If we don't have a biblical view of Jesus, we can become consumed with our personal preferences and traditions, and resistant to change.
The church of the Bible was dynamic, powerful, and life-changing. So why has church attendance today been declining?
When we get our happiness from God, we want to share that happiness with others.
When we have the certainty that God loves us completely for who we are, we can be satisfied no matter what.
God notices what we go through, even if no one else does, and he wants to do something about our pain.
God commands us not to give into our fear and reminds us that he will never fail us.
We have a God who always keeps his promises, and we can find those promises in the Bible.
Even when we face the impossible, we can still have faith because God can do anything.
God wants us to both have our own happy and satisfying life and to help others have an opportunity for that life, too.
We all experience feeling stuck at times, whether it be in hardships, relationship conflicts, failures that follow us wherever we go, or guilt that feels too big for us to carry on our own.
It helps to remember an important quality of Jesus — that he is always with us.
The holidays are a time to celebrate hope, and there's nothing greater than the hope God brings with the birth of Jesus.