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All right, welcome, friends and 
family, old and new to Christmas

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at Real Life Church. 
I invite you to stand to your 

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feet. 
We're going to start off with 

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worship today. 
I'd like you just to sing and 

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sing boldly for Jesus this 
afternoon. 

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Come on, won't you join us? 
Unto you this day a baby's born.

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His Christ, Messiah, King and 
Lord. 

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All the earth can now rejoice. 
The King is here. 

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The King is here. 
Hey, hey, the shepherds have 

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come, the angels sing. 
They follow the star, the three 

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wise kings to coming back on 
bended knee. 

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The king is here. 
The king is here. 

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Hey. 
Hear good tidings of great joy 

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unto you. 
A Saviour is grow in a major 

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place. 
Christ, the Lord all have come 

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to adore, to worship Him. 
Our Savior, the King is here. 

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The King is here. 
Hey, hey. 

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Hear good tides of great joy 
unto you, a Savior. 

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Is. 
Here good tidings of great joy 

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unto you a Saviour is born. 
Glory to God in the highest. 

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Glory to God in the high, 
Highest peace on earth and 

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goodwill toward me. 
Glory to God in the highest. 

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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 
Man, can we give it up for 

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Jesus? 
Oh, come on now, just do it a 

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big There we go. 
There we go. 

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Merry Christmas, real life. 
Hey, you guys got to do better 

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than that. 
If you guys heard Logan last 

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week, you guys know I'm a Bah 
humbug, but hey, I'm good. 

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It's Christmas Eve, we're in the
spirit. 

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So one more time, real Merry 
Christmas, real life. 

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There we go. 
Man, I don't know how you walked

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in here today, but man, my 
prayer for you is that you walk 

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out radically changed by the 
message of hope that God came 

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and He's our Savior and our 
King. 

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Man, it is going to be an 
awesome day today. 

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Hey, so we have a lot of new 
people with us there in person 

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and online. 
Can we show those people some 

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love? 
Give them a round of applause. 

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Man, if you're new, thank you so
much for being here. 

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Hey, take 30 seconds and greet 
somebody around you. 

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We're getting ready to worship 
again real big in a minute. 

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Hey, want you guys to know if 
you are newer, newer with this 

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man, we've been praying for you 
and we've been planning for you.

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So thank you so much for being 
here. 

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I'm not going to ask anything 
from you today except for this 

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one small little thing, man. all
right, you guys can stay 

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standing. 
The We would just love an 

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introduction. 
And if you grab the connection 

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card that's on your seat 
sometime during our your time 

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with us today, if you fill that 
out on the top section, that an 

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opportunity later on to drop 
that. 

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But you know, if you fill that 
out, what we'd love to do is 

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just share with you a little bit
about who we are in real life. 

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We're not going to show up your 
door, do anything crazy, but we 

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want you to know that God loves 
you and we care about you. 

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So man, we would love for you 
guys to fill that out at some 

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point during the day. 
We do all of that and everything

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that we do week in week out is 
because we love to say that we 

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are a church on a mission. 
Isn't that right? 

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Real life man? 
And that mission is this is to 

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see people far from God discover
the real life and their purpose 

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in Jesus. 
Now again, we know that this is 

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a great season, but this isn't 
great for everybody and 

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especially not great for people 
that don't have Christ as their 

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Lord. 
And so today, no matter where 

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you're at, no matter who came 
in, this is a place where you 

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can belong. 
God's called you to have a 

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purpose. 
Jesus wants to to provide that 

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for you. 
He's created you to be in 

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relationship with him. 
And this is what we're going to 

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talk about today. 
This is going to be the message 

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that you receive. 
So this is a community you can 

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feel safe in. 
If you've been far from God, you

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can call real life home. 
So thank you so much for being 

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here. 
I want you guys to, to, to know 

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what's going on today, give you 
a little expectation. 

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So in a minute, man, you guys 
are going to get an awesome word

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of hope straight from God's word
from Pastor Sean. 

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And then right after that, we're
going to have a candlelight 

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service, candlelight worship. 
And then after that, you guys 

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could go hang out, take 
pictures. 

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There's pictures with Santa. 
There's a cocoa bar if you guys 

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love cocoa. 
And man, it is going to be just 

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a great time. 
This, this, this gathering is 

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going to last for just a little 
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So no matter how you walked in 
today, I want you guys just to 

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buckle in because God has a 
purpose for you in this moment. 

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And we're going to worship big 
here moving into this moment and

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acknowledge that God is Emmanuel
and he is here with us. 

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So, real life, can we enter into
this moment and let's give God 

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back some worship as we worship 
Emmanuel. 

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Of the world treasure of heaven 
bring like the stars in the 

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winter sky, joy of the father 
rage through the darkness, shine

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across the see the shudders to 
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From the beginning, the 
tragedies of the time, with no 

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match for you, with the great 
heights of glory you saw, my 

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story got you into the beginning
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To the light of the world. 
Right up the wood, crowning a 

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Ranger born forth because to 
suffer to save high King of 

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Heaven. 
Death is the poorer we are, the 

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rich by the price that he pits. 
Sing Hallelujah. 

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Sing Hallelujah for the things 
He has done. 

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Come and truly count on before 
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Sing Hallelujah to the light of 
the world, the world. 

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He's the light of the world, the
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Soon will be coming with fire in
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He who? 
Runs on his own, the clouds he. 

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Will leave let. 
Us straight to the Reed, and 

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there he shall reign 
forevermore, oh, forevermore 

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sing. 
Hallelujah sing Hallelujah, sing

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Hallelujah for the days he has. 
Done. 

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Come and of Julie. 
Come. 

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Time before him. 
Sing Hallelujah to the light of 

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the world. 
He's the light of the world, 

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light in the time. 
Amen. 

