Christmas Done Different Week 2
Christmas Done Different
Week 2 – Contentment
Bottom Line: Contentment develops your heart for your part in God’s big story.
Check out this Resource from the Bible Project – HERE
or this one – HERE
Check out this song from Passion – HERE
Things to Consider
Do you feel discontent at Christmas?
What causes you to struggle most this time of year?
How might God be developing you for a part in the bigger story?
What do you need to do this week to experience peace?
This week I will…. experience the peace Jesus offers me. I will take hold of it and believe that finding contentment in my life develops my heart for my part in God’s big story. I’ll stop comparing my situation to others and believe that God works all things for good.
Today’s Scripture Readings
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
Matthew 1:18-25
