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Mission Hills Church

The Promise of Peace | Getting From Good News to Great Joy

Jesus’ arrival in the manger came wrapped in a proclamation of peace. But during the hectic holiday season, experiencing that peace can seem just beyond our grasp — like the crooked star on top of the Christmas tree that we can’t quite reach to straighten out. This Christmas season we invite you to discover all the joy and hope that God makes possible as he extends to us his promise of peace.

Locations & Times

Littleton Campus

620 Southpark Dr, Littleton, CO 80120, USA

Saturday 5:00 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM

Sunday 9:15 AM

Sunday 11:00 AM

North Littleton Campus

5804 S Datura St, Littleton, CO 80120, USA

Sunday 11:30 AM

Welcome to Mission Hills!

Mission Hills is a church family—a family who wants to extend to you the same love, hope, and joy that we have received. We know that we cannot be all things to all people. But we do want to be one thing to all people. We want to be the place where anyone, of any age, of any level of spiritual maturity, of any economic class, of any ethnicity, of any church background—or no church background—can meet God in a way that transforms their life…forever!<br><br>If you are a first time guest, we would love to meet you! Stop by the Welcome Center for a free gift.

Luke 2:8-10

Bad times often crowd out great joy.

Luke 6:20-23

You can't get from good news to great joy unless your trust is in Jesus.

Happiness is pleasure that depends on our circumstances.
Joy is pleasure that transcends our circumstances.

Luke 6:20

Poverty destroys the illusion of independence.

The good news becomes great joy when we embrace our dependence on God.

Where is an insufficiency giving you an opportunity to embrace dependency?

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. (Luke 6:21a)

Matthew 5:6

We're prone to substitute satisfactions.

John 6:35

The good news becomes great joy when we allow ourselves to feel our higher hungers.

What substitute satisfactions are masking my higher hungers?

Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. (Luke 6:21b)

Jesus is talking about the act of mourning.

// Grief is the sadness we feel because we’ve lost what we loved.
// Mourning is the process of letting go of what we cannot keep.

The good news becomes great joy when we let go of what we cannot keep to take hold of what we cannot lose.

What do i need to let go of so I can take hold of what I cannot lose?

Luke 6:22-23

Daniel 7:13-14

The title Son of Man reminds us of what Jesus has to offer those who trust him.

The good news becomes great joy when we focus on what Jesus has to offer instead of what the world threatens to withhold.

Is my focus on what heaven holds or what the world could withhold?

The good news becomes great joy when we choose to trust in Jesus.

1. Where is an insufficiency creating an opportunity to embrace dependency?
2. What substitute satisfactions are masking my higher hungers?
3. What do I need to let go of so I can take hold of what I cannot lose?
4. Is my focus on what heaven holds or what the world could withhold?