Be Christmas - wk2

"Be Love"

Dr. Gary Singleton

When you think about Christmas, what comes to mind? Family gatherings? Exchanging gifts? How about joy to the world and peace on earth?

I believe the essence of what Christmas celebrates is actually love – God’s love for us and our desire to be loving toward others. Our sermon series this Christmas is called “Be Christmas.” Last Sunday we looked at what it means to “Be Joy” – to allow the joy that comes from Jesus to spill over onto those around us. This week we will look at how we can “Be Love” this Christmas.

Seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah announced that God loves us enough to be born among us … to be “Immanuel - God with us.” God’s love is not hidden from us. It’s not a secret. He declared it loud and clear. “I love you and I am with you.”

Our world is desperate for love. God has given His love to us. And God’s love compels us to be God’s love to others.