Love That Came Down | Jamaal Bernard

let's go to word to the Lord in prayer let's go to word to the Lord in prayer father God we thank you so much for the father God we thank you so much for the father God we thank you so much for the opportunity to opportunity to opportunity to celebrate a phenomenal celebrate a phenomenal celebrate a phenomenal thing something that didn't just impact thing something that didn't just impact thing something that didn't just impact our our our very area of influence called the very area of influence called the very area of influence called the self but from a cosmic self but from a cosmic self but from a cosmic level entering into this Human Experience entering into the the the the Experience entering into the the the the the issue the issue the issue the troubles the situations all the the troubles the situations all the the troubles the situations all the things that sin caused and you said you things that sin caused and you said you things that sin caused and you said you entered in and so for that we sing songs like in and so for that we sing songs like [Music] [Music] [Music] Hallelujah songs like Carol of the Bells Hallelujah songs like Carol of the Bells Hallelujah songs like Carol of the Bells Jesus is Jesus is Jesus is here songs like Joy to the here songs like Joy to the here songs like Joy to the World songs like Oh Holy World songs like Oh Holy World songs like Oh Holy Night because we understand Night because we understand Night because we understand [Music] [Music] [Music] what the birth of Christ what the birth of Christ what the birth of Christ represents so so we ask that you have represents so so we ask that you have represents so so we ask that you have your way as we continue through this your way as we continue through this your way as we continue through this service I pray that you touch service I pray that you touch service I pray that you touch me take capture every thought me take capture every thought me take capture every thought Lord TR to speak a word in Lord TR to speak a word in Lord TR to speak a word in season touch the individuals here in season touch the individuals here in season touch the individuals here in their minds Hearts their ears their eyes their minds Hearts their ears their eyes their minds Hearts their ears their eyes Lord forgetting right now what Christmas Lord forgetting right now what Christmas Lord forgetting right now what Christmas gifts we didn't purchase or what

gifts we didn't purchase or what gifts we didn't purchase or what Christmas gifts we couldn't purchase or Christmas gifts we couldn't purchase or Christmas gifts we couldn't purchase or what Christmas gifts we wish we had what Christmas gifts we wish we had what Christmas gifts we wish we had purchased and just really focusing on purchased and just really focusing on purchased and just really focusing on [Music] [Music] [Music] you setting aside the the the hurt and you setting aside the the the hurt and you setting aside the the the hurt and pain of not having a loved one with us one with us [Music] [Music] [Music] today and focusing on you today and focusing on you today and focusing on you so we say Have Your Way in Jesus name so we say Have Your Way in Jesus name so we say Have Your Way in Jesus name amen and amen you may be amen and amen you may be amen and amen you may be [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] seated wow thank you so much for those seated wow thank you so much for those seated wow thank you so much for those who participate ugly sweat is Sunday so who participate ugly sweat is Sunday so who participate ugly sweat is Sunday so I wouldn't have to be up here by myself I wouldn't have to be up here by myself I wouldn't have to be up here by myself y'all are looking good looking y'all are looking good looking y'all are looking good looking good we're going to take a picture to good we're going to take a picture to good we're going to take a picture to together with everybody we're going to together with everybody we're going to together with everybody we're going to try to fill the stage and stand all up try to fill the stage and stand all up try to fill the stage and stand all up here and over there we're going to take here and over there we're going to take here and over there we're going to take a picture together celebrate um after a picture together celebrate um after a picture together celebrate um after service ugly sweater Sunday so if you service ugly sweater Sunday so if you service ugly sweater Sunday so if you don't have ugly sweater you can't be in don't have ugly sweater you can't be in don't have ugly sweater you can't be in the the the picture and then after service we're picture and then after service we're picture and then after service we're going to be in a main lobby with the going to be in a main lobby with the going to be in a main lobby with the youth uh the DJ we're just going to be youth uh the DJ we're just going to be youth uh the DJ we're just going to be doing some Christmas celebrating uh I'm doing some Christmas celebrating uh I'm doing some Christmas celebrating uh I'm excited about that have you been excited about that have you been excited about that have you been enjoying the Post Service uh activities enjoying the Post Service uh activities enjoying the Post Service uh activities in the in the in the lobby amen thank you for the 10 of lobby amen thank you for the 10 of lobby amen thank you for the 10 of y'all some of y'all like I didn't even y'all some of y'all like I didn't even y'all some of y'all like I didn't even know they were doing stuff the other's know they were doing stuff the other's know they were doing stuff the other's like I I knew but I was going to like I I knew but I was going to like I I knew but I was going to wait so up to traffic I mean more people wait so up to traffic I mean more people wait so up to traffic I mean more people that's in here quicker I can get out of that's in here quicker I can get out of that's in here quicker I can get out of here but God is so good

here but God is so good here but God is so good um yes yes uh another announcement oh um yes yes uh another announcement oh um yes yes uh another announcement oh online campus we ask that you online campus we ask that you online campus we ask that you participate you can't be here in participate you can't be here in participate you can't be here in physical uh but if you take a picture physical uh but if you take a picture physical uh but if you take a picture and uh post it and uh post it and uh post it hash CCC ugly hash CCC ugly hash CCC ugly sweater # Christian culture center CCC sweater # Christian culture center CCC sweater # Christian culture center CCC ugly sweater December ugly sweater December ugly sweater December 22nd 20 24 that's the whole hashtag now 22nd 20 24 that's the whole hashtag now 22nd 20 24 that's the whole hashtag now the hashtag is ugly CC ugly uh Christmas the hashtag is ugly CC ugly uh Christmas the hashtag is ugly CC ugly uh Christmas uh sweater and we want to see and laugh uh sweater and we want to see and laugh uh sweater and we want to see and laugh and and uh have fun with your ugly and and uh have fun with your ugly and and uh have fun with your ugly sweater some of you have gone in you sweater some of you have gone in you sweater some of you have gone in you know like you know really y some of know like you know really y some of know like you know really y some of y'all were waiting for today I love it y'all were waiting for today I love it y'all were waiting for today I love it like I'm I'm I'm oh yeah I'm turning up like I'm I'm I'm oh yeah I'm turning up like I'm I'm I'm oh yeah I'm turning up ugly sweater oh I got some ideas some of ugly sweater oh I got some ideas some of ugly sweater oh I got some ideas some of y'all probably got elocuted on your way y'all probably got elocuted on your way y'all probably got elocuted on your way here but thank you it's exciting ex it's here but thank you it's exciting ex it's here but thank you it's exciting ex it's exciting I'm excited for today's message exciting I'm excited for today's message exciting I'm excited for today's message my dad s his regardless keep him and my my dad s his regardless keep him and my my dad s his regardless keep him and my mother in their prayer he was supposed mother in their prayer he was supposed mother in their prayer he was supposed to be here today but you know things to be here today but you know things to be here today but you know things happen right uh uh turn to your neighbor happen right uh uh turn to your neighbor happen right uh uh turn to your neighbor say neighbor neighbor don't be nosy say neighbor neighbor don't be nosy say neighbor neighbor don't be nosy don't be nosy just pray for them just don't be nosy just pray for them just don't be nosy just pray for them just pray for cuz somebody's figuring out pray for cuz somebody's figuring out pray for cuz somebody's figuring out they probably going on social media now they probably going on social media now they probably going on social media now posted what's going on just pray for posted what's going on just pray for posted what's going on just pray for them all right don't be nosing I'm them all right don't be nosing I'm them all right don't be nosing I'm excited today today is one of my excited today today is one of my excited today today is one of my favorite holidays I love Christmas like favorite holidays I love Christmas like favorite holidays I love Christmas like I'm like you ever see I'm like you ever see I'm like you ever see elf right that I love Christmas like elf right that I love Christmas like elf right that I love Christmas like that's me like it's all about Christmas that's me like it's all about Christmas that's me like it's all about Christmas and in the house you know we got we got and in the house you know we got we got and in the house you know we got we got like 10 Advent like 10 Advent like 10 Advent calendars doing a countdown I'm excited

