In this sermon, we look at two contrasting realities - intimacy that lacks responsibility, and responsibility that exists without intimacy.

God designed romantic love to flow from secure belonging, not anxiety or self-preservation.

Moving from self-centeredness to Christ-centeredness, so that we see transformation in all areas of life.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

Watchfulness is not about predicting Christ’s return; it is about allowing the hope of His return to shape what we love, what we store, and how we live now.

Advent is a call to imitate Jesus’ self-depriving love expressed through humble servanthood.

Supernatural joy is ordinary people encountering God

in their ordinary lives.

There is a choice we are to make today between the peace and the pathways that Jesus offers or to continue to function in the ways the world prescribes.