Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, December 17, 2023

God With Us.

Today, Pastor Michael introduces us to Beverly Burton of the Peacemaker’s School of Petit-Goave, Haiti.  Her message is incredibly inspiring, being in their tenth year of school in a country that is lawless and run mostly by gangs.  Her message makes anyone appreciate the luxuries we enjoy in this country, but we can always do more to help folks in Haiti.  Please pray for Beverly’s ministry in Haiti to allow safe passage of needed food supplies and for the safety of her teachers and the children.

After Beverly’s message about her Haitian ministry, we had our children’s play but had to trim that out as the audio was pretty hard to hear. 

Micheal then goes right into a story of an old man living in a cellar in Persia who has very few things, but he shares what little he has with a stranger who appeared at this door and even gave his shoes to the beggar.  The king of Persia at that time was actually a man who loved his people so much that he would go out in the clothes of a beggar and visit them, allowing him to understand their struggles.  Of course, you’ve probably figured out that the beggar who showed up at the old man’s place was the king!

However, the beggar was simply amazed that the king would actually visit him and give the greatest gift of all: the gift of himself. 

God visits us in the person of Jesus Christ, who took on humanity and lived amongst humans.  And Jesus gave us the same greatest gift; He gave us Himself.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Verses can be found in Isaiah 7: 14.

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