Love Actually if Joseph was starring Young love

Love Actually (if Joseph was starring) • Young love • Godly Family love

If Joseph was starring… • The greatest love story in human history For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3: 16 • A love story that continues…

Matthew 1 v 18 - 25 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. ”

Matthew 1 v 18 - 25 All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” - which means “God with us”. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Joseph… • From Nazareth • Descendant of David • Carpenter • A groom to be • Raised Jesus

Another man after God’s own heart! A model of Love

Trusting God

Trusting God in broken dreams When the precious magic is shattered, and the road ahead seems closed…

Humility Remind you of anyone? Self-restraint, selflessness, obedience, service, love ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. ’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5 v 5 - 6

God in our broken dreams In that humble place… Love Actually Comes • You can know God’s presence • You can hear God’s voice • You can lean on God • You can exercise faith-filled obedience • You can possess the courage to live by God’s vision

Because God lifts up the humble. . . Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. ’ ‘Nazareth! Can anything good come from there? ’ Nathanael asked. ‘Come and see, ’ said Philip John 1 v 45 – 46 Beauty where others only see ashes…

And Because He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds Psalm 147 v 3