I’m
looking forward to the next eight days as we get to spend time together as a
church family.
This
Sunday we’ll be gathering for “Christmas Sunday” to worship the King of kings,
our Saviour and our Lord Jesus Christ. Stepping down from his majesty, he has
come for us. It is an amazing thought. Too wonderful for me to really
comprehend. Beyond my ability to adequately explain. But
I’ll give it a try. By his grace, we will get God’s Word open and we will look
at John 6:38-40. The message is titled, “He has come for us”. It is, plain and
simple, a presentation of the good news of Jesus Christ. The key thoughts from the passage are
that Jesus came to do God’s will and not his own. God’s will is that we should
not be lost but have life. And, we will have life if we look to the Son and
believe.
I’ll
preach the full message on Sunday and then a shortened version of it at our
worship event on the 23rd and 24th. Pray that the invitations we have been
handing out will, by the Spirit’s power, draw people to those special evening
worship services. The
theme, “He has come for us” is a lyric from the redo that Meredith Andrews
recorded last year of the beautiful old carol “God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen”. Check out the YouTube video to see a clip of Harvest Bible Chapel Elgin doing it last Christmas. You
don’t get the carol part, which is pretty traditional, but you’ll hear the new
chorus and bridge. Powerful!
You
can
buy this great song at the iTunes store. It isn’t on an album yet. We’ll be
singing it on Sunday and at the worship event next week.
Again,
I’m pretty jazzed about being with you and worshipping together this Christmas
and celebrating the reality that he has come for us. See
you Sunday…and Thursday…and Friday too!
And
if I don’t, have a blessed Christmas!
Todd