calendars doing a countdown I'm excited calendars doing a countdown I'm excited and I was I was like that as a kid I and I was I was like that as a kid I and I was I was like that as a kid I enjoyed Christmas it was it was I was enjoyed Christmas it was it was I was enjoyed Christmas it was it was I was that kid that would sit that kid that would sit that kid that would sit there on the top of the there on the top of the there on the top of the stairs trying to peek down come on was stairs trying to peek down come on was stairs trying to peek down come on was was I the only one no you know who else was I the only one no you know who else was I the only one no you know who else was with me just peeking down looking was with me just peeking down looking was with me just peeking down looking for for for and see oh yo Foo I think I for for for and see oh yo Foo I think I for for for and see oh yo Foo I think I see your gift Jerry Jerry yes got it oh snap go to Jerry Jerry yes got it oh snap go to [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] bed right was I the only one I love bed right was I the only one I love bed right was I the only one I love Christmas Christmas is so amazing and Christmas Christmas is so amazing and Christmas Christmas is so amazing and and and the thing about it is when when and and the thing about it is when when and and the thing about it is when when I look at Christmas and I look at my dad I look at Christmas and I look at my dad I look at Christmas and I look at my dad and my mom's history of where they came and my mom's history of where they came and my mom's history of where they came from it made Christmas even bigger and from it made Christmas even bigger and from it made Christmas even bigger and better you know you hear the stories better you know you hear the stories better you know you hear the stories from your parents you know my dad was from your parents you know my dad was from your parents you know my dad was that father that father that father uh that walked to school in the snow 10 uh that walked to school in the snow 10 uh that walked to school in the snow 10 miles with a hole in his miles with a hole in his miles with a hole in his shoe right just to get that education shoe right just to get that education shoe right just to get that education and he like boy you know you're not and he like boy you know you're not and he like boy you know you're not going to miss school like we were the going to miss school like we were the going to miss school like we were the kids in school that the with the kids in school that the with the kids in school that the with the janitor Administration was there so the janitor Administration was there so the janitor Administration was there so the janitor is calling my dad can you come janitor is calling my dad can you come janitor is calling my dad can you come pick please pick up your son they're pick please pick up your son they're pick please pick up your son they're here and they're at school school's here and they're at school school's here and they're at school school's closed oh no my my son's are paying for closed oh no my my son's are paying for closed oh no my my son's are paying for this education they're getting every this education they're getting every this education they're getting every minute of that education you better open minute of that education you better open minute of that education you better open that school back up like you and I said that school back up like you and I said that school back up like you and I said okay now I start seeing the West Indian okay now I start seeing the West Indian okay now I start seeing the West Indian part of my part of my part of my dad you know he was a guy and you say dad you know he was a guy and you say dad you know he was a guy and you say your son back in my days when we knew

your son back in my days when we knew your son back in my days when we knew that we said okay let's take a seat you that we said okay let's take a seat you that we said okay let's take a seat you know and then I go to my mother's side know and then I go to my mother's side know and then I go to my mother's side my mother she was you know when she grew my mother she was you know when she grew my mother she was you know when she grew up it was it was eight of them right I up it was it was eight of them right I up it was it was eight of them right I mean man y'all had a there's a lot of mean man y'all had a there's a lot of mean man y'all had a there's a lot of y'all in the house living in busher y'all in the house living in busher y'all in the house living in busher Project shout out to busher Project shout out to busher Project shout out to busher projects yeah see now if this was a projects yeah see now if this was a projects yeah see now if this was a Spanish Church it would be like hey be Spanish Church it would be like hey be Spanish Church it would be like hey be hente right no I know I know I know but hente right no I know I know I know but hente right no I know I know I know but my mother grew up with on bushing my mother grew up with on bushing my mother grew up with on bushing projects and she had to share with all projects and she had to share with all projects and she had to share with all these individuals so and they didn't these individuals so and they didn't these individuals so and they didn't have a lot and and so she made sure that have a lot and and so she made sure that have a lot and and so she made sure that she did for us and so I think as we saw she did for us and so I think as we saw she did for us and so I think as we saw what she was going through and how she what she was going through and how she what she was going through and how she arrived that there was an excitement on arrived that there was an excitement on arrived that there was an excitement on getting Christmas gifts right and and my getting Christmas gifts right and and my getting Christmas gifts right and and my father you know being the pastor before father you know being the pastor before father you know being the pastor before we would open Christmas gifts it would we would open Christmas gifts it would we would open Christmas gifts it would be a sermon and I sometimes think he would do sermon and I sometimes think he would do that on purpose I'm like why y are we that on purpose I'm like why y are we that on purpose I'm like why y are we excited like can we can we open a gift excited like can we can we open a gift excited like can we can we open a gift like with just like with just like with just one and I was that kid that would always one and I was that kid that would always one and I was that kid that would always get caught get caught get caught sneaking trying to find out where to sneaking trying to find out where to sneaking trying to find out where to gifts and to the point where my wife gifts and to the point where my wife gifts and to the point where my wife now has to hide the now has to hide the now has to hide the gifts I'm I'm bad I'm horrible I I know gifts I'm I'm bad I'm horrible I I know gifts I'm I'm bad I'm horrible I I know God is working on me and I I I literally God is working on me and I I I literally God is working on me and I I I literally I go through her closet I'm being transparent here closet I'm being transparent here looking for looking for looking for gifts I'll go in my kids' room gifts I'll go in my kids' room gifts I'll go in my kids' room CU I need to know what I CU I need to know what I CU I need to know what I got I need I'm I'm the only one can I got I need I'm I'm the only one can I got I need I'm I'm the only one can I have somebody that is sharing my pain

have somebody that is sharing my pain have somebody that is sharing my pain with me see but I me see but I reproduced and in reproducing I got a reproduced and in reproducing I got a reproduced and in reproducing I got a little little little one that's just like one that's just like one that's just like me her name is me her name is me her name is Molly and Molly knows Amazon and Amazon and Target because she's on her her little Target because she's on her her little Target because she's on her her little iPad searching things for iPad searching things for iPad searching things for Christmas and so she sees a Target She Christmas and so she sees a Target She Christmas and so she sees a Target She searches and then she sees a Target box searches and then she sees a Target box searches and then she sees a Target box come in and she says daddy is that for come in and she says daddy is that for come in and she says daddy is that for me I was like Lord have mercy you know me I was like Lord have mercy you know me I was like Lord have mercy you know but growing up you know we had gifts and but growing up you know we had gifts and but growing up you know we had gifts and our I I remember a couple of our I I remember a couple of our I I remember a couple of times that we got these times that we got these times that we got these gifts and my mother she would go all out gifts and my mother she would go all out gifts and my mother she would go all out she did her thing my dad you know on the she did her thing my dad you know on the she did her thing my dad you know on the other hand I think you like you look at other hand I think you like you look at other hand I think you like you look at the the Dynamics of how God sets the the Dynamics of how God sets the the Dynamics of how God sets individuals up and they balance each individuals up and they balance each individuals up and they balance each other other out cuz my dad once again other other out cuz my dad once again other other out cuz my dad once again remember he walked to school holding his remember he walked to school holding his remember he walked to school holding his shoes put the cardboard uh you know so shoes put the cardboard uh you know so shoes put the cardboard uh you know so he can be able to get there uh and uh in he can be able to get there uh and uh in he can be able to get there uh and uh in the soul and stuff like that you know he the soul and stuff like that you know he the soul and stuff like that you know he talks about you know having to wash his talks about you know having to wash his talks about you know having to wash his clothes out you know by hand and stuff clothes out you know by hand and stuff clothes out you know by hand and stuff like that he talks about that so you like that he talks about that so you like that he talks about that so you know my dad is like no you guys get this know my dad is like no you guys get this know my dad is like no you guys get this and this and that's it right and that and this and that's it right and that and this and that's it right and that whole statement you get what you get you whole statement you get what you get you whole statement you get what you get you don't get upset that was my dad and then don't get upset that was my dad and then don't get upset that was my dad and then you got my mother right and she's like

you got my mother right and she's like you got my mother right and she's like gosh what do you want tell me don't tell gosh what do you want tell me don't tell gosh what do you want tell me don't tell Daddy tell me I got Daddy tell me I got Daddy tell me I got you and it's one time I started driving you and it's one time I started driving you and it's one time I started driving and I'm into cars I love cars I love and I'm into cars I love cars I love and I'm into cars I love cars I love hooking my car up and stuff like that hooking my car up and stuff like that hooking my car up and stuff like that you know put the rims on it put the you know put the rims on it put the you know put the rims on it put the tents and stuff like that and I wanted tents and stuff like that and I wanted tents and stuff like that and I wanted this radio cuz I wanted everybody to this radio cuz I wanted everybody to this radio cuz I wanted everybody to hear me coming down a block come on right put in the Bas and I was come on right put in the Bas and I was that kid that the old people would get that kid that the old people would get that kid that the old people would get mad mad mad at Jo you going to go death boy I said at Jo you going to go death boy I said at Jo you going to go death boy I said [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] huh and so I put that on my crystal say huh and so I put that on my crystal say huh and so I put that on my crystal say I'm 19 years old I said this might be I'm 19 years old I said this might be I'm 19 years old I said this might be the last crystmas so I'm going ask for the last crystmas so I'm going ask for the last crystmas so I'm going ask for big things cuz it's not cheap so I'm I'm big things cuz it's not cheap so I'm I'm big things cuz it's not cheap so I'm I'm going to go big or go home like you know going to go big or go home like you know going to go big or go home like you know so I'm like Mommy this is what I want I so I'm like Mommy this is what I want I so I'm like Mommy this is what I want I want nothing El she said that's it you want nothing El she said that's it you want nothing El she said that's it you can't get nothing can't get nothing can't get nothing [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] else and so here Christmas comes and you else and so here Christmas comes and you else and so here Christmas comes and you know I go to Christmas tree and you know know I go to Christmas tree and you know know I go to Christmas tree and you know once again I'm 19 but I haven't changed once again I'm 19 but I haven't changed once again I'm 19 but I haven't changed so I'm so I'm so I'm looking I'm like man I didn't get looking I'm like man I didn't get looking I'm like man I didn't get it and anticipation was it and anticipation was it and anticipation was hurting you know you've been asking and hurting you know you've been asking and hurting you know you've been asking and you've been waiting and you've been you've been waiting and you've been you've been waiting and you've been wanting how many have been there where wanting how many have been there where wanting how many have been there where you know come something that you've been you know come something that you've been you know come something that you've been anticipating not it it doesn't even have anticipating not it it doesn't even have anticipating not it it doesn't even have to be just Christmas but it's something to be just Christmas but it's something to be just Christmas but it's something you've been anticipating you just you've been anticipating you just you've been anticipating you just warning and waiting and and here it is warning and waiting and and here it is warning and waiting and and here it is Christmas Day I'm like yes this is it Christmas Day I'm like yes this is it Christmas Day I'm like yes this is it and I'm looking under the Christmas tree and we start getting our gifts and

