Follow Along with the Message

What Matters More?

Pastor Tom Lundeen

Do any of us really think that  will be a Happy New Year?

Studies show over and over again that if we make New Year’s resolutions (just % of Americans do), only % of that 41% feel they were successful 12 months later; and % of the 41% abandon their New Year’s resolutions by February.

What matters more than what we can see and what we  and what we feel?

1.  Matters More (note John 1:14)

Note Isaiah 53:2b

What Jesus did was to  Himself with our hurts, pain, problems, need, and even our sin.

Note 1 Peter 2:24

2.  Perspective (note John 1:1-5)

213 years later, which Napoleonic battles in 1809 were more important than the  of 1809?

Note Galatians 4:4

2,000 years ago, the world was focused on  and the Roman Empire.

But in God’s eternal plan and incredible purpose, it wasn’t Rome that was the  of attention.

It was a baby in a manger in  that mattered most.

That baby:

• Divided history into  and .
•  great educational systems and institutions and organizations that care for people’s physical health, social needs, emotional well-being, and relationship strengthening.
• His teachings and personal  in our world through His Spirit changes individuals, marriages, and families, and transforms their lives and their futures.

So this Christmas and New Year season:

• No matter what  with our economy, with politics, with the culture, and in our personal lives, because of a baby born in a manger in Bethlehem, my life can have meaning, purpose, and genuine hope.
• Note John 1:4-5

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