Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Grace & Truth: A Reign of Gritty LovePastor Steve Poole TEXT: Luke 2:22-35 TRUTH #1: King Jesus is God’s salvation• Luke 2:29-32 & Exodus 13:2, 12-14• Luke 2:30 –“For my eyes have seen your salvation…”• Galatians 4:4-5 TRUTH #2: King Jesus embodied gritty, sacrificial love• Hosea 13:10-14 • 1 Corinthians 15:51-56 NEXT STEPS1. Believe in King Jesus for salvation2. Reread the “Christmas story” from Luke and Matthew looking for God’s gritty love.3. Do a “gritty love” thing for someone this week.4. Slow down this week so you don’t miss Jesus ADVENT REFLECTION(This is an excerpt from "The Anticipated Christ" by Brian Zahnd) In our high-tech, high-speed, high-stress age, we’re not very good at waiting—it feels too much like doing nothing. But it’s not doing nothing. As we wait, we slowly become contemplative enough to discern what God is doing. Unless we intentionally cultivate some contemplative slowness in our soul, it doesn’t matter if God acts, because we will most likely miss it. When God entered history defin