tree and we start getting our gifts and I'm looking I see you know peek get his looking I see you know peek get his gifts and you know Sean and I'm waiting gifts and you know Sean and I'm waiting gifts and you know Sean and I'm waiting and and then uh Shamir you know he's the and and then uh Shamir you know he's the and and then uh Shamir you know he's the youngest one so his his power was like youngest one so his his power was like youngest one so his his power was like real high and I'm like yo whatever I real high and I'm like yo whatever I real high and I'm like yo whatever I wanted to kick his pile over right start wanted to kick his pile over right start wanted to kick his pile over right start hating right the hate just start coming hating right the hate just start coming hating right the hate just start coming up from nowhere I'm like where did this up from nowhere I'm like where did this up from nowhere I'm like where did this come from and all of a sudden you know come from and all of a sudden you know come from and all of a sudden you know PHS get sh they start opening up and I'm PHS get sh they start opening up and I'm PHS get sh they start opening up and I'm looking at Mommy and my mother's smiling looking at Mommy and my mother's smiling looking at Mommy and my mother's smiling at at at me and my dad is laughing you know he me and my dad is laughing you know he me and my dad is laughing you know he tried to be smooth and not want to show tried to be smooth and not want to show tried to be smooth and not want to show any emotion and stuff like that and they any emotion and stuff like that and they any emotion and stuff like that and they they're excited and they said Jamal come they're excited and they said Jamal come they're excited and they said Jamal come here let me show you something and I go here let me show you something and I go here let me show you something and I go in and we go into the garage and you in and we go into the garage and you in and we go into the garage and you know cuz we don't go to the garage the know cuz we don't go to the garage the know cuz we don't go to the garage the garage is always a mess how many garages garage is always a mess how many garages garage is always a mess how many garages are like that right you know it becomes are like that right you know it becomes are like that right you know it becomes the story spot before the story spot so the story spot before the story spot so the story spot before the story spot so we got the story spot that we pay for we got the story spot that we pay for we got the story spot that we pay for then we got our story SP like no just then we got our story SP like no just then we got our story SP like no just let go of stuff right so I go into the let go of stuff right so I go into the let go of stuff right so I go into the garage and all of a sudden I see with garage and all of a sudden I see with garage and all of a sudden I see with this huge bug this big speaker box with this huge bug this big speaker box with this huge bug this big speaker box with two 12 in LED lights you know uh some two 12 in LED lights you know uh some two 12 in LED lights you know uh some plastic over 600 watt amp and stuff like plastic over 600 watt amp and stuff like plastic over 600 watt amp and stuff like that I'm like yeah I got excited I that I'm like yeah I got excited I that I'm like yeah I got excited I started a run around yes Daddy I love started a run around yes Daddy I love started a run around yes Daddy I love you Mommy I love you you know you you Mommy I love you you know you you Mommy I love you you know you hugging them and my mother's like yeah hugging them and my mother's like yeah hugging them and my mother's like yeah then she start getting cuz my mother if then she start getting cuz my mother if then she start getting cuz my mother if you get too emotional too Huggy Huggy you get too emotional too Huggy Huggy you get too emotional too Huggy Huggy right cuz you look at the house you know right cuz you look at the house you know right cuz you look at the house you know where they come up from so we we are where they come up from so we we are where they come up from so we we are more more more affectionate and uh because of them but affectionate and uh because of them but affectionate and uh because of them but they're not that affectionate because of they're not that affectionate because of they're not that affectionate because of their parenting right so so I hug my their parenting right so so I hug my their parenting right so so I hug my mother and it's funny she's like oh mother and it's funny she's like oh mother and it's funny she's like oh you're welcome and she's trying to get

you're welcome and she's trying to get you're welcome and she's trying to get excited but she didn't know how to uh excited but she didn't know how to uh excited but she didn't know how to uh you know communicate that and stuff like you know communicate that and stuff like you know communicate that and stuff like that and I looked at I said wow this is that and I looked at I said wow this is that and I looked at I said wow this is the best gift ever right every Christmas the best gift ever right every Christmas the best gift ever right every Christmas is the best gift is the best gift is the best gift ever but what hit me ever but what hit me ever but what hit me there was that the reason that I can be there was that the reason that I can be there was that the reason that I can be confident in the quality of the gift was confident in the quality of the gift was confident in the quality of the gift was that the that the that the gift stemmed from the love they had for me so I knew that this gift was going to me so I knew that this gift was going to be an amazing gift I just didn't know if be an amazing gift I just didn't know if be an amazing gift I just didn't know if I got it or I got it or I got it or not and I started realizing that this's not and I started realizing that this's not and I started realizing that this's this component called love that at the this component called love that at the this component called love that at the core and how we core and how we core and how we express what we do for one express what we do for one express what we do for one another the way we give gifts I look at another the way we give gifts I look at another the way we give gifts I look at the fact that my excitement for the fact that my excitement for the fact that my excitement for Christmas now is not so much me opening Christmas now is not so much me opening Christmas now is not so much me opening gifts but more so going shopping for my gifts but more so going shopping for my gifts but more so going shopping for my kids shopping for my family and my kids kids shopping for my family and my kids kids shopping for my family and my kids is not a burden because I love them I go is not a burden because I love them I go is not a burden because I love them I go the extra mile I'll Stand in the long the extra mile I'll Stand in the long the extra mile I'll Stand in the long lines I'll sit in traffic I'll look for lines I'll sit in traffic I'll look for lines I'll sit in traffic I'll look for a parking space I'll move around and a parking space I'll move around and a parking space I'll move around and around I even to the point where I'll around I even to the point where I'll around I even to the point where I'll park somewhere else Uber to the entrance park somewhere else Uber to the entrance park somewhere else Uber to the entrance just so that I can go shopping because I just so that I can go shopping because I just so that I can go shopping because I love my Christmas I think of

Christmas I think of Christmas from p a perspective of Christmas from p a perspective of Christmas from p a perspective of love and the reason why I think of love and the reason why I think of love and the reason why I think of Christmas from a perspective of love Christmas from a perspective of love Christmas from a perspective of love this year uh because as as I try to this year uh because as as I try to this year uh because as as I try to unravel and understand this concept unravel and understand this concept unravel and understand this concept called love I look at my growing up and called love I look at my growing up and called love I look at my growing up and I looked at the love that I got for my I looked at the love that I got for my I looked at the love that I got for my parents but it was a struggle because parents but it was a struggle because parents but it was a struggle because what happened for me is that we learned what happened for me is that we learned what happened for me is that we learned how to love how to love how to love family how to love family I can love my family how to love family I can love my family how to love family I can love my family my brothers you know my uncles family my brothers you know my uncles family my brothers you know my uncles you know I can love my family but when you know I can love my family but when you know I can love my family but when it came to individuals outside of my it came to individuals outside of my it came to individuals outside of my family it was difficult for me to family it was difficult for me to family it was difficult for me to express This Thing Called express This Thing Called express This Thing Called Love I remember Minister Reggie he come Love I remember Minister Reggie he come Love I remember Minister Reggie he come on the scene and you know we're doing on the scene and you know we're doing on the scene and you know we're doing youth ministry together and he came up youth ministry together and he came up youth ministry together and he came up to me and looked at me and said I love to me and looked at me and said I love to me and looked at me and said I love you I'm like m [Applause] [Applause] how do I how do I how do I respond not saying that I don't love him respond not saying that I don't love him respond not saying that I don't love him I just never was brought up to I just never was brought up to I just never was brought up to communicate that love there was a communicate that love there was a communicate that love there was a struggle with it and I knew that he struggle with it and I knew that he struggle with it and I knew that he loved me I'mma me I'mma behave and I knew that he loved me and behave and I knew that he loved me and behave and I knew that he loved me and and I I struggled and then I got this and I I struggled and then I got this and I I struggled and then I got this other pastor friend of mine he's coming other pastor friend of mine he's coming other pastor friend of mine he's coming and we we're doing Ministry together he and we we're doing Ministry together he and we we're doing Ministry together he said yo brother I love you I'm like how do I express like how do I express that and then I come across the text it that and then I come across the text it that and then I come across the text it says even even he said love your enemies

