Christmas: Presence > Presents [Part 4] God With the

2) God’s presence is the difference between crumbling and enduring. (John 1:1-5, 9-14)

• When God is with you, the darkness cannot overcome you.
  
  

• When God is with you, your identity becomes unshakeable.
  
  
• When God is with you, grace and truth stop being theories and become realities.
  
  

3) God’s Presence makes us ready to live and ready to die. (Luke 2:25-32)

• One moment of God’s presence fulfills a lifetime of longing.
  
  

4) God’s presence is enough for every season of life.

• When you don’t know what to do…His presence guides you. (Psalm 32:8)
  
  
• When you feel abandoned…His presence holds you. (Deuteronomy 31:8)
  
  
• When fear suffocates you…His presence revives you. (Isaiah 41:10a)
  
  
• When sin accuses you…His presence cleanses you. (1 John 1:9)
  
  
• When suffering overwhelms you…His presence comforts you. (Psalm 46:1)
  
  
• When death comes…His presence carries you. (Psalm 23:4a)