BIG THOUGHT: Doubt can create monumental in our relationship with Jesus and can also, therefore, result in us missing Christmas.
I. Did God really ?
A. Not a question.
Genesis 3:1b (ESV) – [Satan] said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
B. Our struggle to trust the Word from God.
C. Our focus on our ability, not God’s.
Ephesians 3:20 (ESV) – Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
II. Personal consequences to a lack of .
A. We miss .
B. We miss purpose.
Amos 8:11-12 (ESV) – “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
III. Consequences of a of trust for others.
A. We may rob them of news.
B. We may cause them .
So, what was Zechariah’s ?
He had lost !
What is your greatest hope this Christmas?
Psalms 33:18-22 (ESV) – Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.