy everywhere so well i got joy i got joy i've got joy but maybe you don't have this joy yet jesus is joy he is the gift of life he is the gift of life he is the gift of life christmas father we thank you for who you've sent jesus to be father thank you that you sent jesus into the world to be joy for us and to be peace for us and to be hope for us and to be love for us oh jesus we love you so much that you were so humble so humble that you would lay down your glory and you would come as a little vulnerable baby and that you would love on us like the song says let every heart make him room" [01:17:44] (148 seconds)


"every eye closed right now i wonder this this gift is on offer this morning it's been there for the last 2 000 years and the gift is that god so loved you that he gave his son jesus you to die a cruel death on the cross to took the sin of the world your wrongdoing your selfishness your wayward life and he took it upon himself and he died and he brought even to hell itself but then on the third day we celebrate this at easter he rose victoriously and he is alive forevermore and anyone who will put their trust in christ they will also be resurrected from the inside you will become born again born of the son of god and you will be born again spirit of god and he will come inside of you and with him will come the joy and the peace and the hope and the love is there anybody today say gideon i need jesus today this christmas come on christmas 2024 this is your moment to receive the most beautiful gift that has ever been presented to humanity is there anybody here today if you do can you please lift up your hands right now and say gideon this is me i want to receive this gift and then i'll pray with you in a moment anybody here come on lift up your hand don't be shy this is the more one of the more powerful moments in your life i did it when i was 10 years old 10 years old and i've never looked back he's been so beautiful in my life is anybody here thanks very much is anybody else god is knocking at the door of your heart and he wants to come in like the beautiful song says will every will your heart make him room if you confess jesus with your mouth that he is lord and you believe that god the father raised him from the dead you will be saved and you will be saved and you will be saved anybody else they may i need jesus i need jesus lift the height i could pray i can see your hand anybody else" [01:19:54] (118 seconds)


"Thank you very much. Thank you very much. The best decision you've ever made. Guys, can we please pray together with these people a prayer of commitment of receiving this gift in Jesus' name, shall we? Say, Jesus, you're awesome. And today, I receive you to my heart. I receive your forgiveness. I receive your life. I receive your love, hope, peace, and joy. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Today, I make you Lord of my life. And I will serve you for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name." [01:21:52] (38 seconds)


"Come on, let's celebrate with these people who said yes to Jesus. Such a wonderful thing. God bless you so much. I think we're going to have some more worship in a minute. But come on, Catherine. Give it up for my lovely wife, Catherine. Everybody, Merry Christmas." [01:22:30] (17 seconds)