Beautiful Savior Sermons

“Emmanuel in Our Distress” – First Sunday After Christmas Sermon Audio

Beautiful Savior, SeaTac WA

Join Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in SeaTac, WA, for the First Sunday after Christmas as we reflect on the deeper truth revealed in Christ’s birth: God does not stand far off from a broken world, but enters fully into it.

In this sermon, “Emmanuel in Our Distress,” we hear how the joy of Christmas does not erase hardship, but meets us within it. Isaiah 63: 7–14 recalls the Lord’s steadfast mercy that carried His people through wilderness and sorrow. Matthew 2: 13–23 shows the child of Bethlehem becoming a refugee, fleeing danger and sharing in fear, loss, and exile.

Here, the promise of Emmanuel God with us is proclaimed not as distant comfort, but as present help. Christ enters distress to redeem it, lifting His people with grace and peace that endure beyond the season.

Whether you come weary, grieving, or quietly hopeful, this message invites you to rest in the assurance that God’s presence meets you in every moment of need. 

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