Central Christian Church

Christmas Defined: BELIEVE!

Believe! It’s a powerful word.

I believe! Do you?

Defined: Discovering the Meaning of Christmas!

The words of Christmas become more meaningful as they are enhanced by life’s trials.

Joy – Hope – Peace – Love – Believe

The word believe, supports and sustains all the other words.

Joy: A steady quality grounded in God, characterizing a believer’s life lived–especially in life’s trials.

Hope: A believer’s faithful trust in God’s future promises in the midst of life’s present trials.

Peace: Results from accepting and abiding in God for spiritual restoration & anxious relief in life’s trials.

Love: Personified in Jesus, God’s Son given for all–especially the unloved, unwanted and unworthy!

Notice a common theme? In God, through Jesus–The Wayto overcome life’s many trials, is given!

Christmas Defined: BELIEVE!

Believe: ‘A firm opinion, conviction or truth held toand lived by.’

But believing is not always easy?

“We will all face a crisis of beliefand what we do next reveals what we really believeabout God.”

– Henry Blackaby

Life moments when belief and unbelief collide! We’ve all had them…

“Lord, I believe. Please help my unbelief!”
– Our personal prayer

What life experiences have depleted or beat the belief out of us?

“…our vision will be determined by who we believeGod is…what we believeHe is capable of…dare to believeGod for the impossible!”

– Steven Furtick

Christmas Defined: BELIEVE!

Belief, when acted upon and lived out; brings joyin life’s joyless moments, hope in life’s hopeless moments, peace in life’s peace-less moments and love in life’s unlovable moments!

We have a giant-felling; sea-dividing; wall-crumbling and mountain-moving God! I believe! Do you?