dr. charles stanley: don't chalk god off about the way he does things. oftentimes it doesn't fit our plan, doesn't fit the way we think god ought to do things. and so, he took someone who was very insignificant, mary and joseph, and did the most beautiful awesome eternal thing. >> male announcer: next on "in touch," "jesus's birth: the big picture." >> announcer: join us during the program and follow along with the sermon notes. go online to intouch.org/followalong, where you can create your own notes

dr. charles stanley: and god uses adversity to do what? to point out sin in our life. if there's a sense of unforgiveness, bitterness, hostility, whatever it might be, then he wants to get rid of all that. and so he allows adversity in our heart to teach us how to live a godly life. >> male announcer: next on "in touch," "in the midst of adversity." >> announcer: join us during the program and follow along with the sermon notes. go online to

dr. charles stanley: the longer we live, the deeper should be our understanding. the deeper our love for him. the--and the truth is that no matter where we are in life, we ought to be thinking one of these days i'm going to meet the lord jesus. hallelujah! no matter what happens, i'm going to meet the one who went to the cross and died on the cross and saved me from my sin and changed my eternal destiny, hallelujah! >> male announcer: next on "in touch," "understanding who jesus is." >> announcer: join us during the program and follow along with the sermon notes. go online to