Scriptures:
Colossians 2:9-10 NKJV
Luke 1:26-38 Berean Study Bible
2 Corinthians 4:7 NKJV
Ecclesiastes 5:3a NASB
“For the dream comes through much effort…”

Message Points:
How the Gift Changes You –
1) It Humbles You
2) It Stretches You
3) It Causes a Paradigm Shift

Message Quotes:
“God gives gifts through us”

“God’s gift disrupts your life before it transforms your life”

“Change is required”

“It must be impossible for you because if you could do it on your own, then it wouldn’t be a gift!”

“The value of the gift contrasts the foolishness of the packaging”

“The more valuable the gift, the bigger the contrast!”

“The value is not found on what’s outside, but what’s inside”

“You can contain the gift, but you can’t hold it” “It holds you!”

“It’s not about your strength; it’s about your willingness”

“Believing vs Receiving, Believing is an inward agreement, receiving is an outward change!”

“God deposits the gift, it begins to grow, it expands you, then it escapes you.”