God isn’t Santa.  Obvious, right?  Well sometimes, we convert Him to a personal Santa whenever we approach God with our prayer WISH LIST, without intending to:

“God, I want…

…and could you just,

…and according to Your will , please…”.

His Love, the Christ-child, came down in the flesh to fill [...]]]>

God isn’t Santa.  Obvious, right?  Well sometimes, we convert Him to a personal Santa whenever we approach God with our prayer WISH LIST, without intending to:

“God, I want…

…and could you just,

…and according to Your will , please…”.

His Love, the Christ-child, came down in the flesh to fill our NEED for a Ruler & a Shepherd. (Matthew 2:6)  He defined our need, and then He graciously filled our need.

Whether we want to or not, we NEED to see & be with God primarily for who He is, not just to petition Him for the things we WANT.

When we learn to rely on God as our personal Savior, it looks very little like relying on Him as our personal Santa.

To help this settle into our life, we got some Worship Service homework this past Sunday.

The homework was to spend all your time with God this week, when you’re alone with Him, focusing in to :

Read, Study, Reflect, & Journal on Revelation 7:9 – 17

CAUTIONS:

*try to refrain from petitioning God for all kinds desires: neither wants NOR needs.

*put aside the prayer request list and just spend time noticing & adoring God for who He is.

*explore his attributes & put yourself before him primarily as a worshiper of who He is and not what He gives us.

And don’t forget, I’m praying for your experience to be rich and satisfying.

Pastor Dan

Our Holiday Schedule:

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: Saturday December 24th: 5pm-6pm  (No child care)

Christmas Day Worship Service : Sunday December 25: 11am -12pm

(No Christian Education Classes, Nursery or Children’sChurch)

New Years Day Worship Service: Sunday January 1st: 11am-12pm

(No Christian Education Classes, Nursery or Children’s Church)