says even even he said love your enemies says even even he said love your enemies I said and it's difficult because our said and it's difficult because our expression of Love is expressed out of expression of Love is expressed out of expression of Love is expressed out of this broken and woundedness that we deal this broken and woundedness that we deal this broken and woundedness that we deal with even being saved and being with even being saved and being with even being saved and being sanctified like the sanctification sanctified like the sanctification sanctified like the sanctification doesn't stop once you get saved there's doesn't stop once you get saved there's doesn't stop once you get saved there's an ongoing process so there's still a an ongoing process so there's still a an ongoing process so there's still a part of me that's broken and wounded and part of me that's broken and wounded and part of me that's broken and wounded and you're still trying to tell me to you're still trying to tell me to you're still trying to tell me to love and then you get this expression of love and then you get this expression of love and then you get this expression of love so today's title is called the love love so today's title is called the love love so today's title is called the love that came down the love that came down the love that came down and I'm not going to be here before down and I'm not going to be here before down and I'm not going to be here before you long cuz I know some of you still you long cuz I know some of you still you long cuz I know some of you still got Christmas gifts to buy are you trying to work that little extra are you trying to work that little extra overtime I'm not mad at you it's called the love that came you it's called the love that came down I said wow that's down I said wow that's down I said wow that's powerful the love that came down see Christmas is down see Christmas is bigger and some people get caught up and bigger and some people get caught up and bigger and some people get caught up and say oh the Christmas tree is a pagan say oh the Christmas tree is a pagan say oh the Christmas tree is a pagan holiday uh a pagan ritual Christmas is a holiday uh a pagan ritual Christmas is a holiday uh a pagan ritual Christmas is a pagan ritual and stuff like that and I'm pagan ritual and stuff like that and I'm pagan ritual and stuff like that and I'm like yo Christians stop getting caught like yo Christians stop getting caught like yo Christians stop getting caught up in up in up in that so what this is the time we that so what this is the time we that so what this is the time we celebrate Christmas it might not be the celebrate Christmas it might not be the celebrate Christmas it might not be the specific date that Jesus was born it specific date that Jesus was born it specific date that Jesus was born it might not be the specific time that might not be the specific time that might not be the specific time that Jesus was born but push that to the side

Jesus was born but push that to the side Jesus was born but push that to the side and we know that Jesus was born and it's okay to celebrate it born and it's okay to celebrate it today some people say oh you follow the today some people say oh you follow the today some people say oh you follow the Pagan I said then stop choosing picking Pagan I said then stop choosing picking Pagan I said then stop choosing picking and choosing what Pagan aspects you and choosing what Pagan aspects you and choosing what Pagan aspects you going to celebrate and follow cuz if going to celebrate and follow cuz if going to celebrate and follow cuz if that's the case then you need to stop that's the case then you need to stop that's the case then you need to stop following our our following our our following our our calendar how many months is in this calendar how many months is in this calendar how many months is in this calendar 12 but you go to other calendar 12 but you go to other calendar 12 but you go to other calendars is different I said why don't calendars is different I said why don't calendars is different I said why don't you start following Jewish calendar or you start following Jewish calendar or you start following Jewish calendar or or the Chinese calendar come on now if or the Chinese calendar come on now if or the Chinese calendar come on now if we're going to do this if you're going we're going to do this if you're going we're going to do this if you're going to convict me for doing one aspect of to convict me for doing one aspect of to convict me for doing one aspect of the Pagan being a Christian then you got the Pagan being a Christian then you got the Pagan being a Christian then you got to ex you got to include all the things to ex you got to include all the things to ex you got to include all the things that you participate that you participate that you participate unknowingly that's still unknowingly that's still unknowingly that's still Pagan so please let's not let this stuff Pagan so please let's not let this stuff Pagan so please let's not let this stuff Rob us from celebrating this whole idea Rob us from celebrating this whole idea Rob us from celebrating this whole idea Called Love came down so my first point down so my first point today based on the love that came down today based on the love that came down today based on the love that came down is love is is love is is love is promised and why why is this so promised and why why is this so promised and why why is this so significant because you know it it here significant because you know it it here significant because you know it it here it is Moses is talking to it is Moses is talking to it is Moses is talking to Israel and he's going through having a Israel and he's going through having a Israel and he's going through having a conversation in Deuteronomy 18:1 15 with conversation in Deuteronomy 18:1 15 with conversation in Deuteronomy 18:1 15 with Israel explaining some of the things Israel explaining some of the things Israel explaining some of the things that's going to happen in the future and that's going to happen in the future and that's going to happen in the future and what what happens if you're like me I'm what what happens if you're like me I'm what what happens if you're like me I'm like okay is that today tomorrow next like okay is that today tomorrow next like okay is that today tomorrow next month next

year and Moses is saying the Lord your year and Moses is saying the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet so God will raise up for you a prophet so God will raise up for you a prophet so he's given Israel a promise he's given Israel a promise he's given Israel a promise like me from among you so you got he's like me from among you so you got he's like me from among you so you got he's going he's going to raise somebody up going he's going to raise somebody up going he's going to raise somebody up out from inside of you as a prophet from out from inside of you as a prophet from out from inside of you as a prophet from your your your brothers it is to him you shall listen brothers it is to him you shall listen brothers it is to him you shall listen so he's explaining this prophet's coming so he's explaining this prophet's coming so he's explaining this prophet's coming there's an individual coming he's going there's an individual coming he's going there's an individual coming he's going to be raised up from within the ranks of to be raised up from within the ranks of to be raised up from within the ranks of Israel and he's going to respond to your Israel and he's going to respond to your Israel and he's going to respond to your needs at a different level and I love needs at a different level and I love needs at a different level and I love this because Moses is is is separating this because Moses is is is separating this because Moses is is is separating himself to an expression cuz Moses himself to an expression cuz Moses himself to an expression cuz Moses represented one thing Jesus represented represented one thing Jesus represented represented one thing Jesus represented another thing so love is thing so love is promise God promised his people a savior promise God promised his people a savior promise God promised his people a savior who would embody his who would embody his who would embody his love see the Old Testament is filled love see the Old Testament is filled love see the Old Testament is filled with Prophecy of the coming Messiah such with Prophecy of the coming Messiah such with Prophecy of the coming Messiah such as Isaiah it says the Virgin will as Isaiah it says the Virgin will as Isaiah it says the Virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and you conceive and give birth to a son and you conceive and give birth to a son and you will and we will call him will and we will call him will and we will call him Emmanuel so number one God I mean love Emmanuel so number one God I mean love Emmanuel so number one God I mean love his his his promise and and here it goes this is if promise and and here it goes this is if promise and and here it goes this is if you get anything matter of fact turn to you get anything matter of fact turn to you get anything matter of fact turn to your neighbor say neighbor neighbor your neighbor say neighbor neighbor your neighbor say neighbor neighbor God's love God's love is woen is woen God's love God's love is woen is woen God's love God's love is woen is woen into every promise into every into every promise into every into every promise into every promise so if God and basically at the promise so if God and basically at the promise so if God and basically at the at the core of God's at the core of God's at the core of God's promises is this thing called promises is this thing called promises is this thing called love and it's significant because what

love and it's significant because what love and it's significant because what is happen what happened in the day that is happen what happened in the day that is happen what happened in the day that we're celebrating is Jesus came we're celebrating is Jesus came we're celebrating is Jesus came down God came down to this earth to down God came down to this earth to down God came down to this earth to express This Thing Called Love and I express This Thing Called Love and I express This Thing Called Love and I said said said wow that's why I love the conversation wow that's why I love the conversation wow that's why I love the conversation he's having with the the the the the he's having with the the the the the he's having with the the the the the Pharisees they try to trip on and say Pharisees they try to trip on and say Pharisees they try to trip on and say what's the greatest commandment and his Focus was on loving commandment and his Focus was on loving God loving people and loving God loving people and loving God loving people and loving yourself and at the core of that is this yourself and at the core of that is this yourself and at the core of that is this thing called thing called thing called love and I said wow he puts a love and I said wow he puts a love and I said wow he puts a commandment in place and reinforces it commandment in place and reinforces it commandment in place and reinforces it said every other commandment lies on said every other commandment lies on said every other commandment lies on these two and he entered into Human Experience two and he entered into Human Experience and I'm going to expound on that and I'm going to expound on that and I'm going to expound on that more see just as Israel waited for Hope more see just as Israel waited for Hope more see just as Israel waited for Hope waited in hope we too can trust in God's waited in hope we too can trust in God's waited in hope we too can trust in God's promises for our lives because we know promises for our lives because we know promises for our lives because we know that God's love is moving into every that God's love is moving into every that God's love is moving into every promise that he makes to us number promise that he makes to us number promise that he makes to us number two love is embodied in two love is embodied in two love is embodied in Christ love is embodied in Christ the Christ love is embodied in Christ the Christ love is embodied in Christ the word John 1:14 says the word became word John 1:14 says the word became word John 1:14 says the word became flesh and made his dwelling amongst us flesh and made his dwelling amongst us flesh and made his dwelling amongst us we have seen his glory the glory of the we have seen his glory the glory of the we have seen his glory the glory of the one and only son who came from the one and only son who came from the one and only son who came from the father full of grace and father full of grace and father full of grace and truth see Christmas celebrates the truth see Christmas celebrates the truth see Christmas celebrates the moment when God's love became

