9 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees  9 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” 17 His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire Luke 3:9, 17  

 So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people. Luke 3:18  

  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  1 Cor 1:18  

  Bear fruits in keeping with repentance.  Luke 3:8 Sharing Contentment Not to misuse Authority  

  Bear fruits in keeping with repentance.   Luke 3:8  

  The heart of the matter in a Christian life is the matter of the heart.

  ….. a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm 51:17  

 But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. 1 Samuel 30:6 Why, my soul, are you downcast?     Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,     my Savior and my God. Psalm 43  

 It's not just about the manger Where the baby lay It's not all about the angels Who sang for him that day It's not just about the shepherds Or the bright and shining star It's not all about the wise men Who travelled from afar It's about the cross It's about my sin It's about how Jesus came to be born once So that we could be born again It's about the stone  

Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. Luke 3:5

On that day……….. …………..