“But to all who believed him and accepted him, 

Turn on your television or surf the web this Christmas, and you’ll discover all sorts of Christmas messages. But for the One who invented Christmas, there’s only one message that really matters:

That’s what Christmas is all about.

We weren’t created just to live 80 or 90+ years on Earth and then die. We’re far more valuable than that to God. God has long-range plans for us, and he made us to live forever.

That’s true of every person who comes into your church this Christmas season. God made all of us to live forever.

One day our hearts will stop. That’ll be the end of our physical bodies, but it won’t be the end of us. We’ll last for eternity—trillions of years! And God wants us to be a part of his family.

He sent Jesus to Earth as a baby so one day he could die for our sins, and we’d be able to spend forever with him.

That’s the great news of Christmas. This offer is available to anyone. The Bible says of Jesus, “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12 NLT).

Nothing your church does this Christmas matters more than this simple, yet life-changing message. You can have the most beautiful Christmas service, but it’ll be a complete failure if people leave without hearing this message.

Pastor, help your members and visitors receive this wonderful gift from Jesus this Christmas. Acts 10:35 says, “It makes no difference who you are or where you’re from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open” (The Message).

Are you ready to share that message this Christmas?