moment when God's love became moment when God's love became tangible Christmas celebrates the moment tangible Christmas celebrates the moment tangible Christmas celebrates the moment when God's love became tangible Jesus's when God's love became tangible Jesus's when God's love became tangible Jesus's love in human flesh please get that love in human flesh please get that love in human flesh please get that Jesus's love in human flesh why is that Jesus's love in human flesh why is that Jesus's love in human flesh why is that so significant because if you want to so significant because if you want to so significant because if you want to understand love study understand love study understand love study Jesus I'll say that again if you want to Jesus I'll say that again if you want to Jesus I'll say that again if you want to understand love study understand love study understand love study Jesus if you want to understand love Jesus if you want to understand love Jesus if you want to understand love study Jesus and why am I saying that study Jesus and why am I saying that study Jesus and why am I saying that like this because you no longer have an like this because you no longer have an like this because you no longer have an excuse on your ability or Your excuse on your ability or Your excuse on your ability or Your Capacity to love because you have the Capacity to love because you have the Capacity to love because you have the greatest example you said well well greatest example you said well well greatest example you said well well Pastor Jamal what about my upbringing Pastor Jamal what about my upbringing Pastor Jamal what about my upbringing yeah that was those are examples of love yeah that was those are examples of love yeah that was those are examples of love but here it is Jesus is a tangible but here it is Jesus is a tangible but here it is Jesus is a tangible Supreme example of This Thing Called Supreme example of This Thing Called Supreme example of This Thing Called Love yeah but what about my broken heart Love yeah but what about my broken heart Love yeah but what about my broken heart relationships what I've going through relationships what I've going through relationships what I've going through it's hard to love another man well look it's hard to love another man well look it's hard to love another man well look at Jesus at Jesus at Jesus [Applause] see look Jesus came down and became the see look Jesus came down and became the tangible expression of this thing called love you love you see Christmas celebrates that see Christmas celebrates that see Christmas celebrates that moment see Jesus was God's Ultimate gift moment see Jesus was God's Ultimate gift moment see Jesus was God's Ultimate gift to the to the to the world I love and and in in in Luke 2:1 world I love and and in in in Luke 2:1 world I love and and in in in Luke 2:1 it says it says it says today in the town of David a savior has

today in the town of David a savior has today in the town of David a savior has been born to you he is the Messiah the been born to you he is the Messiah the been born to you he is the Messiah the Lord this wasn't just good news it was Lord this wasn't just good news it was Lord this wasn't just good news it was love and love and love and action see Christ Incarnation invites us action see Christ Incarnation invites us action see Christ Incarnation invites us to reflect his love in our lives so my to reflect his love in our lives so my to reflect his love in our lives so my question is how can you embody God's question is how can you embody God's question is how can you embody God's love see this Christmas is about love see this Christmas is about love see this Christmas is about expression of love and expression of expression of love and expression of expression of love and expression of Love is through gifts through showing up Love is through gifts through showing up Love is through gifts through showing up through a phone call through a text through a phone call through a text through a phone call through a text message but express it through love message but express it through love message but express it through love number number number three love is three love is three love is sacrificial love is sacrificial love is sacrificial love is sacrificial love is sacrificial love is sacrificial love is sacrificial and that's why I love it for sacrificial and that's why I love it for sacrificial and that's why I love it for God so loved the world that he gave his God so loved the world that he gave his God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes one and only son that whoever believes one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal in him shall not perish but have eternal in him shall not perish but have eternal life see love is sacrificial and this is life see love is sacrificial and this is life see love is sacrificial and this is the one I wrestled with see Christmas the one I wrestled with see Christmas the one I wrestled with see Christmas points out points out points out christas points us to the Cross God's christas points us to the Cross God's christas points us to the Cross God's love isn't just comforting it is love isn't just comforting it is love isn't just comforting it is costly Jesus came into the world not costly Jesus came into the world not costly Jesus came into the world not just to live but to die for all Simeon he had a Simeon he had a prophecy in Luke 2:34 through 35 reminds prophecy in Luke 2:34 through 35 reminds prophecy in Luke 2:34 through 35 reminds us of the sacrificial nature of Christ's us of the sacrificial nature of Christ's us of the sacrificial nature of Christ's Mission he says this child is destined Mission he says this child is destined Mission he says this child is destined to be ca

to be ca to be ca the fall this child is destined to cause the fall this child is destined to cause the fall this child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many and a the falling and rising of many and a the falling and rising of many and a sword will pierce your own soul too love sword will pierce your own soul too love sword will pierce your own soul too love is always sacrificial but how about is always sacrificial but how about is always sacrificial but how about this love always requires this love always requires this love always requires something turn your neighbor say something turn your neighbor say something turn your neighbor say neighbor neighbor love always requires neighbor neighbor love always requires neighbor neighbor love always requires something no we got we got to it turn something no we got we got to it turn something no we got we got to it turn neighbor say neighbor neighbor love love neighbor say neighbor neighbor love love neighbor say neighbor neighbor love love always always requires something always always requires something always always requires something requires something and this is the one I requires something and this is the one I requires something and this is the one I wrestle with and why did I wrestle with wrestle with and why did I wrestle with wrestle with and why did I wrestle with this is because he said God so loved the this is because he said God so loved the this is because he said God so loved the world so that means world so that means world so that means anything well let me say this anyone anything well let me say this anyone anything well let me say this anyone that is in the world he loves I'll try this again anyone that's loves I'll try this again anyone that's in the world he loves and why because in the world he loves and why because in the world he loves and why because the reality is that there are some the reality is that there are some the reality is that there are some individuals that we just don't want to love right there's a we have different love right there's a we have different list this is a group of individuals I list this is a group of individuals I list this is a group of individuals I don't want to love Lord but how do you celebrate Lord but how do you celebrate Christmas and then this list is the Christmas and then this list is the Christmas and then this list is the individuals that I can't individuals that I can't individuals that I can't love I don't have the love I don't have the love I don't have the capacity based on my capacity based on my capacity based on my Brokenness to push my

Brokenness to push my Brokenness to push my pride hurt and pain aside to love pride hurt and pain aside to love pride hurt and pain aside to love them and this group of individuals are them and this group of individuals are them and this group of individuals are the individual I love if I like them and the individual I love if I like them and the individual I love if I like them and we're getting along come on how many of us go through along come on how many of us go through a struggle where we we we love them a struggle where we we we love them a struggle where we we we love them today but now because you done today but now because you done today but now because you done [Applause] and then this is the individuals that and then this is the individuals that you would say oh yeah I can love them you would say oh yeah I can love them you would say oh yeah I can love them Lord that's easy mommy Lord that's easy mommy Lord that's easy mommy daddy well for some that's not even easy daddy well for some that's not even easy daddy well for some that's not even easy I me I assume I me I assume I me I assume that but this that but this that but this group and we put so many group and we put so many group and we put so many restrictions and limits on how we restrictions and limits on how we restrictions and limits on how we love and then we go and start singing love and then we go and start singing love and then we go and start singing songs like Joy to the World songs like Joy to the World songs like Joy to the World we start singing we start singing we start singing songs like Jesus is here we start songs like Jesus is here we start songs like Jesus is here we start singing songs and we forget the singing songs and we forget the singing songs and we forget the sacrifice and the course and we course and we ourselves supposed to be representing ourselves supposed to be representing ourselves supposed to be representing Christ and Christ and Christ and culture put culture put culture put limitations on this thing called love you know it's it's it's funny love you know it's it's it's funny because me and my wife somebody looked because me and my wife somebody looked because me and my wife somebody looked at my face said oh my gosh where your um at my face said oh my gosh where your um at my face said oh my gosh where your um your your your your mustache and your your your your your mustache and your your your your your mustache and your your your beard and and your goatee I

