The “Purpose-Driven” Holiday
’Tis the season! But with the holiday clutter of shopping, traveling, decorating, card-writing, eating, and gift-giving (and getting), one can easily forget what it’s all about. Don’t let this happen to you! Let’s rekindle the spirit and purpose of Jesus’ “coming”. Let’s remember the “why” and the “what for” of His Coming, and enjoy a more fulfilling and “purpose-driven” holiday!
Read the following “purpose statements” of our Lord Jesus. Identify the specific purpose of each verse and how it impacts YOU:
Matthew 1:21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.
John 1:29 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
1 John 3:5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
1 John 3:8b The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Acts 3:26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
1 Peter 3:18a For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God...
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.”
John 10:10b I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 12:47b I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
John 18:37a For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world – to bear witness to the truth. (All scriptures from the
It is my prayer that these “purpose statements” of Jesus will ...
deepen your appreciation for His birth and Coming
give you a higher sense of purpose for the year ahead
put words in your mouth that you can pass on to others during and after the holidays!
Rich Howell
