Follow Along with the Message

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Pastor Tony Myles

The most challenging thing about Christmas isn't the hectic pace, shopping, decorating or awkward moments... the most challenging thing about Christmas is the .

• Maybe you don't find it  - and skip around it.
• Maybe you find it too  - and  from it.

Most of our disorientation comes from not realizing the .

Isaiah 9:1-7, NLT

This Promise was shared in an  era.

• God's people were  
•  fought for control.
• Everyone felt .
• Many wondered if God was aware and active. 
• One chapter earlier, they learned they would be . 

This Promise also shared real  - a future of . 

• All of this is spoken in the "prophetic perfect" tense:
  • v.2, NLT: "The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those wh live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine."
  • v.2, NIV: "The people walking in darkeness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of feep darkness a light has dawned."
• When a prophet spoke, it was after being lifted in perspective by God to see the past, present and future . 
  • This is why the promise of everything reversing when a child was born was so outrageous, and yet so . 

Personal question: Where are you in need of this?

After seven centuries of waiting... Luke 1:26-38, NLT

 O

Antiphon: "" vs. "" reflects  up to be  by God.

• Mary's antiphon was reflected in  (Luke 1:46-55)
• When her life was disrupted, she fully embraced .
• Will you let Jesus interrupt your "?"

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One of the most spectacular Christmas displays is you inviting God into your  through your '' to Him.

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