Longing for Christmas

Why do we long for Christmas? Why do we look forward to the holiday, every year? We have turned the season into a celebration of family and togetherness, of gifts and nostalgia, of anxiety and family conflict. But the reality of Christmas goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really our longing for someone to bring us home, to tell us we belong, to speak blessing over us, and to make things right. This year’s Advent series shows us how Christmas fulfills four of our deepest desires: for blessing, belonging, justice, and home.

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Sermons in this series

Longing for Blessing
December 15, 2024Pastor:Joey Woestman

Sermon Notes

Every gift guide, every advertisement, and every wish list all work off the same principle: if only someone would give me some thing that perfectly met my deepest desires, then I’d be happy. I’d be at peace. We all long for blessing—and if we don’t find it in Jesus, we’ll look for it in stuff. But ultimate blessing is found in the home we’re longing for! Join us for “Longing for Blessing” as we open up Galatians 3:13-14 and Ephesians 1:3 to catch a glimpse of the blessing God has promised us.

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Belonging
December 8, 2024Pastor:Nathan Kingsley

Sermon Notes

Everyone longs to belong, not just in a social club or friend group, but to a place that feels like family and home. In the Old Testament, God made a promise to Abraham and his descendants that they would belong to him as his people, but over time and many years of disobedience, the Israelites walked away from God over and over again. We all fear losing the places we belong to, and thankfully in Jesus, we have the assurance that we belong to Him and we will never be cast out. Join us as we hear Pastor Nathan share with us from Hosea and 1 Peter about our true longing for belonging!

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Home
December 1, 2024Pastor:Jeff Schultz

Sermon Notes

Our culture has turned Christmas into a celebration of gifts and nostalgia. But the reality of it goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really the longing for what we ultimately made for. Join us as we begin Advent looking at how Christmas fulfills one of our deepest desires – the longing for “Home” from Isaiah 55:1-9.

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