Sermon Notes

- Esther Chapter 9 v18 to Chapter 10

The Festival of Purim, was established by the Jews in 473 BC and is still celebrated by Jews in every country and every culture to this day 2022 AD, that’s 2495 years later. They’ve never forgotten, never stopped celebrating God’s wonderful Salvation and deliverance. But in JESUS, because of JESUS, God’s wonderful Son and our wonderful Saviour, we have got something even BIGGER and even BETTER to celebrate. 1: Will you write down and celebrate the things that God has done for you and God has taught you, or will you forget them and it won’t lead to lasting change?

- Esther Chapter 9 verse 1 to 17

God is the difference and God can make all the difference when you face the biggest challenges of your life. Will you trust God in those times? The sequence of events: Esther Chapter 3 v13 – The original law passed by Haman (the enemy of the Jews) to annihilate and destroy God’s people. Esther Chapter 8 v11 – The Counter law passed by Mordecai to give legal protection to God’s people.

- Christmas is Coming. Luke Chapter 2 v1 to v20

It’s always the same every year – Christmas is stressful! But has it always been like that? Just think for a moment of Mary and Joseph, and the stress on them that very first Christmas, Mary, 9 months pregnant, tired, weary, and having to take this long journey of 80-100 miles. Then when they finally reach Bethlehem, it’s absolutely packed out with people, totally overcrowded, no room, no family to stay with, no place to safely give birth to a baby!

- Christmas is Coming. Matthew 1:18-25

It’s always the same every year – Christmas is stressful! But has it always been like that? Just think for a moment of Mary and Joseph, and the stress on them that very first Christmas, Mary, 9 months pregnant, tired, weary, and having to take this long journey of 80-100 miles. Then when they finally reach Bethlehem, it’s absolutely packed out with people, totally overcrowded, no room, no family to stay with, no place to safely give birth to a baby!

- Luke Chapter 11 verse 1 to 25.

So come on…Get ready…He is coming…Are you willing to believe what God is saying to you today? When we pick up this story in Luke Chapter One, God has NOT spoken, even a whisper from heaven in something like 400 years (since the book of Malachi), last Book in the Old Testament. That’s a lot of silence. That’s a lot of keeping quiet. BUT all of that is about to Change.

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