Love That Moves Toward Us
December 21, 2025
Jesus came to us embody what God’s love looks like moving toward us. Love is the heartbeat of God’s movement. This is the love that moves into our lives, our neighborhoods, our relationships, and our future. As we prepare for Christmas, we experience how God’s love does not wait for us to get ready; it comes close, takes on flesh, and invites us to embody that same love for others.
READ
John 1:1-14
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
REFLECT
1. Where in your life do you need to experience God’s love coming close, not as an idea, but as presence?
2. How has God’s love moved toward you through people in your church or your life this year? What does that reveal about how God sees you?
3. Where is God inviting you to embody love, love that moves toward someone, shows up, and makes God’s care visible?
RESPOND
1. Reach out to someone who may feel alone, overwhelmed, or overlooked—through a visit, a meal, or a simple “I’m with you.” Let your presence reflect God’s nearness.
2. Choose one local need or injustice (food insecurity, isolation among seniors, school support, refugee care) and take a concrete step to help and to make God’s love visible.
3. Consider a year-end practice—serving, recurring giving, joining a ministry team, or reconnecting with worship—that carries love into next year. Let your “yes” strengthen the renewal God is already bringing to your church.