Light in the Darkness | Crossing Christmas | Week 4
BIG IDEA: -Don’t let your light burn out!
Hebrews 10:23
23 Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;….
The 7 Promises of God
1. I will be with you.
2. I will protect you.
3. I will be your strength.
4. I will answer you.
5. I will provide for you.
6. I will give you peace.
7. I will always love you.
Gods promises are unfailing...
I Kings 8:56
56 “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel in accordance with everything that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good [ah]promise, which He promised through Moses His servant.
Hebrews 10:24-15
24 and let’s consider how to [i]encourage one another in love and good deeds. 25 not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
BIG IDEA: -Don’t let your light burn out!
Genesis 11:1-9
”Building a tower to avoid a second flood (fear) which resulted in unity divided from God that then brought the sin of pride. The enemy always tries to disguise confusion as unity. You see it everywhere today, people gather under the banner of gender confusion, political confusion, and anarchy.”
Acts 1:1-5
“The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders [b]by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.I will elaborate some here 3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God.4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit [h]not many days from now.”
Acts 2:1-4
2 When the day of Pentecost [a]had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue [c]rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with different [d]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out.
Colossians 1:24-29...
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church. 25 I was made a minister of this church according to the commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might [aj]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26 that is, the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints, 27 to whom God willed to make known what the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person [al]with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ. 29 For this purpose I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me.