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He is the light of the world 
we've been walking through the 

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last few weeks, just the journey
of those people who have come to

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worship Jesus as he was born in 
Bethlehem from Mary and the wise

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men and the shepherds, and every
single one of them had a 

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response of bowing in worship to
our God. 

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So let's lift him up. 
Where? 

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Would I run with you? 
The throne of mercy. 

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Where would I live that this 
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How great the love, a strong 
hand that holds us beautiful, so

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beautiful. 
So here I bound to live too 

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hard, and Jesus belong, 
horrifying all things for all my

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life. 
I am yours forever yours. 

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'Cause there is a king who bore 
the scars of hearing, And there 

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is a son who came in grace and 
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Great. 
The love that carries us to 

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blindness. 
Wonderful, you're wonderful. 

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So here I vow to live too high. 
Jesus below, refining all things

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for all my life. 
I am yours forever yours. 

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Let this up to him, James. 
Be God here and now, be lifted 

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high and right here and now. 
Be the love if I God of heaven 

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and God who brought me back to 
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Be live behind and right here 
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Be alone by God of heaven and 
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life. 
I am yours forever yours. 

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So here I vow to live, to hide 
Jesus being lovely, fighting all

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things for all my life. 
I am yours forever yours. 

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Don't hear I bore to live too 
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Jesus below refined in all 
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I am yours forever. 
Come on, give Jesus a hand. 

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Father, we bow down today just 
recognizing that it's not an 

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accident God that you broke into
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That's not an accident that you 
used even a a Pagan world, the 

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Romans to call a census to come 
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It's not an accident that the 
end was full in your place of 

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the Manger. 
And God's not an accident here 

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tonight, God, that you made a 
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We have no way find you. 
So God, we lift you up, we give 

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you glory. 
God, we worship you. 

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God, we lay ourselves down. 
God, as we surrender to you 

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tonight. 
She reminded the reason for 

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Christmas is all the promise 
that God fulfilled in Jesus. 

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So God, we lift your name up, 
the name above all names, the 

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name of Jesus. 
And the church said Amen. 

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Come on, you got big for Jesus 
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Come on, you guys may be seated.
I wish you guys a very merry and

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faithful Christmas. 
On behalf of my family, our 

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staff, our leadership, we love 
you guys. 

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Appreciate you guys are here. 
I noticed a lot of new people in

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the house. 
They brought a family member or 

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friend. 
Maybe you saw her stuff on 

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social media. 
I see friends from the past that

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are here tonight, people that 
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I want to say I love you guys. 
Our church loves you. 

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And if you're new with us, man, 
we're so glad you're here. 

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And I hope you feel the presence
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I hope you just sincerely just 
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It's reminded of the power of 
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So give it up. 
Everybody's new day. 

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Let them know you love them. 
Come on, real life church man, 

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it is my honor and privilege. 
I can't blame him saying this 

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for the 9th consecutive year to 
preach He had the truth up here.

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Wow, there's a lot of stuff and 
tear down, right? 

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For the 9th consecutive year to 
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of the virgin birth that God in 
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much he loves us. 
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there's only one name above all 
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His name is Jesus, Amen. 
And so this is the day we're 

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just going to celebrate big and 
I want to encourage you guys. 

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We have some people that are 
actually going to worship and 

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really in a in a way of 
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This is pretty cool. 
We've been talking about people 

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getting baptized and as best as 
I can, to my knowledge, we have 

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19 people getting baptized this 
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Is that pretty cool? 
Is that pretty cool? 

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Like, I mean, we usually as 
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birthday, we're like, man, we're
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baptized. 
Let's let's just add one in on 

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the 28th and see what the Lord 
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So glad we did that. 
Amen. 

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So that puts us at 46 people 
this year that will be baptized 

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here at Real Life Church. 
Is that pretty cool? 

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It's amazing. 
You know, it's interesting as a 

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pastor because when you put a 
church ad out, it's always 

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interesting to see the comments 
you get. 

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And if you scrolled the 
comments, it's great, you know, 

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I kind of hear everything in the
world, but it's so interesting 

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because you got to kind of come 
to the real life and check out 

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what we do here. 
I don't think we water down 

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anything, including the coffee. 
Amen. 

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And I, I think 46 people that 
that's almost one person every 

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Sunday that would get baptized. 
That, that that's, that's, 

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that's mind blowing. 
And so I want to encourage you 

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guys, God is on the move of 
doing something great. 

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We, we are four people away from
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So if you're like holding out, 
like, man, I don't know if I 

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should get baptized. 
Well, now's the time. 

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Come on, somebody. 
Regardless if we hit 50 now, 

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it's not the point. 
It's just that we're trying to 

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honor God and to see what he's 
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He's just incredible. 
So give it up for those who are 

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going to get baptized this next 
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It's pretty cool, man. 
It's pretty cool. 

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You know, the most humbling 
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God did not wait for us to come 
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find us. 
I mean, the Bible says so clear,

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we're stranded in sin, yet 
helpless and Christ died for us,

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but there was no way of us 
finding God, but God made a way 

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for us to find him. 
You know, people ask this 

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question all the time, where is 
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And this question is asked not 
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some really hard seasons, like 
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we're confused and we try our 
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good enough and we don't feel 
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difference or impact. 
If you back up to January of 

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2025, your goals, if you set 
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like what you actually got. 
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I always kind of joke like I 
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I got 25 lbs to go. 
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Like it just went different. 
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has been difficult for many 
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how it goes. 
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table. 
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our church even as we sang 
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this the first Christmas but out
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children just working with 
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children that may not come home 
for Christmas and those who have

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kids at home and they're coming 
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Amen. 
Praise God, Hallelujah. 

