LOOKING FOR JESUS? (CC)

PASTOR DAVE RETURNS WITH THE CHILDREN'S MESSAGE AND THE PURPLE BAG IN THIS CAPTIONED JANUARY 10, 2016 MESSAGE. HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY? ENJOYING THIS NEW YEAR? ME TOO! NOW THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE PURPLE BAG THIS MORNING THAT IS GOING TO HELP US REMEMBER THE JOYS WE HAVE IN CHRIST. WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO LOOK IN THE PURPLE BAG THIS MORNING? ELIZABETH? ELIZABETH? IT'S THE PICKLE! WHY ARE YOU SMILING OVER THERE? DO YOU LIKE THE PICKLE? WHY DO YOU LIKE THE PICKLE, ELIZABETH? [ELIZABETH RESPONDS BUT SHE'S TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE MIC TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE CONGREGATION] SO YOU HAVE A PICKLE NOW, TOO! YOU HAVE TWO PICKLES! [ELIZABETH CONTINUES TO RESPOND] AHA! SO WHAT DO YOU DO? DO YOU DO THE SAME THING WITH THE PICKLE THAT WE DO WITH THE PICKLE? AND WHAT'S THAT? [INDISCERNIBLE] [INDISCERNIBLE] RIGHT! SO YOU PUT IT IN THE TREE OR DO YOU HIDE IT IN THE TREE WHERE PEOPLE LOOK FOR IT AMONG ALL THE ORNAMENTS. KIND OF LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING FOR THE MESSIAH TO COME. THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED THAT GOD HAD PROMISED AND WAS GOING TO SEND A SAVIOR WERE LOOKING FOR HIM. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HIM THROUGH ALL THE PEOPLE. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD THE RIGHT ONE. THE ONE WHO WAS GOING TO SAVE THEM. AND IN THE SEASON OF EPIPHANY WE GET TO SEE HOW JESUS REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. HOW HE STOOD OUT FROM ALL PEOPLE BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE THAT THE FATHER SENT TO COME INTO THIS WORLD. AND TODAY WE REMIND OURSELVES THAT AT HIS BAPTISM WHERE JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, GOD THE FATHER SAID: THIS IS MY SON WHOM I LOVE. HE'S THE ONE I SENT TO BE YOUR SAVIOR. HE SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT ON HIM IN THE FORM OF A DOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WOULD KNOW AND REALIZE THAT THIS WAS THE MESSIAH. AND THEY WERE TO LISTEN TO HIM CUZ HE WAS GOING TO SAVE THEM FROM THEIR SINS. SO WE REMIND OURSELVES TO STILL STAY FOCUSED ON JESUS. WE FOUND HIM. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. SO IN OUR LIFE WE SHOULD LIVE FOR HIM AND LIVE IN THE BLESSINGS OF THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS HE'S GIVEN TO US. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, GUYS, YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR MOMS AND DADS AND WE'LL JOIN IN OUR HYMN-OF-THE-DAY.