The Gift of the Season. Pastor Stephan Hogan delivers another amazing sermon just in time for the holidays. Around this time, we always hear the story of Jesus 's birth and we hear the name Emmanuel, which means God with us. Today we're going to talk about several times in the Bible where people had God with them, but they didn't really act like it. If we know that God is with us, then we should live a life that tells people around us that we believe God is with us.