our Christmas devotional reading

It is a new season as Christmas is only a few weeks away. Our church began a new series leading up to the birth of Christ and the celebration of Christmas, and we would like for you to join us on this journey.

It is called Everyday Gospel and based on a devotional reading from Paul David Tripp. The readings began yesterday, and you can catch up or start any time. This reading will help you take in the meaning, joy, celebration and worship that surrounds our faith built up on the coming of Christ.

Here are the ways to get the devotion:

Download a free copy: https://store.paultripp.com/products/everyday-gospel-christmas-devotional-ebook

Read on the BIBLE APP: https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/52502

Or we have a few copies left at church.

Here are just a few thoughts from the sermon yesterday:

Matthew 1:21 NLT

And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Shane Pruitt … The Gospel isn’t about accepting Jesus in to your life. It’s about Jesus taking over your life.

Eternal life is the end result, but eternal life if not the entirety of the Gospel. It is life. It is a way of life. It is what we can share and must share with others. The Gospel is the promise, the price and presence of God for us, in us and with us.

Isaiah 7:14 NLT

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

Awe. There is Emmanuel or God with us. Let’s dig in to the Gospel over the next 25 days. The Gospel finds it’s height and joy and celebration in God being with us in the person of Jesus. He is the Gospel.

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