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What if the beauty of Christmas isn’t found in extravagance but in simplicity? This message invites you to reflect on the story of Jesus’ birth, not as a distant tale, but as a powerful reminder of God’s love meeting us in our brokenness. From childhood memories filled with Santa and magical moments to hearing the Gospel for the first time, we explore how God’s plan unfolds in unexpected ways to bring hope and restoration. Through the lens of shepherds, angels, and a baby born in a manger, we see how God’s glory is revealed in humility. This message challenges us to move beyond religion and rituals and embrace a personal relationship with Jesus. It’s a reminder that God does not seek perfection but chooses to dwell in simple, ordinary places—just as He chose a manger to reveal His glory. If this message spoke to you, consider what it means to invite Jesus into your life. Whether you are searching for peace, purpose, or a fresh start, God’s love is available to you. Take a moment to pray, “Jesus, I give you my life,” and experience the hope that Christmas offers. Share this message with someone who needs encouragement this season, and may your Christmas be filled with the peace and love only He can give.

When you become a relational idealist, when you begin to believe in others, you're not free from wounds. Jesus was betrayed by a kiss, so don't be surprised when you are. And I can make the world better when I believe in people. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. When God believes in you, you start becoming what he sees in you. You have to actually learn how to celebrate with others. It's really, really easy to like people when they're doing poorly. Last year when our company collapsed, I had so many people who liked me. It's so much easier to be a friend when that friend has a world that's falling apart. But when the world thins out, the world has to celebrate your success. This is what the economy of God is like. We like people when they are in the same condition as usual or worse. But we don't like it when people seem to get what they got by working less or got more than we got by not earning it. Why is it easier to celebrate your success when someone else has failed?

Today is Foundation Sunday. The question we should be asking is what do we want for the future of humanity. How can we be a significant part of shifting the human story in the direction of what is good and beautiful and true? It's easy to spend your entire life just paying the bills rather than building something. There are very few churches that actually built a foundation to reach people who would never walk into church. This is one of the reasons tithing is such a brilliant idea from God. I am convinced there are places in the world that desperately need us to pay the price to prove that Jesus is relevant there. Mosaic has carefully crafted what it feels like to be a community of faith. That's the key that will unlock so many cities, he says. He asks you to join him in paying an absurd personal price to do what humanity desperately needs.Mosaic needs about like a 7 million dollar budget every year in LA just to do what we do. If everyone in our community titan gave 10%, we would explode past that. Would you take some time and get along with God and make a commitment to not just pay the bills, but to build a future? There's specifics about how you can give. You can go to https://mosaic.org/give Let's just take this moment and give together to build our foundation.

Every single week, we send a new message across the world. Everything we do here at Mosaic is made available to everyone in the world for absolutely free. Incredible people who give generously and sacrificially to make this possible. Go to mosaic. org give Become a Part of our support system, become one of our partners. The church matters because it's how God brings us together. If your spirituality is simply a way for you to avoid human connection, it's not very spiritual. The only thing you need to believe in God is to see God for who he really is. In the church, I am a mess. I am imperfect. Calling me hypocritical is just an upgrade. I'm just working through all the brokenness of who I am. Jesus established the church so that we wouldn't do life alone. It's through the church that God brings us together. How many of you would call yourself an introvert? Raise your hand. A huge part of your spirituality has to be you learning how to walk alone with God. You cannot fully experience who God is outside of community. Experience God more fully through the church. When you get around a lot of people with destructive characteristics, you become a destructive human being. But if you can get around people who are compassionate, you start becoming compassionate. There's something that happens in community that changes you.

This past Sunday, Pastor Erwin McManus delivered a powerful message on the barriers of authentic human connection.  Drawing from John 1 and his new book "The Seven Frequencies of Communication," he explored how we can use communication to mask our true selves. He guided us through the concept of shadow frequencies and how they shape our interactions and self-perception. When we communicate with our shadow frequency, we create miscommunication and missed connections that prevent us from truly seeing one another. Pastor Erwin emphasized that transformation begins when we confront these shadows and allow the light of our authentic selves to shine through. It takes courage to face our shadows but this courage is essential to create the human connection we long for.  Are you ready to step out of your shadow frequency and into the light? Catch this exciting new message and order Pastor Erwin McManus' new book today!

Pastor Erwin McManus shared a dynamic new message based on the scriptures and his brand-new book The Seven Frequencies of Communication.   After being asked what God’s frequency of communication is, Pastor Erwin shared that Jesus himself is God’s frequency of communication.   Through examples in the scriptures, we see that though Jesus is fluent in all seven frequencies, he tailors his voice to the needs of each individual.   To the broken, Jesus speaks as a healer. To those who need a teacher, Jesus speaks as a professor. To the stagnant, Jesus speaks as a challenger. To the doubtful, Jesus speaks as a motivator. To those who need vision, Jesus speaks as a seer. To the directionless, Jesus speaks as a commander. To those who need a new view of reality, Jesus speaks as a maven.   Jesus is always speaking to us in the frequency we need to hear in the moment instead of simply what we want to hear.   Are you ready to tune into the frequency of Jesus?   Listen to this powerful message today and order Pastor Erwin’s brand-new book The Seven Frequencies of Communication.

This past Sunday, Pastor Erwin delivered an impactful message on the power of self-talk. Drawing from Jeremiah 1, he highlighted the critical interruption that occurs when we speak to ourselves in the frequency of self-doubt, self pity, and self-loathing. When we allow negative self-talk to overshadow the voice of God, our lives become smaller. But when God's voice breaks through, it moves us into a miraculous life that can only be lived by tuning into his frequency.  The voice of God invites you to: Accept Your Calling by trusting that God will empower you, even in your weakness. Accept Your Battle by facing the challenges ahead, knowing that God is with you. Accept Your Value by acknowledging that God created you with divine intention.  Jeremiah had to come to terms with the reality that God saw him differently than he saw himself. God is always calling out the best in us even when we can't see it yet. Are you ready to let the voice of God define you?

Moses led the flock when he should have been leading people. When you are running from God and not living out his intention, you do less than you were created to do. I want God to engage in a conversation with me about my needs, where I am. It shouldn't at least be the opening conversation. Guide begins here with Moses. I am sending you to pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. Moses, there's a calling on your life, and now it's time to step up to it. Joshua follows Moses. Sometimes when everything goes bad in our life, we actually relinquish our intention rather than embrace it. Jonah is the story of a person who knew God's intention but chose not to live it out. And here's the crazy thing about being a human. We can violate and reject the intention God gave it. Everything God creates is under his intention. Wouldn't it be better to align your life with the intention for which you were created, so the whole universe will be in your favor? Have you ever noticed how much energy we lose when we're unhappy?

This Past Sunday, Pastor Erwin McManus delivered a challenging message on the importance of living in responsive obedience to God’s voice.   Speaking from the book of Hebrews, he shared that though God has an incredible future in store for us — it is our responsibility to move into it.   Pastor Erwin gave us three key insights:    -You do not have the power to slow down time, but you have the power to delay your future.   -Your speed of response to the voice of God is the measure of your intimacy with God.   -You can fast forward your future as you close the gap between hearing God’s voice and acting on what he has spoken to you.   Are you ready to move at the speed of God’s voice?   Tune into this transformative message now!