Advent: ”What Christmas Meant to the Shepherds”

Luke 2:8-20

1 Peter 5:1-4

Colossians 1: 19-20

(NASB 2020)

JOHN ORTBERG: God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: The foundation of the Christian’s peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. It will remain when the body dies; it will remain when the mountains depart and the hills shall be removed, and when the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. The fountain of His comfort shall never be diminished, and the stream shall never be dried. His comfort and joy is a living spring in the soul, a well of water springing up to everlasting life.