Topic: Jesus

If you ever get fed up with you. And if you ever get fed up with something that seems to control you. If you ever get fed up with the self-destruction that you bring on yourself and the self-destructive habits that destroy the relationships that are most important to you. Christmas is a standing invitation from your Father in heaven. You have been invited into a relationship where sin no longer has to be your master, because you’re not under law, you’re under grace. You are a candidate for the gift of Christmas.

It’s important to remember the point of your story. God has called you to impact the lives of those around you. … It’s easy to let our routines become distractions.

 Jesus alone is the Way to because He alone is the Truth about God and He alone possesses the Life of God.

We live in a world that says party like there’s no tomorrow as if there’s no heaven, no hell and no hope. Peter’s telling us turn the telescope back around and magnify… Eternity. Get things right in your life.

Imagine if we (MSBC) became the place that served one another. Imagine if we became that place that, rather than thinking just of ourselves we thought about the other people around us more than we thought about ourselves.

Building your life around the goal of obeying God is a step toward religion, not relationship.

Overwhelmed is no way to live.

The more aware I am of what God has yet to do in me … the less aware I am of what He has yet to do in you.

Grace doesn’t compare. Because Grace in Jesus is always married to truth. And the truth is: we have all fallen short of God’s standard.