Christmas traditions can easily become routine, but they’re meant to point us to something far greater. This message centers on Jesus as God’s greatest gift—Emmanuel, God with us—who brings true peace. Biblical peace isn’t the absence of trouble, but the presence of wholeness. Jesus came to heal what sin had broken, drawing us back to God and restoring peace within us and between us. At the heart of Christmas is an invitation to receive this peace and let it shape every part of our lives
