God is For You
Saddleback Church Weekend Messages
Saddleback Church
4.7 • 723 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This Christmas Day, Pastor Buddy Owens reminded us of the central truth of Christmas. God gave us His greatest gift, Himself, through Jesus. Scripture calls Him Immanuel, God with us, and His coming proves that God is not distant or disinterested. He is present, personal, and for you. We reflected on the humility of Jesus’ birth and how the King of heaven chose to meet us not in palaces, but in the mangers of life. Jesus entered our brokenness so we could experience the life God always intended for us. Through the incarnation, God made a way for us to be reconciled to Him and become His sons and daughters. Christmas reminds us that God is with you in every season, and He is for you. He sent Jesus to bring forgiveness, hope, restoration, and fullness of life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, this is Andy Wood, and I'm the pastor here at Saddleback Church, and this is our podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | Be sure to subscribe so we can get you these new messages every week, and I hope you enjoy today's message. |
| 0:14.2 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:24.2 | Merry Christmas, everybody. Merry Christmas, everybody. |
| 0:27.0 | Thank you for coming. |
| 0:29.5 | Thanks for letting me share Christmas with you. |
| 0:31.7 | If you want to take out your message notes, |
| 0:39.3 | I want to talk to you today about what I believe is really the central message of Christmas. I want to help you unpack a gift that God has given you. |
| 0:43.3 | I titled the message, God is for you. |
| 0:46.3 | He's not just with you. |
| 0:48.3 | God is for you. |
| 0:49.3 | And I want to start by reading our theme verse from the Bible. |
| 0:53.3 | It's found in Matthew chapter 1, verse 23. It's here on the |
| 0:56.5 | screen. It's also in your notes. And here's what the Bible says. The Virgin will conceive and give |
| 1:02.9 | birth to a son. And they will call him Emmanuel, which means God with us. Now that verse is actually quoted from the Old Testament. |
| 1:13.8 | 700 years before Jesus came, |
| 1:16.8 | God spoke through the prophet Isaiah. |
| 1:19.3 | Look here on the screen. |
| 1:20.3 | He said this, |
| 1:21.1 | therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. |
| 1:25.3 | The virgin will conceive and give birth to his son and will call him |
| 1:30.8 | Emmanuel. And that sign was fulfilled when Jesus was born to a virgin named Mary. Now you might |
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