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Welcome, and thank you for joining this Christmas message. It’s Christmas. Do you believe? This is not simply a question about whether we believe that God sent His Son as a baby in a manger.

One day we will fully understand the mercy of God. His incredible mercy that reached down to us in our lowest state, not only to redeem us, but to invite us to share in His life through the Holy Spirit living within us.

Matthew 7:21–27 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name...

I want to speak to those who feel captivated, lost, or hopeless, those who can’t see a way out or imagine their life amounting to anything for the kingdom of God. I want to suggest to you that God is speaking to you, whether you can hear Him or not.

Have you ever paused to truly ask yourself: Who am I in Christ? In the midst of all our religious activity—our striving, our serving, even our worship—it’s a question that can quietly fade into the background. 

There are moments when God opens our eyes to something we should have known all truths we’ve heard before but never truly grasped. Recently, I had such a moment. I realized that while I had often spoken about my father, I had never truly honored him.

I’ve seen so many prayer requests recently, and one in particular stood out: “I’ve just lost hope. I have no forward strategy. Everything is gone.” This sense of despair isn’t rare—it’s coming from every corner of the world.

America stands at a critical juncture. Like the Israelites in Psalm 126, we've known times of joy and prosperity, times when the nations marveled at what God had done for us. But today, a sobering reality faces us.

In our world, we often hear the phrase, “seeing is believing.” It’s a principle based on human logic—we trust only what we can perceive with our senses. But have you ever stopped to consider that, in God’s kingdom, it’s the other way around?

There is a day coming—perhaps you see it already—when the reward of the wicked will be visible. By “wicked,” I mean those who have made a deliberate choice to turn away from the mercy of God through His Son, Jesus Christ.