Come and Dwell with God: A Message for Christmas
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made...And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:1-6, 14 A few Wednesday evenings ago I went to church and we engaged in an Advent study written by one of the members of my church. I had met with the pastor earlier that day to talk about anything and everything really, but we both recognized the urgency of getting people to come back to church after the pandemic and pondered how you get back in the habit. That evening after the Bible study we prayed for our church budget and that people would return to church. I feel like a hypocrite volunteering to pray specifically for that in the closing prayer as I too have strayed away from church, but have been fighting myself and the dev