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Some of you got your kids here 
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God is close enough to whisper 

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that they got us near they got 
us here that the story of 

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Christmas is a is a story of God
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Even the name Emmanuel means 
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With us and so I encourage you 
if you draw close to God, God 

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will draw close to you there 
there was a man that posted I I 

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just I don't know why you know 
critics math you know, 1000 

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compliments plus one critic 
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it works. 
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I'm like just leave the 
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maybe maybe it does glory to God
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on our side. 
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Christmas wasn't a good tidings 
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know about Jesus. 
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that God sent was seen by all 
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God is not playing a sick game 
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He he wants himself to be known 
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And we have an opportunity even 
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walk into God's presence. 
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about Jesus and about 
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It's the only religion in all of
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If you think about all the other
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angels that would talk to 
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and you know, here's your 
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here's how you work a way to 
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your good works, pray, chant, 
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It was God who came to us, and 
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worship the Lord himself who 
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Savior. 
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Amen. 
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Christianity. 
And so I would encourage you 

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guys tonight, maybe a night 
where you've not really worship 

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Jesus full heartedly before, or 
maybe it's been a season even as

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Christians were like I, I know 
the song or whatever, but to 

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truly remember like this is the 
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It's really the name of Jesus. 
And to get full worship back and

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surrender and really ourselves. 
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dying allude to it about a we've
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about the wise men. 
We've talked about the shepherds

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and they all worship Jesus. 
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It's about you guys. 
You guys are going to finish the

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series with worship. 
You're going to lay yourselves 

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in front of God. 
I don't encourage what worship 

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looks like and just kind of 
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Mary's worship, she's moved by 
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So Luke 130 says this. 
Do not be afraid, Mary, the 

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Angel told her, for you have 
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You'll conceive, you give birth 
to a son, and you will name him.

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Who? 
Jesus. 

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Jesus. 
You guys remember what the name 

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Jesus means. 
The Lord saves, the Lord saves. 

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There you go, let's pick it up. 
He who laughs, laughs, thinks 

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the slowest. 
Come on somebody right, the Lord

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saves and it's significant 
because this name Jesus, I just 

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want you to focus on the name 
Jesus tonight says he'll be very

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great and he'll be called the 
sun, the most High. 

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The Lord give him his the throne
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It'll reign over Israel forever.
His Kingdom will never end. 

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I'm a virgin. 
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Spirit will come upon you and 
the power of the most high will 

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over shadow you. 
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holy and he'll be called the Son
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Here's Mary's response. 
She said, behold, the maid 

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servant of Lord, I'm yours. 
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yourself a servant of Lord. 
She's a handmaiden, a maid in 

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the Lord. 
Whatever you want, Lord, like 

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I'm yours. 
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a Redeemer. 
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It's just let it be to me 
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It's interesting. 
Her worship move chaos into calm

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like that's that's crazy news. 
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She she's engaged her whole 
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She's going to be pregnant with 
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It's just nothing she planned 
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of. 
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But instead she said, no, I 
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I know God. 
You've got a plan and sometimes 

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in this season, like it looks 
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we trust the Lord has a plan and
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And it's the song we talked 
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And Mary said my soul glorifies 
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That's worship. 
Amen. 

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You know, it's one thing to sing
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That's another thing for your 
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It's the one thing to raise your
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It's nothing to raise your 
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It would be fully devoted. 
That's where it came from. 

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Just my soul just worships you, 
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God. 
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That's interesting because she 
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Lord saves, and she's already 
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to do, for he has been mindful 
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servant on herself. 
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generations, including us, will 
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will eventually deliver us. 
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feels blessed. 
It says, for the mighty One has 

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done great things for me. 
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His mercy extends to those who 
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generation needs to hear the 
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She gives us declaration in 
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He says He has performed mighty 
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He has scattered those who are 
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which is what God still does. 
He has brought down the rulers 

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of their Thrones, but has lifted
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That's good news, Amen, because 
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We're all qualified if you 
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Verse 53 He has filled the 
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sent the rich away empty. 
I love that he fills the hungry.

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It's pretty good. 
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in Israel. 
Remembering to be merciful to 

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Abraham descends forever, just 
as he what? 

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What's to say he? 
He promised just as he promised 

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our ancestors. 
Man, that's worship and there's 

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something special about God when
you get a little peace, like you

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pull back the curtain, you start
to see God's promises and you 

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start to see how faithful God 
is, and you just pull the 

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curtain back like just a little 
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All of a sudden your whole life 
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And I don't know if you remember
the first time that like you 

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pulled the curtain back or saw 
just a glimpse of God's promises

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and faithfulness. 
Do you remember that time you 

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came to Christ? 
Like the very first time you put

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your faith in Jesus and your 
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Christ. 
Do you remember that? 

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If you're like me, I was 15, 
like I had never read the Bible 

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ever. 
I'd never prayed a prayer in my 

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single life. 
I've never done anything like 

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that. 
I'd never gone to church before.

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And somebody shared me from 
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Jesus, and just pulled back the 
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And I thought, man, there is so 
much more truth and 

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righteousness in story behind 
all this, that it has to be 

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true. 
I, I'd never memorized the 

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verse. 
I'd done nothing. 

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Looks like Jesus, but God saved 
me, Amen. 

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Just pulling back the curtain 
like that's God's promises that 

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change everything you think 
about Christmas. 

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It all changes when you realize 
Christmas. 

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And we know this. 
It's not about gifts. 

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It's not about Christmas trees, 
although these are pretty cool 

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looking trees. 
Come on somebody, right? 

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It's, it's not honestly, it's 
not really about tradition. 

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It's not ultimately even about 
family, although that stuff's 

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really good, Amen. 
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family's around and we just 
share life together and 

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encourage each other and catch 
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But ultimately you start to 
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God being faithful to all of his
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That's Christmas. 
And Jesus is the culmination as 

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a gift to us of all of God's 
promises coming together. 

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It's an amazing story. 
All the Old Testament points to 

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Jesus and all the New Testament 
points back to Jesus because 

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he's fulfillment, the promise, 
the greatest promises of God. 

