By Heather Clark on December 18, 2015

LONDON — Hillsong London’s two advertised Xmas services that are said to be all “about Jesus,” but feature clips of Santa Claus, dancing elves, mini-skirt-wearing flappers and…

This time of year, couples and groups seem to be everywhere. Choirs caroling of Christmas cheer. Couples kissing beneath the mistletoe. Groups serving their community together.



But when we’ve hit our bottom, when the world is spinning out of control, and the holidays are harder than ever, we often times seek to be alone. We’d rather hole up with our pain than have to face a crowd of merry faces. 



But that’s never what God intended.



If you’re feeling low this year,…

Now it was not a natural phenomenon. It was supernatural. It was not an eclipse. It was not a sand storm. It was a miracle! This is what the Scripture says in Matthew 27:45-46, "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' That is to say, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken…