Christmas Eve (5PM)

After a month of waiting, a month of preparing ourselves, the miracle of miracle has now arrived. Tonight, on the eve of Christmas, we celebrate the most unique, the most incredible, the most miraculous event in human history. Think about the impact of this one birth on the course of human history. Think about the impact of this one birth on the course of an individual human life. If the universe is not random but divinely created, as we at Grace of Christ, along with hundreds of millions of others, believe. If the divine force that brought the universe and us into existence is not some indifferent impersonal collection of energy but instead a personal Being who loves us, as we at Grace of Christ, along with hundreds of millions of others, believe. If this personal, loving God cared so deeply about us that He voluntarily entered a broken and painful world to restore a relationship we had broken, as we at Grace of Christ, along with hundreds of millions of others, believe. If His love for us was so great that He was willing to sacrifice Himself and submit to death so that we could live, as we at Grace of Christ, along with hundreds of millions of others, believe. If this is True it changes everything. God had a purpose in mind when He created the universe. That purpose included us. We were on His mind, AND IN HIS HEART, when He made the unexpected and unusual, the miraculous decision to be born among us. That God loves us, that God is with us ... changes the course of history, and the course of our lives.
Luke chapter 2, "The angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.'"