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Home for Christmas Week 2
TITLE: FAMILY TREASURES
WHAT DID JESUS LOOK LIKE GROWING UP?
AVALOS HOME: ONE WORD: FAMILY
Family is a lot like FUDGE. Mostly sweet with a small number of NUTS!”
POINT: GOD WAS TRANSFORMING HOW I VIEW FAMILY…
The basic for any approach to self-transformation is an ever-increasing awareness of reality and the shedding of illusions.” ―Erich Fromm, The Art of Being Faith is ever increasing awareness of reality that leads to transformation.... – Joel Malm
WHAT ABOUT FAMILY?
Psalms 68 - GOD SETS THE SOLITARY IN A FAMILY!
Psalms 68:4 Let them sing their celebration-songs for the coming of the cloud rider whose name is Yahweh! To the fatherless he is a father. To the widow he is a champion friend. To the solitary or lonely he gives a family. To the prisoners he leads into prosperity until they sing for joy. This is our Holy God in his Holy Place!
JESUS TRUE FAMILY - Matt 12:46-50 // Mark 3:31-35 // Luke 8:19-21 46 As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. 47 Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they want to speak to you.” 48 Jesus asked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”49 Then he pointed to his disciples and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers.50 Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”
JOSEPH & MARY - WHAT DOES GOD DO TO THE LONELY? – HE BRINGS FAMILY! Stinky Shepherds Old Man Simeon 84 yr old Anna
WE CAN BE THE CHURCH (person, family) GOD WANTS TO USE TO CHANNEL HIS LOVE TO THE LONELY! “Church is not a place you go to; church is a family you belong to” – Rick Warren
APPLICATION
LOOK FOR SOMEONE LONELY AND BRING THEM IN. EMBRACE THE FAMILY GOD HAS SET YOU BEFORE YOU.