Ghosts of Christmas Past, Part 1: Overcoming Offenses

Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

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🗓️ 4 December 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

For many, the most wonderful time of the year isn't so wonderful. A painful past or our own insecurities can overshadow the joy we're supposed to be feeling. What if this year could look different? It’s time to let God heal the Ghosts of Christmas...

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0:00.0	Thanks for joining us here at Life Church where we are one church meeting in multiple locations
0:06.0	and reaching around the world with the help of church online.
0:09.2	If you ever have any questions or you'd like to learn more about us as a church,
0:12.4	you can always check us out online simply by going to Life.Church or we'd love for you to stay connected
0:18.0	throughout your week and everywhere you go with the all new Life Church app available today
0:22.5	wherever you download your apps from. You know it's Christmas season, a time when everything
0:27.3	seems to be highlighted. The blessings in our life get better but also the tough things in
0:32.1	our life can seem to get harder and overshadow all the joys that are meant to be experienced this
0:37.2	season. Well today our senior pastor Craig Rochelle begins an all new message series to help us
0:42.7	heal from the brokenness of our past and we started off with part one of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
0:49.6	Hey, have been welcome to day two all of our Life Churches, all of our open network churches.
0:54.7	This is a very special week and I've got amazing news to share with you. This weekend we're launching
1:01.4	the 26th Life Church location. This one happens to be in the eighth state, a brand new state. Could I
1:08.8	get 25 Life Churches to join me in welcoming the newest family member from Fort Smith, Arkansas.
1:16.8	We celebrate with you. We believe great things are coming to Fort Smith, Pastor Johnnie, we love you
1:29.2	and we embrace all that God is going to do at this amazing location. You're joining us at a very
1:33.6	good time. We're in part one of a message series called the Ghost of Christmas Past. Have you
1:40.3	noticed that Christmas is a time that really tends to magnify things? If there's something good,
1:45.9	Christmas season tends to magnify the good and makes things even better. At the same time, Christmas
1:51.8	can also magnify the difficult times and what might be a little painful during the year seems to
1:57.6	be incredibly painful during Christmas time. In fact, I want to tell you what we're going to cover
2:02.3	in the next few weeks. Next week we're going to talk about something that most of us battle with
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