Behold the Beauty of God: Learning to Wait Well This Advent - Pastor Joel, December 21

This Christmas sermon explores the spiritual discipline of "beholding" God during the Advent season, focusing on how patient attentiveness to God transforms us. Pastor Joel emphasizes that what we behold, we become, and challenges the congregation to prioritize gazing upon God's beauty rather than the anxieties of the world. Using the familiar story of the shepherds at Jesus' birth, he reveals profound symbolism about Jesus as the ultimate Passover Lamb. The message culminates in the truth that when we truly behold how much God loves us through the incarnation, perfect love casts out all fear. The sermon calls believers to move beyond familiar Christmas stories to deeply contemplate God's love demonstrated in sending His Son.