If you’ve ever felt like your life doesn’t matter, like you’re just so… ordinary, you’re not alone. But God loves to take what seems ordinary to us and use it to change the world. When we allow Jesus to take center stage in our lives, even the most ordinary of things become opportunities for God to use us to make a meaningful change in the world.

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WHEN GOD ENTERS ORDINARY LIVES, EVERYTHING CHANGES.

If you’ve ever felt like your life doesn’t matter, like you’re just so… ordinary, you’re not alone. But God loves to take what seems ordinary to us and use it to change the world. When we allow Jesus to take center stage in our lives, even the most ordinary of things become opportunities for God to use us to make a meaningful change in the world.

Part 4: The Gift of An Ordinary Life

Have you ever felt like a “Scrooge”. You felt small, distant, trapped in the darkness by your past or stuck in the present. There’s good news. Jesus came to transform us. We don’t have to be stuck in the past with its pain and disappointment. We don’t have to drown in the mundane present or face a hopeless future. Jesus, who is ‘God with us’ came to transform our lives and offer us transformation from start to finish.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Have you ever felt like a “Scrooge”. You felt small, distant, trapped in the darkness by your past or stuck in the present. There’s good news. Jesus came to transform us. We don’t have to be stuck in the past with its pain and disappointment. We don’t have to drown in the mundane present or face a hopeless future. Jesus, who is ‘God with us’ came to transform our lives and offer us transformation from start to finish.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

JESUS REDEEMS OUR PAST, GIVES MEANING TO OUR PRESENT, AND OFFERS HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE.

Have you ever felt like a “Scrooge”. You felt small, distant, trapped in the darkness by your past or stuck in the present. There’s good news. Jesus came to transform us. We don’t have to be stuck in the past with its pain and disappointment. We don’t have to drown in the mundane present or face a hopeless future. Jesus, who is ‘God with us’ came to transform our lives and offer us transformation from start to finish.

Part 3: From Start to Finish

The Christmas season can be exhausting, frustrating, even discouraging for some. You to try to celebrate it, but it seems to fall flat. Everything seems so cliché or commercial. But what if the problem isn’t the holiday OR how we celebrate it. What if the problem is with our heart. We can be like King Herod in the original Christmas story who had a hard heart and caused grief for everyone else, or we can be like the grinch and let our hearts be changed by the love of Jesus. When that happens, you’ll celebrate Christmas like never before.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Christmas season can be exhausting, frustrating, even discouraging for some. You to try to celebrate it, but it seems to fall flat. Everything seems so cliché or commercial. But what if the problem isn’t the holiday OR how we celebrate it. What if the problem is with our heart. We can be like King Herod in the original Christmas story who had a hard heart and caused grief for everyone else, or we can be like the grinch and let our hearts be changed by the love of Jesus. When that happens, you’ll celebrate Christmas like never before.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

YOU CAN'T TRULY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS UNTIL JESUS TRANSFORMS YOUR HEART.

The Christmas season can be exhausting, frustrating, even discouraging for some. You to try to celebrate it, but it seems to fall flat. Everything seems so cliché or commercial. But what if the problem isn’t the holiday OR how we celebrate it. What if the problem is with our heart. We can be like King Herod in the original Christmas story who had a hard heart and caused grief for everyone else, or we can be like the grinch and let our hearts be changed by the love of Jesus. When that happens, you’ll celebrate Christmas like never before.

Part 2: How to Tell if You’re a Grinch

Longing, disappointment, and joy. Feelings we have all had during the holidays and feelings many of us have all year round. We all hope for something to fill the void in our lives. Money, things, success and prestige can be nice but will always fall short. True fulfillment is only found in the gift that God gave us that first Christmas, His only son, Jesus.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Longing, disappointment, and joy. Feelings we have all had during the holidays and feelings many of us have all year round. We all hope for something to fill the void in our lives. Money, things, success and prestige can be nice but will always fall short. True fulfillment is only found in the gift that God gave us that first Christmas, His only son, Jesus.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

JESUS IS THE ONLY GIFT THAT CAN SATSIFY OUR DEEPEST LONGING.

Longing, disappointment, and joy. Feelings we have all had during the holidays and feelings many of us have all year round. We all hope for something to fill the void in our lives. Money, things, success and prestige can be nice but will always fall short. True fulfillment is only found in the gift that God gave us that first Christmas, His only son, Jesus.

Part 1: The Perfect Gift

The story that began in a garden, ends in a city — the New Jerusalem — where God once again dwells fully with His people. Every tear is wiped away, every sorrow healed, every distance removed. We will see His face and live forever in His presence. This series closes by pointing us toward our eternal hope: that one day, the presence of God will fill everything, and we will finally be home.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The story that began in a garden, ends in a city — the New Jerusalem — where God once again dwells fully with His people. Every tear is wiped away, every sorrow healed, every distance removed. We will see His face and live forever in His presence. This series closes by pointing us toward our eternal hope: that one day, the presence of God will fill everything, and we will finally be home.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

THE PROMISE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING GIVES US THE STRENGTH FOR WHERE WE ARE.

The story that began in a garden, ends in a city — the New Jerusalem — where God once again dwells fully with His people. Every tear is wiped away, every sorrow healed, every distance removed. We will see His face and live forever in His presence. This series closes by pointing us toward our eternal hope: that one day, the presence of God will fill everything, and we will finally be home.

Part 5: Home At Last

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