Helping the Whole World Find and Follow Jesus
Small Beginnings Introduction: When Zurubbabel was called by God to rebuild God’s Temple, one of the first things he did was lay a foundation. Then he built on top of the foundation, one stone on top of another. Many shortsighted citizens balked at those basic efforts and “despised the day of small things” (Zechariah 4:10).…
Play The Cards You are Dealt Introduction: This week’s message was on poker. Life is kinda like a game of poker. We’re given a certain set of “cards” that we didn’t choose. We didn’t choose when or where we were born. We didn’t choose our ethnicity. We didn’t choose our abilities or disabilities. We didn’t…
Part 3: Joy To The World Introduction: Joy to the World is one of several Christmas songs that has this idea of joy at its core. Joy is a little like the abominable snowman, you never see the thing itself, only the footprints. When you see a person that has real joy, you’re not sure…
Part 2: White Christmas Introduction: The classic Christmas carols like White Christmas always make the Christmas atmosphere so much more animated, happy, and carefree. People are merry and bright and their jovial conversations are a stark contrast to the people who don’t feel particularly merry and bright. Carols proclaim, “Joy to the World” and that,…
Part 1: Silent Night Introduction: Silent night is one of the classic Christmas songs sung each Christmas season when we celebrate the birth of Jesus more than two thousand years ago. Jesus, born to Mary, a young unmarried teenager, and Joseph, a poor carpenter engaged to this young mother-to-be. In spite of the criticism he…