Hope

During Christmas, we hear many different greetings. "Happy Holidays!" "Seasons Greetings!" Or, "Merry Christmas!" What we don't hear is, "Don't be afraid!" But as we read the Christmas accounts of Matthew and Luke in Scripture, the angel always greeted people with this statement, “Don't be afraid." This greeting reveals the Christmas truth that Christ came into the world to overcome our fears. In this series, we'll look at the four times an angel interacts with humans in the Christmas story and see how we might leave our fear to live out the four classic Advent virtues of Hope, Joy, Love, and Peace.

In this first message of the series, Senior Pastor Jeff Maness teaches what hope is and why we have hope no matter our experiences.