It's Christmas Eve and I'm reflecting on the goodness of God. It's been a great year and of course it has been filled with ups and downs, and it has been the downs that God always reveals Himself. I think that without the downs we wouldn't appreciate the ups of life.
Last year we were without a church building for most of the year, in fact Christmas of 2008 we were having service at a basketball court. We have been in our building now for three months, and God is bringing an increase.
Last Sunday we had our Christmas Celebration Service and it brought well over one hundred un-churched young people from all over Metro Manila, who were there waiting for our Christmas Party that featured our annual talent show, "V.O.'s Got Talent".
We did something different in the service by putting the Christmas Story to music using traditional songs with a contemporary arrangement. We had great reviews, but more importantly around one hundred young people received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
That is what Christmas is all about, Jesus came that no one should perish, but have life through Him. God sent His only Son to evangelize the world made Him a missionary and sent Him to a field that was hostile to His message and would eventually murder Him. But God loved us so much and Jesus concurred, both knowing the end from the beginning, knowing what He would suffer, and He still came.
Jesus was born to die.
That's what Christmas is all about; He gave us a perfect gift...He gave us His Life.
To view pictures of the event, or to learn more about Victory Outreach Manila check our website: http://www.vomanila.tk/
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