THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS - PART 1 HOPE

Dates

Sunday - 9:30 AM Sunday School | 10:30 AM Worship Service | Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM, Youth Service & Children Ministry 7:00 PM

Dec. 04, 2022

 Pastor John Price
 Isaiah 9:2-7, Matthew 1:22-23, Romans 15:4
 hope, hopelessness, strength, platitude, Life, Love, Joy

COULD YOU USE A LITTLE HOPE?

"We can live several weeks without food, days without water and only minutes without oxygen, but without hope - forget it."

-Chuck Swindoll

HOPE- Hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all.. As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a STRENGTH.

Isaiah 9:2-7 NIV The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

  1. The Acknowledgement of Brokenness and Darkness
  2. The Hope offered Through the Light of Jesus' Birth


Matthew 1:22-23 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

EVEN IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS GOD WILL BE WITH US!

THREE THINGS THAT WE LEARN FROM ISAIAH'S PROPHECY

  1. The Presences of Darkness Threatens Our Hope
  2. God's Presence Has Come to Give Us Hope
  3. At the Heart of Christmas is Hope

    4. Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.


    THE PROPHECIES OF THE PAST GIVE US HOPE IN THE PRESENT AND FAITH FOR THE FUTURE.

    Are you in need of some hope?

    Does darkness seem to be pushing in?

    Are you ready to place your faith in Jesus your hope of glory?

    Do you want hope to be at the heart of your Christmas?