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And he gives us this gift of 
Jesus. 

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And it says this in Ephesians 
289 very popular passage. 

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If you don't know this one, you 
should memorize it, but says for

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us by grace you've been saved 
through faith. 

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It is not of yourselves. 
It is a what? 

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It's a what It's a gift. 
It's a gift of God out of works 

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so that no one can boast. 
It's it's, it's, it's amazing to

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me how many people find a way 
not to accept Jesus because it's

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like God is handing you his own 
righteousness and all you have 

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to do is accept it. 
And it's so hard for us to take 

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something for free. 
Isn't it like the devil has us 

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thinking that we have to earn 
something. 

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You have, you have to somehow be
perfect or, or add up to it. 

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And there's a shame all over us.
But this is a free good to 

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salvation. 
And why is it free? 

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Because Jesus, he did 
everything, he did all the work,

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and there's not a single person 
who can take any glory except 

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for Jesus. 
Amen. 

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There's there's no other name 
that there's no other name that 

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we'd ever say thank you for 
salvation. 

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It's only always Jesus and it's 
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And so this is Mary's response. 
She she knew this just at the 

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name of Jesus. 
She knew the promise of God. 

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She was probably 14 years old, 
had looked through Scripture, 

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her heart focused on God and God
just said, hey, I'm going to 

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choose you. 
I'm not choosing to come as a 

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king riding on a horse. 
I'm going to come in and be born

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in a no room in the guest room 
or the inn and born with animals

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and put into a feeding through. 
That's the humility of God. 

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Amen. 
He chose the poor things, the 

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the the uneducated, but the 
faith filled to change our 

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world. 
Then you got the wise men who 

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worshipped it says in Matthew 
210. 

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It says when they saw the star, 
they were what what's it say the

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overjoyed? 
And it's kind of sad that most 

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people didn't even recognize it.
But these people were full of 

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joy because they knew something 
was happening. 

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It says all coming to the house,
they saw the child, the stomach,

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Jesus with his mother Mary, and 
they what? 

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They bow down and worshipped. 
That's worship at a whole nother

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level, right? 
I mean, bowing down is like, I 

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don't know if you bow down, we 
do bow down on their hearts to 

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things, but to physically bow 
down to something man, that's 

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full in, isn't it? 
You just remember how many gifts

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the wise men brought about 3 
gifts, right? 

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00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,280
They brought gold frankincense 
and myrrh. 

452
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,880
There you go. 
I like I got this section up 

453
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,040
front. 
Good job, Emery. 

454
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,560
The all the all the girls up 
here John goes. 

455
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,360
How'd you get stuck watching all
the kids? 

456
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,280
I was like, there's no room at 
the end. 

457
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,640
Just stuck here. 
It's good though, right? 

458
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,680
It's fun watching the kids. 
But they brought 3 gifts. 

459
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,240
But but I would encourage you 
and to think about this. 

460
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,080
They actually brought 4, but 
because before they gave gold 

461
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:27,840
Franklin and Sensen myrrh, they 
actually gave themselves it says

462
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,280
they, they, they bowed down and 
worship and that's where people 

463
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,960
get all the stuff wrong because 
they'll say again more comments 

464
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,640
I read all the church wants your
money. 

465
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,920
No money comes after your heart.
And these wise men gave 

466
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,360
everything to Jesus before they 
gave what they possessed and 

467
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,880
they bowed down and recognized 
that it wasn't popular. 

468
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,600
It still is not popular to bow 
down and worship Jesus. 

469
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,800
It was unpopular, but they did 
it because they recognized that 

470
00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:00,120
Jesus was a promise fulfilled. 
And the wise men knew these 

471
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,080
promises. 
And there's scripture I want to 

472
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,840
give you today about some of 
these promises that they have 

473
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,480
known in the Old Testament. 
And so if you have your Bible be

474
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,840
in Psalm 22 just for a little 
bit. 

475
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,680
It's what it says. 
Psalm 22, this is a prophecy of 

476
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:12,720
Jesus. 
It's interesting. 

477
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,360
It's 1000 years for Jesus was 
born, 1000 years for Christmas 

478
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,520
when God came to humanity. 
And Jesus would have pinned 

479
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,480
these words through David. 
So it's kind of ironic he's 

480
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,760
writing his own story, but it 
says dogs surround me. 

481
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,760
Verse 16, a pack of villains and
circle me. 

482
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,440
This is time of the Pharisees. 
It's religious people that 

483
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,600
crucify Jesus. 
If you don't know the story says

484
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,400
they Pierce my hands and my 
feet. 

485
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,720
This remind anything, this is 
the cross. 

486
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,200
All my bones are on display. 
We we was scourged. 

487
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,800
We was whipped with a cat and 
hindtails says people stare and 

488
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,800
gloat over me. 
They divide my clothes among 

489
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,920
them and cast lots for my 
garment. 

490
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,880
Is this not exactly how it went?
This is exactly how it went. 

491
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,920
Amen. 
If you read Matthew, Mark, 

492
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,040
Lucre, John, the gospels of 
story Jesus, this happened 

493
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,720
exactly this way. 
Wiseman knew it. 

494
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,360
Isaiah 53. 
They knew us as well, one 

495
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,680
through 6. 
Who has believed our message? 

496
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,440
Into whom has the arm of the 
Lord been revealed? 

497
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,120
He grew up talking about Jesus 
before him like a tender shoot 

498
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,080
and like a root out of the dry 
ground. 

499
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,040
Look about, look at this. 
He had no beauty or majesty to 

500
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:27,480
attract us to him, nothing in 
his appearance that we should 

501
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,480
desire of him. 
Know you watched all the you 

502
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,960
paintings and you watched the 
movies and always pick some 

503
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:40,080
really pretty boy I'm talking 
about to be Jesus, but that's 

504
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,520
not Jesus, Amen. 
Jesus, one of those guys you 

505
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,680
would just unrecognized. 
You just walked by. 

