Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.

Whenever you say 'yes' to anything, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your 'yes' is worth the less.

If you have a story of grace, then you have a story of grace to tell.

God always gets the glory when Jesus comes.

Not going to give casual worship to a God of extravagant beauty and grace!