Christmas Morning

• How do you feel about Christmas?
• A lovely time
• A great pressure
• A lonely time
• Different perspectives on Christmas
• Some pagan roots
• Oliver Cromwell
• Martin Luther
• Charles Spurgeon
• A Christian perspective
• A time to give, to show love, to remember that God gave an indescribable gift
• A time to care
• A time to invite and visit others
• Boxing Day
• Capitalise on Christmas
• Green, red and gold - the blood and majesty of Jesus
• The Holy Wreath - the crown of thorns
• 2500 Christmas Cards given to the local community
• Tidings of great joy - good news for all the nations
• The dominant message of Christmas
• We do not minimise the squalor and darkness of that first Christmas
• The shepherds
• God comes to people today with the same message
• Many respond
• The Angels
• They are astounded that the Son of God should be born on earth to men
• The shepherds
• They tell everybody as they see the message of the angles is true
• They return home glorifying and giving praise to a God
• If we really understand what Christ has done for us - this would be a cause for great rejoicing
• The wise men
• Herod turned to his own 'wise men' but had no desire to worship Jesus
• God had other purposes
• They rejoiced with "exceedingly great joy"
• What about you this Christmas time?
• There will be no great star
• But we have the full revelation of God in the Bible
• This points us to the Saviour
• May it be that we rejoice this Christmas because we know the Lord Jesus
• Mary rejoiced
• Sometimes it is hard to rejoice
• The Lord enables us to rejoice
• George 2nd
• As Mary considered the things of God she began to rejoice
• If you are confused or bewildered, may this be true of you
• These passages speak of grace
• God is a God of all grace
• God enables His people to rejoice - rejoice in the Lord always
• There is wonderful news in the [Christmas] Carols
• A second birth
• Christmas is a wonderful time - great tidings of great joy to all people
• The words of the Apostle Paul