506
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,120
You would have never taken a 
second thought. 

507
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,440
You just been like some some 
below average person, whatever, 

508
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,720
like you would never thought, oh
there he is. 

509
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,280
And we like to have that blue 
eyed beautiful face Jesus, 

510
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,600
that's not Jesus. 
I mean how humble. 

511
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,760
Like if I was picking how was 
coming to Mandy, I'm getting 

512
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:08,520
ABS, you know what I'm saying? 
Like not Jesus. 

513
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,560
Jesus is look what it says. 
He was despised, He was rejected

514
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:19,920
by mankind, a man of suffering. 
Some people say man sorrow and 

515
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,480
look at us familiar with pain. 
That's pretty good news for us 

516
00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:27,600
that God knows our pain like one
from who people hide their 

517
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,280
faces. 
He was despised and we held him 

518
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,719
in low esteem and sadly I feel 
like that's still the state of 

519
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:38,040
the world. 
The steam of Jesus is much lower

520
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:43,280
because he is the God of all 
gods, and surely he took on our 

521
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,800
pain and bore our suffering, and
yet we considered him punished 

522
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:49,560
by God, stricken by him and 
afflicted. 

523
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,600
But he was what pierced for our 
transgressions, just like Psalm 

524
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,880
22. 
He was what crushed for our 

525
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,400
iniquity. 
The punishment that brought us 

526
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,680
peace was on him in that, in 
that kind of ironic, the 

527
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:11,200
punishment that brought peace. 
It's pretty crazy that that we 

528
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,720
we were made right with God 
through the punishment of Jesus.

529
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,600
We're actually made right with 
each other through the 

530
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,280
punishment of Jesus. 
And ultimately we're actually 

531
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,320
made right with ourselves for 
the punishment of Jesus. 

532
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,840
And by his wounds we are what? 
Yeah, we're made whole from 

533
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,040
Jesus. 
That's pretty good. 

534
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,280
In the wise men, they knew this 
Scripture when they saw that 

535
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,320
star. 
They knew this is him. 

536
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,240
That's amazing. 
It says verse 6, we all like 

537
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:44,040
sheep have gone astray, each of 
us has turned our own way and 

538
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:48,960
the Lord has laid on him the 
iniquity of us all just because 

539
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:53,800
Jesus is the Lord who saves, He 
took upon all of our sin. 

540
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,240
Back to Psalm 22, last two 
verses. 

541
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:59,480
Psalm 22 says all the ends of 
the earth, that's all people, 

542
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,440
that's including us, will 
remember and turn to the Lord 

543
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:10,000
and all the families of the 
nations will what will bow down 

544
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:14,840
before him. 
All nations, all people will bow

545
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,640
down before Jesus for demanding 
belongs to the Lord and he rules

546
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,120
over the nations. 
This is really interesting 

547
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,120
because you see us all 
throughout the Bible, we either 

548
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,400
bow down to worship or we bow 
down into regret. 

549
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:33,760
But we all bow down like there's
no mistake about it. 

550
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:39,120
The atheist will one day say 
Jesus is Lord to the glory of 

551
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:44,240
God, Like we can be wrong in 
this world and will still bow 

552
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,680
down to Jesus. 
There's no going around this 

553
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,960
fact. 
It says it over and over in 

554
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,560
Scripture. 
So my encouragement to you as 

555
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,760
Christians, as Jesus followers, 
even those who may just heard 

556
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,880
the name of Jesus, is we're 
going to get pretty good at 

557
00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:00,080
bowing down to Jesus, Amen. 
And I want to give you some 

558
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,040
encouragement. 
What that may look like and some

559
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:07,000
reasons why #1 the peace you're 
looking for does not come from 

560
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,240
comfort. 
The peace you're looking for 

561
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:11,520
does not look like 2026 getting 
easier. 

562
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:15,160
It doesn't look like having the 
house you want and all the 

563
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,400
issues just working out and 
having the finances you want. 

564
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,240
All the little things working 
out your way and having desires,

565
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,920
all those things. 
The peace you want is only found

566
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:24,920
from having the presence of 
Jesus. 

567
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,800
This is the reason it's called 
the Prince of Peace. 

568
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,680
Like you can't find peace. 
Your life is never whole without

569
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,240
Jesus. 
The Ecclesiastes says there's a 

570
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:36,960
God size shape in our heart the 
only he can fill. 

571
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,080
And so if you're trying to fill 
with money or sex or everything 

572
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,480
else in the world has to offer, 
it's always going to come up 

573
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,360
short. 
Amen. 

574
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:50,800
Like sin has a way of taking you
places you don't want to go and 

575
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,680
hold you there much longer, you 
need to stay. 

576
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:59,200
But Jesus fills us and He gives 
us his peace. 

577
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,920
That's why you can walk on the 
storm on the water like Peter. 

578
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,280
The water does not have to be 
calm for you to walk on it. 

579
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:11,520
The peace of Jesus when you 
worship, worship is the end of 

580
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,840
striving. 
That's why you should worship. 

581
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,200
It's the end of you trying to be
good enough, then of you being 

582
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,080
perfect, then of you going, oh 
look how good I am. 

583
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,800
I finally got somewhere. 
Your validation doesn't come 

584
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,800
from your accomplishments, 
doesn't come from other people 

585
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,160
think about you, doesn't come 
from the critics or the people 

586
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:34,160
who clap you. 
You're your fullness, your 

587
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:39,040
completion, your wholeness, your
healing comes from Jesus and 

588
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,360
worship is end of striving is 
the beginning of trusting. 

589
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,480
And so I encourage you to be the
greatest worshippers of our time

590
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,760
and not to a song, but devotion 
to God. 

