Nativity
‘I bring you good news…’
(Luke 2:10)
The good news of the birth of Jesus is the best news of all.
God is not absent from us but has come among us in the Person of his Son.
No wonder the true experience of Christmas is joy!
No wonder that some of the best Christian songs centre on Christmas.
How strange it is that the world turns Christmas into materialism,
the spending of money and the making of profits, which in the end yields no joy at all.
But we have Jesus, the Saviour who brings the riches of life eternal.
Question for self: What gives me joy at Christmas?
We bring before you Heavenly Father,
the many peoples who have had to leave their homeland due to war or persecution.
May they find peace and security here in Australia as they struggle to cope
with many changes but above all may they find peace with you through Jesus. Amen