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Stains really do talk, don’t they? They say things like, “Klutz,” “Slow down,” “Butterfingers,” “Use a napkin, next time,” “Don’t you know you should never wear a white shirt when you eat Italian?” The worst stains can scream, “Ruined!”

Sin leaves much more embarrassing, shameful, relationship-ending, poor-choice kinds of stains; stains from poor judgment, stains from selfish behavior, stains from illicit, unbridled passions. And at there very worst, they scream out, “Ruined! Don’t bother trying to clean this up. It’s hopeless. Nothing gets this out. Cover it up, but forget about removing it.”

Christmas tolls a different message. Christmas offers to redeem us from the failures that could ruin us.

Centuries before Isaiah communicated God’s promise of thorough cleansing from sin, King David desperately hoped for the same.

White Christmases are really more supernatural than natural. The coming of Jesus invites you and me to come to Him for forgiveness, cleansing, and new life born-again in purity and righteousness. In Jesus, God gives us a new identity rooted in the reality of Christmas.

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The grace of God upon us enables us to remove the disgrace of things that lay broken around us.

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Thankfulness is the entrance into a life in God’s Presence; laying claim to His goodness and immersing the future in His promises.

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Nehemiah 2.1-8
Rebuilding Spiritual Walls requires the favor of God and man.

Things that lie broken and ruined around us or situations that break our hearts, the Spirit of God stirs us to take part in rebuilding and releasing the life of Jesus around us.

Jesus, Our Saving King will return! Readiness is more than a simple ascribing to the belief that Jesus will come again. It is to live with expectation and to value and love what He values and loves. It is to know His heart, to align with His will, to tell others of His coming. It is to hear His call to a harvest field of lost people and bring them into the Kingdom. With faithfulness comes the reward of His blessing and His kingdom. And our faithfulness to trust him will be thoroughly tested by a culture around us that scoffs.

God promises us an added dimension of His power through the Holy Spirit. This is fulfilled again and again, through those, who give themselves to anticipate and welcome the Holy Spirit into their lives in fullness and power. Encounter leads to empowerment for the mission.

As much as God cares about the condition of our souls, He also cares for our physical well-being.

God wants a relationship with people like you and me.