Is There Room for Christ at Your Inn?

Our expectations are critical in giving us goals and standards for which to strive. Yet we can also be blinded by our expectations too! Each Year we prepare for Christmas with a flurry of activity, partly due to fear, guilt and competition to have the best dinner party, find the best gift or have the most elaborate light display. Yet in Luke's account of Jesus' birth, there are numerous reference to people who totally missed what was the most significant event in all history, primarily because they were either too busy, too preoccupied with census preparation or simply limited by what they perceived they had to offer. We can avoid the same pitfall we mus SEIZE IT - Be open to the moments that come at unexpected and often inconvenient moments and be willing to set aside our to-do list to read a story to our children, the Jesus' story,  or spend a few moments thinking about the signficance of Christmas in the world events. LIVE IT - Without some sort of action, it all become just philosophy. But when Jesus is born in your world, it changes your life in a serious way. We must be willing to respond to the knock on the door and then invite God into our lives for good! SHARE IT - anything of value is worth sharing with a friend or neighbor. If we don't share the true meaning of Christmas, we either don't understanding it yet or don't love those around us enough. Will God find Room in your Home this year? Sermon Notes 12.04.11 First Advent Worship 12.04.11 Room at the Inn Haiti Update Slides Advent Readings 2011 wk2 Great Thanksgiving for Advent