your your beard and and your goatee I your your beard and and your goatee I said well this is what happens when you said well this is what happens when you said well this is what happens when you try to shape up your your mustache uh try to shape up your your mustache uh try to shape up your your mustache uh when you're arguing with your wife you when you're arguing with your wife you when you're arguing with your wife you don't want to ask for help some of yall getting help some of yall getting it but one of the things that we push to it but one of the things that we push to it but one of the things that we push to make sure is no matter what we're going make sure is no matter what we're going make sure is no matter what we're going through that there's an element of love through that there's an element of love through that there's an element of love yeah right because ultimately you got to yeah right because ultimately you got to yeah right because ultimately you got to choose the love you say I just fall out choose the love you say I just fall out choose the love you say I just fall out of love no you decided to stop loving of love no you decided to stop loving of love no you decided to stop loving you can't you know there's no Rhyme or you can't you know there's no Rhyme or you can't you know there's no Rhyme or Reason to I fell out love no you just Reason to I fell out love no you just Reason to I fell out love no you just stop loving and you found the reasons stop loving and you found the reasons stop loving and you found the reasons why you can stop loving I'll say it why you can stop loving I'll say it why you can stop loving I'll say it again you just stop loving and then what again you just stop loving and then what again you just stop loving and then what you do is you search for the reasons to you do is you search for the reasons to you do is you search for the reasons to help support your decision and stop to help support your decision and stop to help support your decision and stop to stop loving I'll say it again what you stop loving I'll say it again what you stop loving I'll say it again what you start doing is you stop loving and what start doing is you stop loving and what start doing is you stop loving and what you you find the reasons to help support you you find the reasons to help support you you find the reasons to help support your decision decision to make you feel your decision decision to make you feel your decision decision to make you feel good about a decision you shouldn't be making see but there's a making see but there's a reality that if you're really going to reality that if you're really going to reality that if you're really going to love it's going to love it's going to love it's going to cost if you're really going to be about cost if you're really going to be about cost if you're really going to be about that business of representing Christ and that business of representing Christ and that business of representing Christ and culture you're going to understand that culture you're going to understand that culture you're going to understand that it's going to cost and Jesus set the tone well I cost and Jesus set the tone well I should say God set the tone by sending should say God set the tone by sending should say God set the tone by sending his only son not just to live but to die his only son not just to live but to die his only son not just to live but to die and there's a there's not too many

and there's a there's not too many and there's a there's not too many people I'm quick to die for am I being too for am I being too transparent I'm just saying that that transparent I'm just saying that that transparent I'm just saying that that God did some stuff that Jamal Bernard God did some stuff that Jamal Bernard God did some stuff that Jamal Bernard won't Lord sacrifice for who Lord sacrifice for who uh-uh and look at what they wearing they uh-uh and look at what they wearing they uh-uh and look at what they wearing they they not deserving a sh sacrifice that they not deserving a sh sacrifice that they not deserving a sh sacrifice that outfit get rid of outfit get rid of outfit get rid of it love always requires something it love always requires something it love always requires something Satan so my question is for you today Satan so my question is for you today Satan so my question is for you today this this this Christmas whom can we Christmas whom can we Christmas whom can we serve this Christmas you ready for this serve this Christmas you ready for this serve this Christmas you ready for this challenge you ready whom can can we forgive this forgive this Christmas whom can we Christmas whom can we Christmas whom can we help this help this help this Christmas whom can we love in a Christmas whom can we love in a Christmas whom can we love in a meaningful meaningful meaningful way so when love came way so when love came way so when love came down he set the standard on the down he set the standard on the down he set the standard on the Christian Christian Christian walk when love came down he set the walk when love came down he set the walk when love came down he set the standard standard standard so number one love is Promised God's so number one love is Promised God's so number one love is Promised God's love is moving into every promise he love is moving into every promise he love is moving into every promise he makes number

two love is two love is sacrificial number three cuz I skipped sacrificial number three cuz I skipped sacrificial number three cuz I skipped number two is really number two but number two is really number two but number two is really number two but number three okay where am I how many did I do three okay where am I how many did I do so far I did so far I did so far I did three what's the three what's the three what's the three mhm three mhm three mhm [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] did y'all understand that no I didn't did y'all understand that no I didn't did y'all understand that no I didn't understand any of that somebody help me understand any of that somebody help me understand any of that somebody help me some some some I love is sacrificial love is I love is sacrificial love is I love is sacrificial love is Promised okay so number four why I didn't do that one I did that four why I didn't do that one I did that one so to number four one so to number four one so to number four [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] okay so so okay so so okay so so so Love Is Love is so Love Is Love is so Love Is Love is Promised love is embodied in Promised love is embodied in Promised love is embodied in Christ and love is sacrificial all right Christ and love is sacrificial all right Christ and love is sacrificial all right good don't judge me number me number four number four number four number four love is eternal Titus 3: 4 and 5 it says but eternal Titus 3: 4 and 5 it says but when the kindness and love of our God when the kindness and love of our God when the kindness and love of our God savior appeared he saved us not because of appeared he saved us not because of righteous things we had done but because

righteous things we had done but because righteous things we had done but because of his of his of his Mercy see the love we celebrate during Mercy see the love we celebrate during Mercy see the love we celebrate during Christmas isn't Christmas isn't Christmas isn't temporary it's Eternal unfailing and temporary it's Eternal unfailing and temporary it's Eternal unfailing and available to all who receive available to all who receive available to all who receive it Revelations 21 uh: 3 and 4 Paints the it Revelations 21 uh: 3 and 4 Paints the it Revelations 21 uh: 3 and 4 Paints the ultimate picture of Love fulfilled see God's dwelling place is now among see God's dwelling place is now among the people and he would dwell with them the people and he would dwell with them the people and he would dwell with them they will be his people and God himself they will be his people and God himself they will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God see will be with them and be their God see will be with them and be their God see Christmas reminds us that the story Christmas reminds us that the story Christmas reminds us that the story doesn't end with Jesus's birth but doesn't end with Jesus's birth but doesn't end with Jesus's birth but continues into eternity eternity love doesn't stop love doesn't stop love doesn't stop God came to this God came to this God came to this Earth because he had a promise to Earth because he had a promise to Earth because he had a promise to fulfill but the promise was given fulfill but the promise was given fulfill but the promise was given steeped in love and at the core of the steeped in love and at the core of the steeped in love and at the core of the way Jesus God operates is this thing way Jesus God operates is this thing way Jesus God operates is this thing called love I I I I somebody was saying called love I I I I somebody was saying called love I I I I somebody was saying well Y how does Jesus love I said well well Y how does Jesus love I said well well Y how does Jesus love I said well that's the unique thing about God his that's the unique thing about God his that's the unique thing about God his love and his Justice run in tanum they love and his Justice run in tanum they love and his Justice run in tanum they don't function outside of independent of don't function outside of independent of don't function outside of independent of one another his love and Justice and one another his love and Justice and one another his love and Justice and what he did say was man failed but I what he did say was man failed but I what he did say was man failed but I redeemed redeemed redeemed him and I'mma send my him and I'mma send my him and I'mma send my son Jesus to dwell within their Human

son Jesus to dwell within their Human son Jesus to dwell within their Human Experience so that whatever demand I Experience so that whatever demand I Experience so that whatever demand I place on them what it's which whatever place on them what it's which whatever place on them what it's which whatever lifestyle I ask them to live whatever is lifestyle I ask them to live whatever is lifestyle I ask them to live whatever is requested for them to do I will requested for them to do I will requested for them to do I will experience it overcome it so that I can experience it overcome it so that I can experience it overcome it so that I can fill in the Gap Christmas and we get caught Christmas and we get caught up on so much stuff that we up on so much stuff that we up on so much stuff that we forget why we are celebrating you got certain areas where they say you got certain areas where they say happy happy happy holidays holidays holidays no I can't accept no I can't accept no I can't accept that because this is a season for that because this is a season for that because this is a season for specific specific specific reason some people say well this is a reason some people say well this is a reason some people say well this is a season the reason for the season no this season the reason for the season no this season the reason for the season no this is a specific season for a specific is a specific season for a specific is a specific season for a specific reason and you got see people on the car reason and you got see people on the car reason and you got see people on the car bumper that says X merry bumper that says X merry bumper that says X merry exmas on I know but you claiming is the unknown we get caught unknown we get caught up with the hustle and bustle of this up with the hustle and bustle of this up with the hustle and bustle of this season and we don't realize why we are

season and we don't realize why we are season and we don't realize why we are here see because it's this thing called here see because it's this thing called here see because it's this thing called love and there's a significant thing love and there's a significant thing love and there's a significant thing about about about love so my challenge for you today is to love so my challenge for you today is to love so my challenge for you today is to really truly understand yes Jamal got really truly understand yes Jamal got really truly understand yes Jamal got excited for the Christmas excited for the Christmas excited for the Christmas gifts but my excitement shifted from gifts but my excitement shifted from gifts but my excitement shifted from just a gift but in the excitement of the just a gift but in the excitement of the just a gift but in the excitement of the love my parents had for love my parents had for love my parents had for me Jamal gets excited for this Christmas me Jamal gets excited for this Christmas me Jamal gets excited for this Christmas gift but my gift but my gift but my excitement is no longer in the gifts excitement is no longer in the gifts excitement is no longer in the gifts that my kids get for me but the love that my kids get for me but the love that my kids get for me but the love that ignites their excitement to send a that ignites their excitement to send a that ignites their excitement to send a gift so Christmas is a reminder of the gift so Christmas is a reminder of the gift so Christmas is a reminder of the love that ignited the excitement God love that ignited the excitement God love that ignited the excitement God didn't beg gradually give his didn't beg gradually give his didn't beg gradually give his son God didn't you say oh man woe is me son God didn't you say oh man woe is me son God didn't you say oh man woe is me this is what I got to do an this is what I got to do an this is what I got to do an excitement he responded to The Human excitement he responded to The Human excitement he responded to The Human Condition based on Condition based on Condition based on love so my challenge for you love so my challenge for you love so my challenge for you today is to really get excited today is to really get excited today is to really get excited about about about today in the next couple of today in the next couple of today in the next couple of days and yes we have dealt with loss and days and yes we have dealt with loss and days and yes we have dealt with loss and and our loved ones wen't aren't here but and our loved ones wen't aren't here but and our loved ones wen't aren't here but be be be excited because this day Christmas