591
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,520
Third thing is this is that 
worship replaces your idea of 

592
00:38:54,520 --> 00:39:00,840
happiness with a deep seated joy
that only comes from knowing 

593
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:06,080
that Jesus is your savior. 
There's a deep seated joy that 

594
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,880
only happens from knowing 
Christ. 

595
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:16,400
I am not enough, but he is. 
I'm not good enough, but he is. 

596
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,240
I don't know enough, but he 
knows. 

597
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,280
And so I trust and obey and I 
follow Jesus. 

598
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:25,600
That's enough for me. 
Amen. 

599
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,160
Matter of fact, that's more than
enough for me. 

600
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,240
He says blood covers my sins 
that he loves me. 

601
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:37,280
He wipes away my sin as far as 
the East is from the West to 

602
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:41,560
never touch each other and the 
ultimate he died for me and he 

603
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,200
cares for me. 
I'm a son of God, I'm born 

604
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,480
again. 
That's good news, Amen. 

605
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,920
And we choose to worship Jesus. 
I would encourage you. 

606
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,800
Maybe you're between churches. 
Maybe you go to church like once

607
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,760
in a blue moon. 
Maybe you don't go very often at

608
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,800
all, right? 
I would encourage you. 

609
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:05,000
What would it look like for you 
to make 2026 a year of worship? 

610
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,880
Like, what would it look like 
for you to actually know the God

611
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,920
of all gods who created you and 
to walk with him and to worship 

612
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,720
him and to bow down to him and 
follow him. 

613
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,120
So maybe your word for 26 is 
just worship. 

614
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,400
You know, we maybe even bound 
down the wrong stuff and we're 

615
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,680
going to tear down some idols. 
It's like Gideon went back home 

616
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,240
and he tore down an Asher pole 
and a false idol, the altar to 

617
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,240
bail him. 
And the first thing he had to do

618
00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:36,960
was just a RIP out all the stuff
that looked nothing like God and

619
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,960
have some godly confidence. 
Like what would look like for 

620
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,960
you to say, you know, I'm going 
to get it connected to a church 

621
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:46,880
family to help you grow. 
Like it's our goal for people to

622
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,920
discover real life and purpose 
in Jesus. 

623
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:50,560
That's why we're here. 
Amen. 

624
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,960
It's not an accident that 46 
people are going to get baptized

625
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,400
this year. 
It's because God's hand and he's

626
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,280
blessing it, Amen. 
And so if you need a church 

627
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,760
home, you're looking for 
relationships, not just a place,

628
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,640
but a people, Well, welcome 
home, Amen. 

629
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,800
We would love to have you. 
We'd love to see you grow in 

630
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,520
your worship and devotion to 
God. 

631
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,280
Not because we want more people 
to show up because we want more 

632
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:18,680
worship to go to God and more 
people to go out with the glory 

633
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,160
of God to a lost and dying 
world. 

634
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,440
Most humbly and true to 
Christmas that God does not wait

635
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:30,360
for us to find him because we 
never would have, but he came to

636
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,000
find us. 
And here's the mindset of Christ

637
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,600
and you see this in Philippians 
chapter 2. 

638
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,360
It says have the same mindset as
Christ Jesus, who being the very

639
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,960
nature of God did not consider 
equality of God something to be 

640
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:47,640
used to his own advantage. 
We never see that happen before 

641
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,520
every politician in the world 
right says rather he has made 

642
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:58,160
himself what nothing. 
This is the heart of God by 

643
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:02,760
taking on the very nature of a 
servant being made in what human

644
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:09,440
likeness and being found in 
appearance as a man that's 

645
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,600
Christmas, Amen. 
This is the heart of God. 

646
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:14,880
He lower himself down to 
nothing. 

647
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,240
Before I was former of a servant
to be put into human nature to 

648
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,600
be appearance of a man. 
He humble himself, becoming 

649
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:28,480
obedient to death, even to death
on a what a cross he said, what 

650
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,480
an accident. 
And this is what happens. 

651
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:34,320
This is what the Father does. 
It says therefore verse 9, God 

652
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:40,840
exalted Jesus to the highest 
place and gave him the name that

653
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:45,800
is above every name that the 
name of who, the name of who 

654
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:53,360
Jesus, every knee shall bow in 
heaven on earth and under the 

655
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,880
earth and every tongue 
acknowledge that Jesus Christ is

656
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:01,560
Lord to the glory of God the 
Father. 

657
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,960
It's interesting about this 
text. 

658
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,760
We talk about bowing down in 
Psalm 22. 

659
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,440
We talk about bowing down 
Philippians chapter 2. 

660
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,280
Interesting about this text is 
that in the Old Testament 

661
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:17,000
there's over 70 names of God. 
You can pick any name you bow 

662
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:22,480
down to God for all eternity, 
but he chooses the name Jesus. 

663
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,200
You never see the name Jesus in 
the Old Testament. 

664
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,840
The first time you see Jesus, 
the name of Jesus, it was the 

665
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:33,160
Angel told Mary you'll conceive 
and give birth to a son and to 

666
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:37,600
call him Jesus. 
Isn't it interesting that we bow

667
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:45,280
down to God's human name? 
Isn't that real interesting? 

668
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,760
Like if all the names that we 
could the name that has the 

669
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,960
highest name of all the names 
you can bow down to you pick 

670
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,080
Jesus. 
Why did you pick Jesus? 

671
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,520
Because it's his name doesn't 
just identify him as oh, that's 

672
00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:58,960
Jesus. 
There is Jesus. 

673
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:03,280
Hi, Jesus. 
It identifies him as the one who

674
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:09,720
fulfilled all of God's promises.
That's Jesus. 

675
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,840
There is hundreds if not 
thousands of promises in the Old

676
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,480
Testament that point to the one 
that's going to come and save us

677
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,840
from our sins. 
It starts all the way back in 

678
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,280
Genesis when we fell, we ate the
fruit of the tree and disobey 

679
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,640
God. 
And God says we put enemy 

680
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:33,480
intimity between man, their 
daughter, her son, and that 

681
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,920
one's going to crush the head 
and bruise his heel. 

