Advent 3 -- Christmas is About Relationships -- Zephaniah 3:14-17 -- December 12, 2021

12/12/2021 17 min
Advent 3 -- Christmas is About Relationships -- Zephaniah 3:14-17 -- December 12, 2021

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Send us a textGood morning! Thanks for listening today! In our families, we all have obligations. We are obligated to go to Thanksgiving or Christmas, even if we aren't excited about it. What about our relationship with God? Are we doing things out of obligation? Do we think we are being good Christians if we simply show up to church on Sunday or try to be a "good" person? The problem with that is that God is eternal, wise, and he can see straight into our hearts! He knows if you came to church because of obligation or not. Our relationship with God is not defined by obligations. It's defined by HIS strength, love, and grace, and what he has done for you by sending his only Son to die for our sins. He DELIGHTS in YOU! So we are not here Sunday morning, or praying and reading the Bible at home out of obligation, but out of LOVE - to express our love for him. Join us this Wednesday, Dec 15th for our last Advent service, and visit out website www.trinityelpaso.org for service times for the Christmas season. God bless you! 14 Sing, Daughter Zion;    shout aloud, Israel!Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,    Daughter Jerusalem!15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,    he has turned back your enemy.The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;    never again will you fear any harm.16 On that day    they will say to Jerusalem,“Do not fear, Zion;    do not let your hands hang limp.17 The Lord your God is with you,    the Mighty Warrior who saves.He will take great delight in you;    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

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