The Most Unlikely Christmas!

Micah 5:2-5

Lou Di Lorenzo

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Micah 5:2-5 (NIV 1984) 2“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

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Micah 5:2-5 (NIV 1984) 3Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor gives birth and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites.

Engraving of Micah by Gustave Doré

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Micah 5:2-5 (NIV 1984) 4He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth. 5And he will be their peace.

A Humble Birth – Micah 5:2• O Little Town of Bethlehem• "So many of us are not big enough - to

become little enough - to be used of God." Vance Havner

• Humility to be made fully human• Humbly born in a barn

He Will Shepherd – Micah 5:4• He will know us all by name• We can know Him

What Jesus Gives – Micah 5:5• Change us on the inside• Will be our peace

Christmas 2011

Peace