682
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,520
That's Jesus. 
That's the first mention of the 

683
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,480
Gospel, and there's thousands of
mentions to the Gospel, Old 

684
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,200
Testament, and the New Testament
points back to Jesus as a film 

685
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:47,200
of the promise. 
Amen. 

686
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,760
This is Jesus. 
The name of Jesus, the Lord 

687
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,480
saves is the name of which we 
will bow down for all of 

688
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,920
eternity because it's the 
greatest act of God. 

689
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:04,600
It's Jesus, the Lord saves, the 
Lord saves, and we'll just bow 

690
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,360
down. 
And whether you're above the 

691
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:10,680
earth or on the earth or below 
the earth, you'll say Jesus, he 

692
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,880
does save. 
Would he missed it or he found 

693
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,920
it? 
And God's grace act of promises 

694
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,800
demands the grace act of 
worship. 

695
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:24,120
That's what we worship. 
That's what Christmas is all 

696
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,960
about. 
And so Matthew 121, it says you 

697
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:32,080
are to give him the name Jesus 
because he'll what he will save 

698
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,400
his people from there. 
He'll save his people through 

699
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,760
sins. 
How many guys are saving your 

700
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,880
sins today by the way, you 
excited about that at all? 

701
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,720
If you if you don't know Jesus, 
you should be looking around 

702
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:47,120
right now and going man, I need 
to get right with God. 

703
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,960
Amen. 
Because this is a free gift. 

704
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,440
There's no strings attached. 
You know, it's disappointing 

705
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,160
that the world and Satan has 
told everybody that that do all 

706
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,480
these things to find Jesus when 
Jesus has freely given a gift 

707
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:06,600
and today we can worship Christ 
our Savior, just the name Jesus.

708
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,160
So Father would come before you 
that help us to worship you 

709
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:14,640
tonight as Jesus followers that 
we are so grateful we just lift 

710
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:19,320
our hands and worship. 
Thank you Jesus, I bow down to 

711
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,680
you for so many of us tonight. 
Maybe it's been a long time 

712
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,160
since we truly worship God. 
Maybe it's a long time since we 

713
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:30,480
opened our heart, said Father, I
need you. 

714
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:32,360
God. 
I've walked my own way. 

715
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,680
I've bowed down to other things.
I've trusted in other idols. 

716
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,720
I put strength in my own work. 
I've followed other names. 

717
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:45,080
But God, I'm getting right. 
Tonight I'm surrendering to you.

718
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:49,080
Tonight, God, I need you. 
I worship you. 

719
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,240
The courage is pulled back and I
trust you. 

720
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,520
I'll pray for one group of 
people particularly, and that's 

721
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,560
those of you that don't know you
Jesus yet. 

722
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,720
I'm going to ask you to do 
something really uncomfortable, 

723
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:12,280
something that's not normal in 
our culture, but something that 

724
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:16,200
God has asked us to do. 
Because you've seen the promise 

725
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:19,880
of God. 
You've seen just a little bit of

726
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,680
the curtain. 
You saw Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53. 

727
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:24,880
You saw Matthew chapter 1, Luke 
chapter 2. 

728
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:26,360
You saw just a little bit of 
these promise of God. 

729
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:27,920
You're like, this is making way 
too much sense. 

730
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:33,440
I'm going to ask you to bow down
to Jesus today, not a physical 

731
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:37,760
way, but with your heart and 
say, Lord, I'm calling you as my

732
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,280
savior. 
You heard the stories, you heard

733
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,560
the scripture, you saw that 
Jesus died for you. 

734
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:48,000
Anyone's relationship with you. 
This is the reason for 

735
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:53,160
Christmas, because God loves us 
enough to send His one only Son 

736
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,160
to die on a cross for us, that 
we may have a relationship with 

737
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:59,160
Him on that cross. 
He became sin for us, who knew 

738
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:00,280
no sin. 
That we might become the 

739
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:04,560
righteousness of God and that we
can walk out of here with a 

740
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,720
permanent relationship with 
Christ. 

741
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:11,680
And His Holy Spirit comes inside
of us and seals us and changes 

742
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:16,120
us from the inside out. 
That Jesus wants to find you 

743
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,760
tonight. 
And so if you need Jesus, 

744
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:23,280
nothing you can do except for 
accept this free gift. 

745
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,560
If you want Jesus and you're 
willing to humbly bow down in 

746
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:32,000
your heart and say, yes, Lord 
Jesus, save me. 

747
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:34,320
If that's you, that I'd be 
looking around. 

748
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:35,880
If that's you, we just lift your
hand high in this place. 

749
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,920
I need Jesus. 
Today, Christmas Eve 2025. 

750
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,080
That's you. 
Just lift your hand high in this

751
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,560
place. 
I need Jesus, your relationship 

752
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,200
with him. 
You feel something, That's the 

753
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:51,280
Holy Spirit calling. 
You see your hand just speaking 

754
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:58,200
to you, just drawing you in. 
If you draw dear to God, I'll 

755
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,960
draw close to you. 
If you raise your hand, I'll 

756
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:03,160
just ask you to pray this 
prayer. 

757
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,960
The prayer does not save you. 
It's your belief. 

758
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,360
It's your humble heart. 
Just cry out to God's sake. 

759
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,480
Father God, thank you so much 
for sending Jesus. 

760
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,560
I'm bowing down at the name of 
Jesus today. 

761
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:20,320
I'm calling the Lord and Savior 
to save me for my sin, to make 

762
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:24,200
you right in your eyes. 
God, thank you for the free gift

763
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,600
of salvation. 
Thank you for pulling back the 

764
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:28,120
curtain. 
Thank you for your spirit. 

