Immanuel, meaning “God with us”, is one of the first names of Jesus that the Holy Spirit taught me and to this day it is my favorite. God was born in human flesh, He literally walked with us. The Creator chose to become like His creation so that we could walk again in union with Him, what humility! Thank You Jesus!

I’m convinced that if more Christians truly understood the personal and intimate relationship that we now share with God both our lives and our representation of Christ would naturally be so different. It literally changes everything. As believers in Christ we never have to do life alone again. Thanks to the work of the Father through Christ, His son, we have full access to Him, and He has full access to us. We will never be separated from Him again. According to Scripture, we were united to Christ. The word ‘united’ means “grown together” in the Greek. We are led by the Holy Spirit and if we yield our lives to Him we can live empowered by Him. I hope that each of you experience Christ Himself in your lives!

The author of this Advent gave us two verses this week. Each are posted below as per usual.

Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.