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Upcoming Sermons & Devotional Message
January Sermons 2026
1-11 - The Delusion
Ezekiel 14: 6-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
1-18 - The Hardening of the Heart
Ezekiel 11: 17-21 Matthew 13:15
1-25 - The Power of the Holy Spirit
Isaiah 44: 1-3 Galatians 5: 16-17
Devotional Message : These will change 1-2 times a week. Stop by often to read the new message.
Some Thoughts on Our Unexpected Jesus
Those yearning for a Messiah in the first century were not anticipating what Isaiah describes:
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end” (Isaiah 9:6, 7a).
Jesus wasn’t what they expected. They wanted a king—but they got a baby!
A human child may indeed be the weakest thing in this world. Animal offspring are more self-sufficient. Think of baby sea turtles. They hatch on the beach and immediately begin a life-or-death race to the water. Before they even have time to look around the world, they’re off and running. A human child, on the other hand, lies in a crib, crying for milk, sleeping twenty hours a day (of course, not in a row because that would be too convenient). He or she is utterly vulnerable. Anything could happen, and the child would have no defense. How is it, then, that when God decided to fight for the souls of the world, He sent a baby? In what universe does that make any sense at all?
What was God doing? He was overturning our expectations. God ordered the world so weakness overcomes power—foolishness overcomes wisdom—and a child, HIS CHILD, would become the One who defeats all evil.
It’s an unlikely, incredible story. When everything else in this world fails—when our best plans are found wanting—when we’ve reached the very end of what we can do—“To us a child has been born,” a baby in a manger to set things right again. We like to think we’re strong and mighty, capable of conquering everything on our own, or at least collectively—but it turns out God doesn’t need us at all. WE NEED HIM. And in this child, WE HAVE HIM.
Jesus—the baby born in a manger 2,000 years ago—launched a Kingdom of love and peace that will have no end. Jesus might not be what we expected, but He’s certainly who we needed.
Have you found what you need in Jesus?