Strong Start

Throughout our Christmas series, we’ve been talking about the joy of Christmas: that through Jesus, God has come to be WITH us! We’ve looked at the stories of a few people around the time of Jesus’ birth encountering Jesus and being transformed by his presence. As we bring this “WITH” series to a close, we want to focus even more on Jesus’ presence with us today. To do that, we’re going to jump from the opening chapters of Luke’s narrative to his last chapter. We will follow the story of two people who also encountered Jesus and draw parallels between their lives – their challenges – and ours. We can find hope in the truth that through the presence of the Holy Spirit, Jesus is WITH us now. And because of Jesus’ finished work, we will be WITH him forever.