Church for Imperfect People

He Will Be Called—2 -- Watch God Work -- 12/14/2025
You might be feeling a lot of things this Christmas season—and not all of them joyful. Maybe you're struggling with loneliness or wondering if anyone really sees you. Jesus came to meet you right where you're at and be exactly what you need. Let’s discover who Jesus is and what that can mean for us in our series He Will Be Called.
Locations & Times
9 NE 1st Ln, Lamar, Mo, 64759, USA (Old Lamar Bowling Ally)
9 NE 1st Ln, Lamar, MO 64759, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
About Church for Imperfect People (CHIPs)
CHIPs is a church that serves Lamar, Mo., and Barton County with a vision of doing anything short of sin to reach people who don't know Christ. We love gathering weekly to worship God and experience a powerful message, and we're so glad you could join us today! Visit https://www.chips.church/ to learn more about our church and mission statement and connect with us! To make the most of your visit, we encourage you within the YouVersion Bible app to mark Church for Imperfect People as "My Church" to get alert notifications for all things CHIPs! Tap the link below to get started! Can't attend!? We invite you to like us on Facebook and STREAM AS YOU ARE!! with our Facebook Live feed and previous messages available on-demand!
https://www.bible.com/organizations/07ca8077-e76d-436b-8b95-80f213ec63fcToday's worship set:
Song 1: Wonderful by Cain
Song 2: Rattle by Elevation Worship
Song 3: What He's Done by Passion
Song 1: Wonderful by Cain
Song 2: Rattle by Elevation Worship
Song 3: What He's Done by Passion
Robert Madu
He is a mighty God.
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6NKJV
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” 18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” 19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
Luke 1:11-20 NIV
Luke 1:11-20 NIV
“Nothing is impossible for God!” Luke 1:37 CEV
You are what God says about you.
God will be mighty
often in the ordinary.
God will be mighty
often in the ordinary.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11 NKJV
Childlikeness is the faith-filled wonder to believe that a mighty God can still do the impossible.
… the baby leaped in her womb … Luke 1:41 NIV
Get some people around you who will believe God with you.
Have you put the promise of God on the shelf because it hasn’t come to pass on your timetable?
Have you put the promise of God on the shelf because it hasn’t come to pass on your timetable?
When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.” 61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.” Luke 1:57-61 NIV
… “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared …” 1 Corinthians 2:9 NKJV
God can do something new through you.
Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. Luke 1:62-64 NIV
God is mighty in the waiting.
TALK IT OVER
Read Isaiah 9:6. What is your first thought when you hear the word “mighty”?
Childlikeness is the faith-filled wonder to believe that a mighty God can still do the impossible. Practically, how can you live with childlike faith today?
How do you typically respond when it feels like God is taking longer than you’d like? What practices could you implement in order to see God in the waiting?
Read Isaiah 9:6. What is your first thought when you hear the word “mighty”?
Childlikeness is the faith-filled wonder to believe that a mighty God can still do the impossible. Practically, how can you live with childlike faith today?
How do you typically respond when it feels like God is taking longer than you’d like? What practices could you implement in order to see God in the waiting?