It Sure Beats Christmas Shopping

... that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit ... and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins
Scripture

Matthew 1:20,21
Matthew 1:18-24

Sermon Week/Year

Fourth Sunday of Advent,
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Sermon Topic

Christmas Shopping,

It was just a few days before Christmas. Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. While the men were out in their sailboat, a storm arose. The sea became very angry and the men had great difficulty keeping the boat under control. As they maneuvered their way toward land, they hit a sandbar and the boat was grounded. Both men jumped overboard and began to push and shove with all their strength, trying to get the boat into deeper water. With his feet almost knee-deep in mud, and the waves bouncing him against the side of the boat, and his hair blowing wildly in the wind, one of the men said with a knowing grin, “It sure beats Christmas shopping, doesn’t it?”

The annual Christmas shopping hassle is part of the secular hoopla that diverts our attention away from the true meaning of what we are supposed to be celebrating. In today’s Gospel Lesson, Matthew…

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