Please Join us this Sunday Morning, December 13, 2020, at 10:30 AM, for our Worship Service at Astoria 1st Assembly of God. Pastor Nick and Janice Buhler will be sharing Message #2 “The LIGHT—Turn From Darkness into the LIGHT!” in their new series, “The Conception of Christmas” for the month of December.

Lights were important in the first Christmas. The angels did the dazzling light show in the sky and the shepherds went to Bethlehem as a result and saw the baby Jesus. The wise men saw another bright light in the sky -- a star -- and they followed it to where the Savior was born.

Light is a major theme in the Bible. The Bible says in 1 John, "God is light and in Him is no darkness at all." The very first command that God gave in creation was, "Let there be light." Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." This is the very reason for Christmas.

In John 12:46, "Jesus said, I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer wander in darkness." He's not talking about physical darkness here. He's talking about personal darkness.

Everybody has dark days. Dark days of disappointment, distress, doubt, and depression. You probably can relate to at least one of those. Days when you don't want to get out of bed. Days when you're afraid to face the world. Days when you don't feel like it's worth the effort. Days when you just want to throw in the towel. Days when you don't want to see anybody. We all go through dark days.

We need to look on the light of Christmas for our dark days. Look specifically how Christmas is the response to darkness through the life of Jesus--the Light of the World!

Pastor Steve and Lori Myall will be leading worship. You won’t want to miss being in church this Sunday!

We hope to see you there!! Have a Blessed Week!