Did you know that First Assembly of God church has a tag line…the tag line reflects the heart of this church. Do you know what it is? If you read the bulletin, if you read our sign on the corner…then you know…that our heart is to be A CHURCH WITH THE COMMUNITY AT HEART! Do you know what our mission statement is? It is to WIN, BUILD, SERVE. WIN people to Christ, BUILD mature disciples, and SERVE the Lord, by serving the community and the world! Did you know that? Guess what...Planting a church in Ossineke…is the fulfillment of both of those things. We are showing that we have THE COMMUNITY AT HEART! To accomplish that vision means that we have been...winning people to Christ, building mature disciples…and releasing them to serve!

Do you get tired of just existing? Has your walk with God lost some of its shine…its luster? Are you just going through the motions? Do you have everything figured out? Maybe your faith walk…your walk with God…is what I call faithful and faithless. What is faithful and faithless? It is when a person is faithful…in that he or she is consistent in attending church, having some sort of prayer life, maybe even devotional time…that is faithful…and yet he or she is faithless…in that his or her life does not require faith. He or she just goes through the motions! They no longer have a deep abiding faith. This faithful, faithless life becomes more evident when challenges come their way and they struggle with their faith! There is little joy and excitement in their lives. Do you know why there is no joy and excitement? Because they are not looking forward to the future! They have not planted anything, so they are not expecting a harvest!

Now, celebration may sound trite...it may sound simple...but it is NOT! Celebration is an act of faith! It takes faith to celebrate when your situation does not look like…or feel like… you should celebrate! Have you ever had a situation that you were worried or concerned about? Perhaps…a financial issue, a relational issue, a health issue, or maybe it was something else.

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This series… THE WONDER OF CHRISTMAS…will help you to WONDER AGAIN about…what we call the Christmas Story! What does the word WONDER mean? Well…it depends…on how it is used. So, it means…to think or speculate curiously…it means…to be filled with admiration, amazement…to be in awe…or to marvel…it means to be curious about something…and it means…to be surprised and astonished.