Christmas Hope
We will be looking at the story of Zacharias from Luke 1
Outline
- Introduction to Advent and to Zechariah
- Zechariah is a priest who needs some hope.
- Living with disappointment
- Hope in Zechariah's story
- Christmas hope
- In the Bible, hope is a response to encouraging truth
- Some practical applications
- Stay faithful while you're waiting
- Stay open to encouragement, don't become cynical
- Be blessed by the example of others
- Remember God's character and promises
Best of all, Christmas is a season of hope.
God is the Giver of hope.
Jesus is the center and reason why we have hope.
In Jesus, we have hope for an abundant life,
hope for life beyond death,
hope for a new creation in which everything wrong has been made right,
hope of being welcomed and loved by our Heavenly Father.
May you, like Zechariah, have a hope-filled Christmas!