Home for the Holidays – Week 3 | Pastors Erwin + Kim McManus

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

We've faced so much this year. It’s been a year with challenges that have at times felt endless. In moments like these, we must remember to look back and single out moments that we can express gratitude for. When we look back at 2020, we don't only want to remember the struggles.

We must remember the moments that have been gifts to us. The story of Jesus may be familiar but we can choose to lean in with wonder as if we've never heard it before. In Luke 2:11 it reads, "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” One birth changed human history.

2,000 years ago Jesus didn't wait for the perfect time. The perfect time is sometimes in the middle of what looks like a disaster. Love sees a disaster and brings the healing. God will push through all things to create a scenario where he could get to us. 2020 was disastrous but we must not miss the miraculous. God always has a plan for redemption. Christmas is a miracle story and we are vehicles for the miraculous.

“God makes himself known through the unexplainable." - Kim McManus

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"Home For The Holidays" message given by Erwin and Kim McManus, recorded in the McManus home.

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0:00.0	Hello this is Erwin Raphael McManus. I'm the lead pastor of Mosaic. Welcome to our podcast. Thank you for joining us today.
0:15.4	I hope this talk inspires you, encourages you, and transforms you, and that this is
0:20.5	just the beginning of a conversation between you and Jesus.
0:24.0	Enjoy the message.
0:27.0	Merry Christmas everyone is Pastor Owen, Kim,
0:32.0	and we want to welcome me to our home for the holidays.
0:34.8	Yes, Merry Christmas, we're happy to have you.
0:37.3	It's been a beautiful month.
0:38.6	We love Christmas.
0:39.5	We have the lights, the trees, the smell of the pine. I just love everything about Christmas.
0:46.0	And it's also just such a wonderful reminder of what the world could be like
0:52.0	if the world was filled with peace and joy and love and
0:54.4	compassion. Tamales. That's also a huge part of what we look forward to every year.
1:01.6	And wherever you are right now, whether you're here in Los Angeles for somewhere across the world
1:06.7	We were just so grateful that you've chosen to join us during this Christmas season and we have faced so much this year.
1:14.0	And we're closing out probably
1:15.9	one of the most challenging years of our lifetime
1:18.5	and 2020 has been filled with a lot of,
1:21.8	I was gonna say, ups and downs, but it's been a lot of downs and then
1:25.0	downs and then drops and then some more downs and and we've had to all of us together
1:29.3	pull ourselves up and I just want to encourage you right now to look back on this year and
1:36.6	single out those moments where you can express gratitude. Look back over 2020 and do not allow yourself
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