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Gifts of Christmas\nGift Exchange: Pastor Michael Dascoli\nDecember 20, 2020\n\n1: When we give God our worry God gives us His peace\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. 7 Then you will experience God\u2019s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.\u201d Phil. 4:6-7 NLT\n\na.\tThis reminds us that God really is in control\n\n\u201cCast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.\u201d 1Peter 5:7\n\nb.\tThis reminds us that God really cares\n\n\u201cCast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.\u201d 1Peter 5:7\n\nAction step: prayer\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. 7 Then you will experience God\u2019s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.\u201d Phil. 4:6-7 NLT\n\n2: When we give God our hurts, God gives us His healing\n\n\u201cHelp, GOD\u2014the bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help! Listen hard! Open your ears! Listen to my cries for mercy.\u201d Psalms 130:1 Msg\n\n\u201cThough I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.\u201d Psalms 138:7\n\n\u201cThe Lord is good, a refuge in time of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him.\u201d Nahum 1:7\n\n\u201cThe Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted\u2026\u201d\nIsaiah 61:1\n\n\u201cMary said, \u2018He cares for me His humble servant.\u2019\u201d Luke 1:48 CEV\n\nAction Step: ministry\n\n\u201cGod of all healing counsel! He comes alongside of us when we go through hard times. And before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who\u2019s going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.\u201d\n2 Corinthians 1:3b-4 Msg\n\n3. We give God our grief and He gives us His joy\n\n\u201cYou have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You\u2019ve taken my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy.\u201d Psalm 30:11 NLT \n\n \u201cWeeping may last through the night but joy comes in the morning.\u201d \nPsalm 30:5\n\n\u201cThe angel said, \u2018Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord.\u2019\u201d Luke 2:10-11\n\nAction Step: Savoir \n\nThis is how God showed His love to us: He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through Him. 10 This is what real love is: It is not our love for God; it is God\u2019s love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins.\nJohn 4:9 NCV\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?