Tomorrow marks the fourth and final Sunday of Advent as we prepare our hearts to celebrate the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ at Christmas. This time of the year reminds us of the great hope, joy, peace, and love that we have in the Lord. We live in a world that is getting pretty dark and unfriendly.
People long for hope, peace, joy, and love in their lives, but they just can't seem to find it. The world can't find these things because they are looking for them in all the wrong places. A person will never find hope, peace, joy, or love in the bottom of a bottle of alcohol or in anything else of this world.
The only place a person can find true hope, peace, joy, and love is in God alone. God demonstrated His great love towards each one of us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). God sent Jesus Christ to this earth on the greatest rescue mission ever. We are all in need of rescuing. We are all sinners and we are all deserving of eternal punishment in a literal hell because we have broken God's law.
We are law breakers and there is nothing we can do in our own power to make ourselves right with God. There are no amount of good works or good deeds that can save our souls from perishing in hell. Thankfully, God is an awesome God and He made a way for everyone to be reconciled back to Himself.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:16). God loves us and He doesn't want anyone to go to hell. It was out of God's great love for people that He sent Jesus to thins world. Jesus was born of a virgin and He lived a perfect and sinless life.
Jesus went to the Cross where He died for our sins, past, present, and future. Jesus rose from the dead on the third day and He is now at the right hand of God interceding for us in prayer. We must recognize our sinfulness and receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior in order to be saved. We can't save ourselves. We need to look unto Jesus and trust in His grace by faith.
God loves us so very much. We can experience true hope, peace, joy, and love through a life changing personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This world needs Jesus. I need Jesus every moment of everyday.
I am weak, but Jesus is strong. He instills within me hope, peace, joy, and love through the Holy Spirit who indwells all of us who believe.
This Christmas season let us remember the wonderful love God has for all of us and may we believers tell and show the love of Jesus to those around us.
Lord,
Thank You for Your great love towards us.
I pray for that unspoken prayer request that is on my mind.
Help us to sense Your loving presence in our lives through Your Holy Spirit in a powerful way.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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