Cadyville Wesleyan Church
The Advent season presents the unfolding story of the birth of Jesus. Our Coming Savior presents a special skit (led by our very own Sandie Rock) followed by a message inspired by the story that they share. More than that, we will see ourselves in the story of that very first Christmas and experience the hope and peace that Jesus brings!
Lamentations 3:17 NIV
When we see Christmas through the shepherds’ eye, we discover a joy not based on today’s news or tomorrow’s forecast, but a joy that rises above our circumstances.
Joy is a gift that God gives us when we make him the Lord of our life!
John 15:11 NIV
Psalms 16:11 NIV
Psalms 4:7 NLT
Luke 2:8 NLT
In the midst of a despised, boring, thankless life, God brings an interruption.
Luke 2:8-20 NLT
In the hills outside of Bethlehem, to the disputed and rejected shepherds, the joy of the Gospel breaks through!
As we find in the experience of the shepherds, when we experience the joy of Christmas, life may still be routine, but it is anything but mundane.
Luke 2:10 NLT
And no matter where you are in your life, no matter how your story has unfolded, Christmas marks the dramatic beginning of a new story for you!
“What good news regularly does, then, is to put a new event into an old story, point to a wonderful future hitherto out of reach, and so introduce a new period in which, instead of living a hopeless life, people are now waiting with excitement for what they know is on the way. “The Christian good news is supposed to be this kind of thing. The gospel of Jesus Christ comes as news within a larger story. It points to a wonderful new future. And it introduces a new period of waiting that changes our expectations.”
- N.T. Wright
The Gospel is not just a story that you can read about. It’s a story that
you can participate in!
Luke 2:20 NLT
Even though things may seem the same, Jesus offers us a new perspective, an eternal perspective.