Christmas time is here, everyone’s favorite holiday filled with food, family, and presents under that beautifully twinkling tree. But do we really know what the first Christmas was about? The first Christmas was about the presence of God. Not presents, but presence. It is an invitation for us to become His children if we will simply believe. In this timely message, Pastor Jeremy dives into the real reason why we celebrate the birth of Jesus and encourages us to unwrap the Gifts the Lord has already given us, it’s time to take that wrapping off this Christmas and allow Him to show us the beautiful gifts on the inside of who we are.

It is clear that being a believer in Jesus has nothing to do with being religious, but everything to
do with love and action. It starts with loving God, loving yourself, and then loving others as you
love yourself. You cannot love others well until you learn to love yourself well, which comes after you come to know the love of God. Our love for others will be polluted if we do not love ourselves first.

Believe it or not, you can be a believer even in crisis. Unbelief is combated through faith, and faith is action, plus belief, plus confidence. If you give God your trust, He can handle any situation better than you can.

One voice we will probably hear the loudest is the voice of the enemy, and we need to remember that it is also the weakest. Some of the markers that will help you identify the enemy’s voice will be if the words cause oppression, confusion, discouragement, or rage. The enemy will tend to attack when we are tired because his main goal is to bring us down to his level to entangle us in the things that entangled him. Jesus wants to lead us in triumph, celebrating the victory He has already won over the enemy. In this powerful message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks on the voice of the enemy and how we must learn to resist him and our urge to listen to him by the grace of God.