excited because this day Christmas excited because this day Christmas represents the reason why we can see represents the reason why we can see represents the reason why we can see them again be again be excited yes I know excited yes I know excited yes I know you can't buy what you need want to buy you can't buy what you need want to buy you can't buy what you need want to buy for your loved ones but be excited that for your loved ones but be excited that for your loved ones but be excited that you're still able to spend time with you're still able to spend time with you're still able to spend time with your loved ones be ones be excited that ultimately we are excited that ultimately we are excited that ultimately we are celebrating a time that the celebrating a time that the celebrating a time that the allmighty allmighty allmighty god the alpha the Omega the beginning god the alpha the Omega the beginning god the alpha the Omega the beginning and the end thought about us in such a and the end thought about us in such a and the end thought about us in such a way that he wanted to respond to our way that he wanted to respond to our way that he wanted to respond to our condition Aro this whole idea called condition Aro this whole idea called condition Aro this whole idea called Christmas see Christmas see Christmas see Christmas is the expression of what they Christmas is the expression of what they Christmas is the expression of what they call the day that love came down in a call the day that love came down in a call the day that love came down in a tangible way tangible way tangible way to respond to Human Condition I pray to respond to Human Condition I pray to respond to Human Condition I pray that you got something out of this CU as I wrestle with you know this CU as I wrestle with you know understanding this whole idea of

understanding this whole idea of understanding this whole idea of Love remember I said God puts a demand Love remember I said God puts a demand Love remember I said God puts a demand on us to be able to respond and he said on us to be able to respond and he said on us to be able to respond and he said he'll fill up the Gap and then I landed he'll fill up the Gap and then I landed he'll fill up the Gap and then I landed this this text called uh uh 1 this this text called uh uh 1 this this text called uh uh 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and as I sat sit there and read 1 and as I sat sit there and read 1 Corinthians chapter Corinthians chapter Corinthians chapter 13 I said 13 I said 13 I said Lord this is not Lord this is not Lord this is not easy and some people are say well what easy and some people are say well what easy and some people are say well what is First Corinthians because you haven't is First Corinthians because you haven't is First Corinthians because you haven't gotten it first Corinthians is the what gotten it first Corinthians is the what gotten it first Corinthians is the what we call the love chapter love is patient we call the love chapter love is patient we call the love chapter love is patient I said oh kind not kind to people you like but kind not kind to people you like but love is kind love doesn't hold grudges I said kind love doesn't hold grudges I said wow wow wow Lord and I and and and I there's a Lord and I and and and I there's a Lord and I and and and I there's a reality that there's a demand on us that reality that there's a demand on us that reality that there's a demand on us that he knows that we can't accomplish by ourselves see because love is patient ourselves see because love is patient yes and I think God is patient because yes and I think God is patient because yes and I think God is patient because I'm not a person that you that that is I'm not a person that you that that is I'm not a person that you that that is easy to get along with sometimes easy to get along with sometimes easy to get along with sometimes I thank God that love is kind because I thank God that love is kind because I thank God that love is kind because I'm not a person that always can ask for I'm not a person that always can ask for I'm not a person that always can ask for kindness because of my kindness because of my kindness because of my attitude I know that I I I thank God attitude I know that I I I thank God attitude I know that I I I thank God that love is patient because when you that love is patient because when you that love is patient because when you find somebody that truly loves you find somebody that truly loves you find somebody that truly loves you they'll go and above and beyond to be they'll go and above and beyond to be they'll go and above and beyond to be patient with

patient with patient with you and so let and sometimes Christmas you and so let and sometimes Christmas you and so let and sometimes Christmas season can test that stuff oh I'm not oh season can test that stuff oh I'm not oh season can test that stuff oh I'm not oh thank God my list got smaller cuz I thank God my list got smaller cuz I thank God my list got smaller cuz I ain't that person gift anymore but I challenge you anymore but I challenge you today if you get nothing out of today if you get nothing out of today if you get nothing out of this is that Christmas is about love this is that Christmas is about love this is that Christmas is about love coming coming coming down in a tangible way responding to a promise that will help resolve The Human promise that will help resolve The Human Condition Condition Condition at a cost because he loved cost because he loved us I challenge you to look at things us I challenge you to look at things us I challenge you to look at things that way is a way is a [Music] [Music] [Music] season to season to season to acknowledge that Christ is at the acknowledge that Christ is at the acknowledge that Christ is at the center and anything else is center and anything else is center and anything else is extra I pray that you receive something extra I pray that you receive something extra I pray that you receive something out of today's message I pray that it'll out of today's message I pray that it'll out of today's message I pray that it'll get you started and going and excited to get you started and going and excited to get you started and going and excited to push through this Christmas season I push through this Christmas season I push through this Christmas season I pray that it'll help encourage you to pray that it'll help encourage you to pray that it'll help encourage you to deal with the things that you deal with deal with the things that you deal with deal with the things that you deal with during Christmas to cope with the loss during Christmas to cope with the loss during Christmas to cope with the loss to cope with the not having to cope with

to cope with the not having to cope with to cope with the not having to cope with not being able to be not being able to be not being able to be around because of whether job or around because of whether job or around because of whether job or military or whatever it is I pray that military or whatever it is I pray that military or whatever it is I pray that this message will encourage you and push this message will encourage you and push this message will encourage you and push you forward to St focus on the reason you forward to St focus on the reason you forward to St focus on the reason for the season season hallelujah amen thank God for the word hallelujah amen thank God for the word hallelujah amen thank God for the word amen thank God for the word thank God amen thank God for the word thank God amen thank God for the word thank God for our pastor for our pastor for our pastor amen amen amen love and if you remember this morning love and if you remember this morning love and if you remember this morning when I started I I talked about seven when I started I I talked about seven when I started I I talked about seven things and the very first thing I talked things and the very first thing I talked things and the very first thing I talked about uh when it as it relates to about uh when it as it relates to about uh when it as it relates to Christmas is Christmas is a time to give Christmas is Christmas is a time to give Christmas is Christmas is a time to give love as Jesus Christ and God are the love as Jesus Christ and God are the love as Jesus Christ and God are the example of love amen example of love amen example of love amen [Music] [Music] [Music] and sometimes you know we don't and sometimes you know we don't and sometimes you know we don't experience love not everyone experience experience love not everyone experience experience love not everyone experience love but today is a good opportunity to love but today is a good opportunity to love but today is a good opportunity to experience the love of God Amen so if experience the love of God Amen so if experience the love of God Amen so if you're in the building today you're in the building today you're in the building today and you're saying to yourself I I I and you're saying to yourself I I I and you're saying to yourself I I I don't know what they're talking about I don't know what they're talking about I don't know what they're talking about I I don't understand what it means to I don't understand what it means to I don't understand what it means to experience experience experience love well this is a moment that we can love well this is a moment that we can love well this is a moment that we can introduce you to love itself Jesus introduce you to love itself Jesus introduce you to love itself Jesus Christ so if you're in the building and Christ so if you're in the building and Christ so if you're in the building and you you don't know the Lord as your you you don't know the Lord as your you you don't know the Lord as your personal savior you've never accepted personal savior you've never accepted personal savior you've never accepted the Lord as your personal savior this is

the Lord as your personal savior this is the Lord as your personal savior this is your your your moment to moment to moment to experience love in its truest form experience love in its truest form experience love in its truest form and we are here to celebrate you and to and we are here to celebrate you and to and we are here to celebrate you and to encourage you so I want you to just encourage you so I want you to just encourage you so I want you to just identify by raising your hand saying I identify by raising your hand saying I identify by raising your hand saying I would like to would like to would like to experience the love of God is there one experience the love of God is there one experience the love of God is there one in the building today that wants to in the building today that wants to in the building today that wants to experience the love of God that pure love just lift your hands just lift your love just lift your hands just lift your hands amen I see that hand I see that hands amen I see that hand I see that hands amen I see that hand I see that hand God bless you and we want you to hand God bless you and we want you to hand God bless you and we want you to just take a lip leap of faith and and we just take a lip leap of faith and and we just take a lip leap of faith and and we want you to just come forward and our want you to just come forward and our want you to just come forward and our ministers are here they're going to come ministers are here they're going to come ministers are here they're going to come and they're going to support you and and they're going to support you and and they're going to support you and they're going to pray for you Hallelujah they're going to pray for you Hallelujah they're going to pray for you Hallelujah come on let's celebrate them as they come on let's celebrate them as they come on let's celebrate them as they [Music] [Music] [Music] come Hallelujah cuz Jesus is the answer for Hallelujah cuz Jesus is the answer for the world today come on let's celebrate the world today come on let's celebrate the world today come on let's celebrate let's celebrate the angel let's celebrate the angel let's celebrate the angel Rejoice Rejoice Rejoice yes Hallelujah yes Hallelujah yes Hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you Jesus oh there they're Jesus thank you Jesus oh there they're coming they're coming they're coming coming they're coming they're coming coming they're coming they're coming come on clap them up encourage them as come on clap them up encourage them as come on clap them up encourage them as they come thank you they come thank you they come thank you Jesus oh Jesus Hallelujah Jesus above him there's Jesus Hallelujah Jesus above him there's no

