Advent Week 4: Love

About this sermon

Happy Christmas Eve. I would love to invite you into our fourth and final 5-minute Advent Church. I’m so glad you’re here. We’ve talked about Hope, Peace, Joy. And, today… Love. I want to center us with this verse: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because He first loved us.” -1 John 4:18-19 Did you grow up equating punishment with God? Have you been conditioned for a certain brand of fear-based thinking? This is what I want you to hear: You’re not in trouble. God’s not mad at you. God’s not waiting for you to get the whole thing wrong to dole out punishment. He loves us. “Unto us is born this day a savior who is Christ the Lord.” He came because He loves us. We love because He first loved us. God baked love into the human sauce. That easy, natural, instinctive, automatic, unconditional love that we have felt for people in our lives… that is God’s love. And what a good day to celebrate it. May we receive the gift of God’s unconditional love and freely share it. You are so loved completely. Merry Christmas. #advent #advent2024 #love

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Christmas