LAKE TRAVIS - The story of Christ’s birth includes a Heavenly Father who loved the world so much that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him would have eternal life. Scripture tells us that we have become God’s adopted family when we come to faith. (Romans 8.) And by Him, we cry, “Abba, Father!”

Joseph, despite shame and ridicule, still took Mary as his wife and fathered the child, Jesus, who he knew was not his own. He showed the Father heart of God in many ways in his actions. Later, Jesus would show the Father heart of God to the whole world.

JOHNSON CITY - The story of Christ’s birth includes a Heavenly Father who loved the world so much that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him would have eternal life. Scripture tells us that we have become God’s adopted family when we come to faith. (Romans 8.) And by Him we cry, “Abba, Father!”

Joseph, despite shame and ridicule, still took Mary as his wife and fathered the child, Jesus, who he knew was not his own. In many ways he showed the Father heart of God in his actions. And later on, Jesus would show the Father heart of God to the whole world.

LAKE TRAVIS - Christ’s entry to the world through Mary’s womb is testimony that there is nothing in this world that his birth, death, burial, and resurrection cannot redeem. Jesus’ arrival is His infinite exclamation that life is precious, from conception to resurrection! He has come to redeem it all; every victory and every disappointment will all become sources of Joy because the Lord has come!