no no other Jesus is the way other Jesus is the way other Jesus is the way oh Jesus is the oh Jesus is the oh Jesus is the answer for the world answer for the world answer for the world today above him there's no today above him there's no today above him there's no other Jesus is the way one more time other Jesus is the way one more time other Jesus is the way one more time Jesus Jesus is the Jesus Jesus is the Jesus Jesus is the answer for the world answer for the world answer for the world today I above him there's no today I above him there's no today I above him there's no other Jesus is the way Jesus is the way Jesus is the answer for the world answer for the world answer for the world today above him there's no today above him there's no today above him there's no other Jesus is the other Jesus is the other Jesus is the way the scripture says for God so loved way the scripture says for God so loved way the scripture says for God so loved the world the world the world world that he gave his only begotten son world that he gave his only begotten son world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him they that whosoever believeth in him they that whosoever believeth in him they should not perish but that they should should not perish but that they should should not perish but that they should have everlasting life the choice that have everlasting life the choice that have everlasting life the choice that you're making today is a life that's you're making today is a life that's you're making today is a life that's going is a choice that's going to change going is a choice that's going to change going is a choice that's going to change your life forever you're making one of your life forever you're making one of your life forever you're making one of the best choices that you can ever ever the best choices that you can ever ever the best choices that you can ever ever ever make in your entire life and today

ever make in your entire life and today ever make in your entire life and today we celebrate that would you pray this we celebrate that would you pray this we celebrate that would you pray this prayer with me prayer with me prayer with me father I thank father I thank father I thank you I give you the praise I honor you you I give you the praise I honor you you I give you the praise I honor you father I accept you into my heart as my father I accept you into my heart as my father I accept you into my heart as my Lord and as my savior I Repent of my Lord and as my savior I Repent of my Lord and as my savior I Repent of my sins and I say sins and I say sins and I say Lord come into my Lord come into my Lord come into my heart change me change my mind change my heart change me change my mind change my heart change me change my mind change my thoughts change my heart and father I thoughts change my heart and father I thoughts change my heart and father I thank you you in the mighty name of thank you you in the mighty name of thank you you in the mighty name of Jesus I thank you I accept you as my Jesus I thank you I accept you as my Jesus I thank you I accept you as my Lord in Jesus name amen and amen come on Lord in Jesus name amen and amen come on Lord in Jesus name amen and amen come on let's celebrate them let's celebrate let's celebrate them let's celebrate let's celebrate them let's celebrate them them them Hallelujah listen the lord loves you and Hallelujah listen the lord loves you and Hallelujah listen the lord loves you and everyone that standing here today we are everyone that standing here today we are everyone that standing here today we are bearing witness with the love of the bearing witness with the love of the bearing witness with the love of the Lord because we also have received the Lord because we also have received the Lord because we also have received the love of God Amen and so I want you to go love of God Amen and so I want you to go love of God Amen and so I want you to go through this week just knowing that God through this week just knowing that God through this week just knowing that God loves you God loves you no matter what loves you God loves you no matter what loves you God loves you no matter what you're going through no matter what you're going through no matter what you're going through no matter what you're going to you're going to you're going to face God loves you God loves you amen face God loves you God loves you amen face God loves you God loves you amen God bless you amen God bless you you may God bless you amen God bless you you may God bless you amen God bless you you may return to your return to your return to your [Music] [Music] [Music] seats thank you Minister as you return

seats thank you Minister as you return seats thank you Minister as you return to your seats if you want to find place to your seats if you want to find place to your seats if you want to find place to start start with the Book of John The to start start with the Book of John The to start start with the Book of John The Book of John is a very excellent book to Book of John is a very excellent book to Book of John is a very excellent book to help you understand and comprehend what help you understand and comprehend what help you understand and comprehend what this whole idea of Jesus is and and and this whole idea of Jesus is and and and this whole idea of Jesus is and and and that the fact that he and Christ him and that the fact that he and Christ him and that the fact that he and Christ him and God are one excellent thing uh let's God are one excellent thing uh let's God are one excellent thing uh let's stand stand stand please the other thing they say is uh please the other thing they say is uh please the other thing they say is uh get get connected to a church a family a get get connected to a church a family a get get connected to a church a family a body of body of body of Believers a Bible beli in teaching Believers a Bible beli in teaching Believers a Bible beli in teaching church and I think CCC is one of the church and I think CCC is one of the church and I think CCC is one of the best Bible beli in teaching Church best Bible beli in teaching Church best Bible beli in teaching Church churches out there if you're online text saved to there if you're online text saved to 63125 2688 or course call 71830 63125 2688 or course call 71830 63125 2688 or course call 71830 61061 amen father God we thank you so 61061 amen father God we thank you so 61061 amen father God we thank you so much for the opportunity to always come much for the opportunity to always come much for the opportunity to always come together as a body together as a body together as a body Believers Believers Believers fellowshipping loving one fellowshipping loving one fellowshipping loving one another but being in your presence we another but being in your presence we another but being in your presence we ask that you have your way throughout ask that you have your way throughout ask that you have your way throughout this week Lord this week Lord this week Lord continually reminding us giving us an continually reminding us giving us an continually reminding us giving us an unction even speak to ourselves and unction even speak to ourselves and unction even speak to ourselves and saying why we are doing what we're saying why we are doing what we're saying why we are doing what we're doing why are we are doing why are we are doing why are we are [Music] [Music] [Music] cooking why are we getting ready to eat cooking why are we getting ready to eat cooking why are we getting ready to eat Lord the yams Lord the yams Lord the yams Lord but we seriously want to say thank Lord but we seriously want to say thank Lord but we seriously want to say thank you for the reminder throughout this you for the reminder throughout this you for the reminder throughout this week that we constantly think about and week that we constantly think about and week that we constantly think about and concentrate on the love that became

concentrate on the love that became concentrate on the love that became tangible [Music] [Music] so Lord we say Have Your so Lord we say Have Your so Lord we say Have Your Way bless us Empower us to be a Way bless us Empower us to be a Way bless us Empower us to be a representative throughout this week with representative throughout this week with representative throughout this week with a word and season prepared on our heart a word and season prepared on our heart a word and season prepared on our heart to speak to somebody that might be in to speak to somebody that might be in to speak to somebody that might be in need allow us to have the opportunity to need allow us to have the opportunity to need allow us to have the opportunity to participate in that gift of love to participate in that gift of love to participate in that gift of love to evangelize to someone someone on these evangelize to someone someone on these evangelize to someone someone on these streets to evangelize to someone in our streets to evangelize to someone in our streets to evangelize to someone in our homes so Lord guide God and govern our homes so Lord guide God and govern our homes so Lord guide God and govern our paths we ask for protection travel and paths we ask for protection travel and paths we ask for protection travel and mercies as we mercies as we mercies as we travel to and from each and every travel to and from each and every travel to and from each and every destination today and throughout the destination today and throughout the destination today and throughout the rest of the week we ask for a special rest of the week we ask for a special rest of the week we ask for a special travel protection for travel protection for travel protection for Christmas that you will guide God and Christmas that you will guide God and Christmas that you will guide God and govern our paths that you would anoint govern our paths that you would anoint govern our paths that you would anoint us AR fresh protecting us every vehicle us AR fresh protecting us every vehicle us AR fresh protecting us every vehicle that we drive in from bumper to bumper that we drive in from bumper to bumper that we drive in from bumper to bumper lord inside and out we ask for your lord inside and out we ask for your lord inside and out we ask for your heavenly heavenly heavenly Angels whether it's traveling in the air Angels whether it's traveling in the air Angels whether it's traveling in the air on Rails on the road Lord we say Have on Rails on the road Lord we say Have on Rails on the road Lord we say Have Your Way in Jesus precious name amen and Your Way in Jesus precious name amen and Your Way in Jesus precious name amen and amen as are y'all tired today that was amen as are y'all tired today that was amen as are y'all tired today that was that clap was my prayer wasn't good y that clap was my prayer wasn't good y that clap was my prayer wasn't good y like the yams prayer as we leave this place with never

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