The magnitude of Jesus, his supremacy and his glory is something we desperately need to understand.
John Piper said ‘I know of no other way to triumph over sin long term, than to gain a distaste for sin because of a superior satisfaction in God.’ and nothing can give us that superior satisfaction in God better than focusing on Jesus and who he is.
And all of what we’ve looked at today God says dwells in you, because Christ is in us as believer
If we want to pray in a similar fashion we need someone to teach us and the book of Colossians helps us with that.
In this world we hear these phrases a lot, ‘all religions are the same’, ‘each is as good as another’ but all of us need to hear that Jesus alone completes you, Jesus alone has dealt with your past, given you a place in heaven and made you complete.
In 2021 how will you live this year?
However challenging or difficult the year may be, no one else can be like you and impact the world for good like you can, let’s all live differently in 2021 and start one day at a time.
We’re going to look at 3 shafts of light from the Christmas story that will help us to walk in hope in 2021.
There’s an Angel appearing to a Jewish girl telling her she’s with child, wise men following a star, angels appearing to ordinary shepherds, there was no room at the inn and a baby was born in a manger
How are these storylines relevant to people today?
We also have to understand that true hope hinges on the Holy Spirit, when we’re carrying hope, ultimately what we’re carrying is the power of Jesus Christ at work in us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When called by God our response can often be like Jonah or Moses, but instead let’s be like Isaiah and say ‘here I am send me’. Let’s pray this every day, even if you mess up and ignore a prompting, keep going!
Praying God break me is challenging, but God’s greatest breakings lead to God’s greatest blessings. For some of us, from our deepest hurts and pains will come our most effective contribution to other people’ lives and to changing society, this is seen all throughout the bible.
When we pray this prayer and go through these steps, it’s a dangerous and uncomfortable prayer, but it’ll also lead us to the cross, Jesus has walked this way before us and we don’t have to be burdened by the weight of sin.