Simple Glory

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What if the beauty of Christmas isn’t found in extravagance but in simplicity? This message invites you to reflect on the story of Jesus’ birth, not as a distant tale, but as a powerful reminder of God’s love meeting us in our brokenness. From childhood memories filled with Santa and magical moments to hearing the Gospel for the first time, we explore how God’s plan unfolds in unexpected ways to bring hope and restoration. Through the lens of shepherds, angels, and a baby born in a manger, we see how God’s glory is revealed in humility. This message challenges us to move beyond religion and rituals and embrace a personal relationship with Jesus. It’s a reminder that God does not seek perfection but chooses to dwell in simple, ordinary places—just as He chose a manger to reveal His glory. If this message spoke to you, consider what it means to invite Jesus into your life. Whether you are searching for peace, purpose, or a fresh start, God’s love is available to you. Take a moment to pray, “Jesus, I give you my life,” and experience the hope that Christmas offers. Share this message with someone who needs encouragement this season, and may your Christmas be filled with the peace and love only He can give.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Erwin McManus, and this is the Mosaic podcast.
0:10.0	I want to thank you so much for joining us today.
0:13.0	And if you're one of our regular listeners, we love the fact that you journey with us, and we pray
0:18.0	that every single message inspires you and helps you become the person that God
0:21.8	created you to be. Every single week, we send a new message across the world. And everything we do
0:26.9	here at Mosaic is made available to everyone in the world for absolutely free. The reason we can do
0:32.3	that is that we have incredible people who give generously and sacrificially to make this possible.
0:37.4	And I want to invite you to join us. If you're already a giver, thank you so much.
0:41.8	If this is something you've not yet done, I want to invite you to start doing that now.
0:45.6	Go to mosaic.org slash give and give a one-time gift or even beyond that, become a recurring giver here at Mosaic.
0:52.5	And if you're one of those individuals who God has
0:54.7	blessed in an amazing way financially, I want to invite you to become one of our partners here at Mosaic.
1:00.0	What's really beautiful about Mosaic is that our biggest givers, our families who do not live here
1:05.1	in Los Angeles, but they are so committed to the message of Jesus going to the world that they
1:09.1	support the work here from Los Angeles to the ends of the earth. And so I want to invite you again, go to mosaic.org
1:14.5	slash give, become a part of our support system, become one of our partners. And more than
1:18.9	anything else, I want you to listen to the message and allow Jesus to speak to you in a way
1:23.2	that will change your life. There may be some of us here tonight that did not grow up with Christmas in our experience.
1:48.3	But there are fewer of us who actually experienced Christmas but really didn't know who Jesus was.
1:59.0	I'm a Santa Christmas. That's how I was introduced to Christmas.
2:04.9	It was Santa. It was all the stories. I knew more about Frosty that I knew about Jesus. I knew more
2:11.6	about Rudolph than I knew about the disciples. I didn't know about really about the shepherds and the
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