The Secret Series and Christmas

We have been getting incredible feed-back on how the sermons loosely inspired by "The Secret" (Rhonda Byrne) have been impacting lives! Not that I agree entirely with the book, because the Secret Things of God are entrusted to the Church.

As it turns out, the holiday season has been a wonderful time to release these sermons because Christmas can bring with it, feelings of hope and joy for some... or of pain and hopelessness for others.

One principle that we have unlocked is that feelings are important for one very large purpose. They reveal to you what you are thinking. It is impossible to feel good or positive, if you are thinking bad or negative thoughts. Conversely, it is impossible to feel bad or negative, if you are thinking good or positive thoughts. Your thoughts determine your destination which is why the Word of God encourages us to think about good things, holy things, positive things, to have faith and to trust God with our future, to worship Him in spite of our circumstances and to allow the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ to instill in us the Peace that Surpasses all Understanding... I could preach but I'll stop.

Friend, if you have the blues... don't take that as your que to sing the blues. Instead, sing praises to the King and allow thoughts of His goodness, greatness and love to overwhelm your feelings. Take your feelings right now and change them by focusing your attention on Jesus, the one who even though He was God, was born a human in a lowly manger so that He could experience what we experience, grow up and become the only needed sacrifice to save all who would believe in Him and receive Him!