Today on Summit Life, Pastor J.D. Greer talks about the presence of God.

Many of you want your circumstances change this Christmas.

What if there were something greater than change circumstances?

What if it was to know that God was really with you?

To know God again as your everlasting Father to have peace with the mighty God, to

walk with the wonderful counselor, to know intimately the Prince of Peace. Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host

Molly Vittevich. You know, Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy and peace, but the reality is that for most of us,

December is just as hard as the rest of the year, if not more.

In fact, this last week of preparation can feel stressful and way too busy. So does the

Christmas message actually change anything? That's our subject today on Summit Life

with JD Greer as we wrap up a short series called God with us. If you missed

any part of the study you can find the whole series at J.D.com. Right now

let's join Pastor J.D. for an important message that he titled Emmanuel.

Isaiah 9 verse 2 the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light

and for those dwelling in the shadow of death on them a light has dawned.

What exactly does that mean?

Well, what kind of darkness were these people in?

Israel, during this time, was at a time of national crisis.

They were under siege.

Economically, they had been devastated.

Their very existence as a nation was now under threat. They felt like they

were. You see Isaiah's words there, dwelling in the shadow of death. In other words, theirs was a darkness of uncertainty about their future.

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