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The Ultimate Christmas Gift · The Call to Women in Faith Podcast

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  This time of year is hard for many people when it comes to shopping for their dear ones.
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  We need to plan ahead, we need to find time to shop, keep it a secret,
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  and wrap it up in time to get it under the tree by Christmas morning.
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  Or on Christmas morning, depending on if you believe in Santa or not.
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  I'm not going to give you a list of best gifts for your spouse or child.
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  If you need ideas, there's so many generous people posting articles on Google.
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  And then there's AI that can come up with creative ideas through algorithms
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  fed by people and their searches.
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  I know it's wonderful to have people open your gifts, watch their expression.
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  They open it and they're excited.
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  Almost sounds like everything you waited for.
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  When I was talking to Father Almighty on Saturday, doing my usual rant,
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  it occurred to me that he gave us the ultimate Christmas gift.
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  He placed his wonderful gift in a manger in Bethlehem on Christmas Day.
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  Then the angel said to them, Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good
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  tidings of great joy, which will be to all people.
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  For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
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  And this will be the sign to you. you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling
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  cloths, lying in a manger.
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  End quote. Luke chapters 2, verses 10 through 12.
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  I'm sure some of you have heard this said many times, but it hit me for the
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  first time that God gave us the ultimate gift, a gift that keeps on giving,
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  a gift that loves us unconditionally, a gift that transforms us into perfect little images of Jesus,
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  the gift that gives us eternal peace, protects us, and brings us back home safe
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  into the loving arms of our God.
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  Quote, For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,
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  that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. End quote.
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  John 3, verse 16 Do we need any other gifts? We have all we need in Jesus.
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  When I said yes to Jesus, I finally opened this gift of abundance that God dropped
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  into my world before I was born.
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  I'm sure he was thrilled when I finally opened this gift.
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  I hope this Christmas others do not take as long as I did, and they will open
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  God's ultimate gift to mankind sooner.
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  Dear God, thank you for Jesus. In your infinite wisdom, you gave us a gift that
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  will keep us safe and protect us from evil.
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  Help me share this gift with all your children so that we may please you by
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  making heaven crowded. Amen.