Discovering the real star of Christmas

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Discovering the real star of Christmas
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Who have been your stars this Christmas?
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Are your star moments yet to come?
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Star gazing
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Star gazing

• We saw a star in the East and have come to
  worship him. Matthew 22

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Some facts about stars

• How old are stars?
• 1 10 billion years old
• How far away are they?
• Nearest is 4 light years
• Furthest is 7 billion light years
• Why do they twinkle?
• Because of the earths atmosphere
• Did you know .....
• That our sun is a star
• That Red Dwarf, Blue Straggler, Runaway,
  Hyper-Giant are types of stars

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God of wonders

• What type of star was the Star of Bethlehem?
• Lots of people have speculated
• It marks the arrival of Jesus
• In him was life,
• and that life was the light of men.
• The light shines in the darkness
• John 13 - 5

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• God of wonders beyond our galaxy
• You are holy, holy

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God didnt want to be distant
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God didnt want to be distant
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God didnt want to be distant

• Jesus moved into our neighbourhood
• He wanted to be part of our lives
• Came as a baby grew from a boy to a man
• He changed the world

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among
us John 114
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What do you need for a party
What else?
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The kings celebrate a birthday

• The star they had seen in the east went ahead of
  them until it stopped over the place where the
  child was. When they saw the star, they were
  overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the
  child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down
  and worshiped him. Then they opened their
  treasures and presented him with gifts of gold
  and of incense and of myrrh.
• Luke 2 9-10

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What do you need for a party
Anything else?
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The shepherds celebrate a birthday

• And there were shepherds living out in the fields
  nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
• An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the
  glory of the Lord shone around them.  Suddenly
  a great company of the heavenly host appeared
  with the angel,
• praising God and
• saying,
• "Glory to God in the
• highest, and on
• earth peace to
• men on whom
• his favour rests.
• Luke 2

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• The First Noel
• Light of the world you stepped down into darkness

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Jesus the light of the world

• Jesus so much more than just a baby in a manger

• Jesus said I am the light of the world. Whoever
  follows me will never walk in darkness but will
  have the light of life. John 812
• He gives us light
• He gives us life
• He gives us purpose
• He gives us direction

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Follow the star - Jesus

• We all follow something
• Ourselves
• Our family
• Fame
• Fortune
• Football
• Make it Jesus

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Merry Christmas!