John 3:16-21
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”These are familiar verses to most of us. Verse 16 is probably one of the first verses you ever learned, but have you ever stopped to really think about verses 17-21?
Jesus did not come to condemn you.
Did you hear that? If you have chosen to believe in Him, He covers you in grace. You are free from condemnation.
Life makes it hard to believe that at times.

The holidays makes it even harder to believe! The busy schedules, the performances, the presents, the "perfect" family Christmas...all of those can lead to stress and the feeling of condemnation. That feeling that you will never live up to your own expectations.
Release yourself from that pressure.
God tells you today that you are free. He sent his only Son so that you may believe in Him, be free, and live with no condemnation.
Now that is something to celebrate this Christmas season!
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