828 Church | Ron Barnard | Dec 21st | 9:30am

Описание: ✨ Merry Christmas, 828 Fam! We’re so glad you’ve joined us for 828 Church’s online experience!

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🙌 Today’s Christmas Worship Set:
Joy To The World / Joy Of The Lord – Maverick City Music
Away in a Manger / Worthy Is Your Name – Maverick City Music
Do It Again – Elevation Worship

📝 Today’s Takeaways:

How did so many miss on the miracle of the Messiah in the manger, and do we miss the miracle too?

Righteous devotion is the heart posture and perspective necessary to recognize God’s promised provision.

The surrendered heart, fine tuned by God’s word, will always see what the head alone is likely to miss.

Eagerly waiting

Preconceived notions often keep us from noticing God’s miraculous favor as it plays out in our lives.

You are less likely to miss a miracle if you hang out with people who also have a persistent faith.

Andrew recognized a miracle was possible because he had His eyes firmly fixed on the Messiah.

The God gift to see the miracle before it has fully manifested is powerful.

The greatest miracle from the story of Simeon and Anna is that they didn’t miss on the presence of Jesus.

📘 Today’s Verses:

At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. That day the Spirit led him to the Temple. So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law required, Simeon was there. He took the child in his arms and praised God, saying, “Sovereign Lord, now let your servant die in peace, as you have promised. Luke 2:25-31 NLT

You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life. John 5:39 NLT

Anna, a prophetess, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem. Luke 2:36-38 NLT

Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?” John 6:8-9 NLT

I have seen your salvation, which you have prepared for all people. He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!” Luke 2:32 NLT