These sermons were part of a series preached by Lead Pastor of Brookside Church, Eric Dubach. The series focused on our prayer life and studied the prayers we read in scripture.
We are ambassadors for the Kingdom of God, and He is sending us out on assignment! In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson outlines three ways God has prepared us for what’s ahead, teaching from Moses’ recruitment in Exodus when God called him to bring the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Pastor Allen also shares five practical tools we can use to have a more peaceful, God-honoring holiday season. It can be discouraging and unsettling to face opposition from loved ones at gatherings, but we can invite God into every circumstance—trusting His plans and His timing.
To understand the significance of the city of Bethlehem you have to reach deep into the history of the Old Testament. Bethlehem is mentioned thirty-five different times, in eleven different books, over a period of thirteen hundred years. Bethlehem was prepared for the birth of Christ historically. From the series: Why the Nativity?