PASTOR’S COLUMN ​ 1 “Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star as it rose, and we have come to worship Him.” 10  When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! 11   They entered the house and saw the child with His mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped Him. Then they opened their treasure chests

PASTOR’S COLUMN 15  “When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let us see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby lying in the manager. 17  After seeing Him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18  And all who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished,

PASTOR’S COLUMN ​ 2 “But you, O Bethlehem Ephratha, are only a small village among the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from  you on my behalf.”        Micah 5:2, NLT 10 “Do not despise the day of small beginnings. Zechariah 4:10, KJV ”3 rd Sunday in Advent - Purpose!”   The divine purposes of God are not delineated, nor determined, by size or quantity. God’s divine purposes will come to fulfillment in the exact man