765
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,440
Just show me the things I was 
following. 

766
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:31,720
I need to follow something 
better. 

767
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,600
The truth, which is Jesus and I 
have a way to heaven. 

768
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,520
So God, I give you glory. 
I thank you for what you're 

769
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,640
doing. 
I praise in Jesus name, the name

770
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,800
of all names, the name that 
saves the church. 

771
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:48,120
We say Amen. 
Come on, give it up big this 

772
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,120
Christmas Eve, give God some 
worship. 

773
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:51,920
Come on. 
Thank you, Jesus. 

774
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,200
Come on, man, what a powerful 
reminder just about the true 

775
00:49:56,240 --> 00:50:00,160
gift that Jesus is and just the 
encouragement to bow down and to

776
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:02,760
truly worship him this Christmas
season. 

777
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,720
And some of you recognize for 
the first time tonight that 

778
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,240
Jesus came for you, that God 
sent his Son to die for you. 

779
00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:12,120
And it's a free gift just for 
you for salvation. 

780
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,320
If that's you and you raised 
your hand and you prayed that 

781
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:18,560
prayer, congratulations. 
We truly are so excited for you 

782
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:20,520
as you walk out this journey 
with Jesus. 

783
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,240
I mean, we would love to 
resource you to walk alongside 

784
00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:24,520
you. 
You can grab that connection 

785
00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:27,440
card that's on your seat, fill 
out information on that, but 

786
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,160
check that box that says, I 
committed my life to Jesus. 

787
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,640
And you can drop that in the 
giving buckets as they pass here

788
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,120
in just a few minutes. 
Just by doing that allows us to 

789
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,080
get you a free book in the mail 
this week. 

790
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,480
It's called begin. 
It really is a great resource 

791
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:42,160
for you as you're taking these 
steps with Jesus. 

792
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:44,280
And hey, if you prayed that 
prayer here in the house today, 

793
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:47,080
as you exit the worship center, 
there is a table as you leave 

794
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:49,400
with some red bags inside the 
red bags. 

795
00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:52,400
It's a free Bible and some other
resources for you as well. 

796
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:54,920
But come on, can we give a hand 
to all those who accepted Jesus 

797
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:57,560
today? 
So awesome. 

798
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,120
And hey, if you're newer in the 
house with us today, thank you 

799
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:04,240
so much for choosing to spend 
Christmas Eve right here with 

800
00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:05,720
us. 
We are so glad you came. 

801
00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:08,360
We would love to see you back at
this coming Sunday. 

802
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,720
We've got a one gathering only 
at 10:00 AM, but we're so glad 

803
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:12,600
you came. 
We truly don't want anything 

804
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,480
from you today except for this. 
And it's just to simply 

805
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,240
introduce yourself to us. 
And you can do that by grabbing 

806
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:20,920
that same connection card. 
Fill out your information there 

807
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,440
on that top section and just 
check that box that says first 

808
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,520
time here. 
You can also drop it in the 

809
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,520
giving buckets as they pass here
in just a moment or you can also

810
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,880
as you exit the worship center, 
just to your right, there's a 

811
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,120
new here booth. 
You can turn that in there as 

812
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:34,480
well. 
Somebody would love to greet you

813
00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:37,080
there as well. 
We want to share about something

814
00:51:37,240 --> 00:51:40,040
special that is coming up for 
Real Life Church and that's this

815
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,520
coming Sunday, the 28th. 
We are going to celebrate big at

816
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:46,680
our year end social. 
It's right back here at Kentucky

817
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,040
Trail. 
That's one gathering only at 

818
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:50,840
10:00 AM. 
But man, it is going to be a day

819
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,960
that you do not want to miss. 
We're going to have just an epic

820
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:55,480
charcuterie board here in the 
middle. 

821
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,760
We're going to have some drinks,
just sit to hang out, to 

822
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:02,040
connect, to reflect on all that 
God has done in 2025 and really 

823
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,680
to look forward to what we know 
He's going to do in 2026. 

824
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:10,240
We're going to see 19 or more 
people baptized, which is just 

825
00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,880
so awesome and so amazing all 
that God's done this year. 

826
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,280
We're going to see commissioning
and sending some people out. 

827
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,840
You get to hear some testimonies
and we would love for you to 

828
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:21,200
come connect with us and hang 
out with us this Sunday right 

829
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,320
back here at 10 AM. 
Hey, if you're a teenager in the

830
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,640
house, maybe you have a teenager
at your house, you know, a 

831
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:28,920
teenager, invite him on out to 
hang out with. 

832
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,480
That's like New Year's Eve with 
real life youth, man. 

833
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,720
They're going to have just a fun
night. 

834
00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:35,600
They're headed over to main 
Event in Independence. 

835
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,400
It really is a fun and safe 
option to send your team to. 

836
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,120
They're going to be doing all 
the things, laser tag and 

837
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,320
bowling. 
There's an arcade and pizza. 

838
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:45,600
It's going to be a blast. 
They're going to bust them over 

839
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:48,120
there and then come back to the 
Hope Center, watch the ball 

840
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:52,360
drop, have some worship, really 
a powerful message of the gospel

841
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,080
really as they lead into 2026. 
We would love to have your team 

842
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,400
come on out. 
You can scan that QR code to 

843
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,560
check out all the details and to
sign, bring them up. 

844
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,720
And hey, man, at the heart of 
Christmas God gave to us. 

845
00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:05,360
And then we get to give to 
others. 

846
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:08,320
And I really want to say just a 
heartfelt thank you to all of 

847
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:11,920
you who have given here at Real 
Life in 2025. 

848
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,800
You really have given here to 
move the mission forward and all

849
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:16,960
that we're doing here. 
And it's because of you. 

850
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:21,880
We've seen 27 people baptized so
far, another 19 plus more 

851
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:23,920
getting baptized this coming 
Sunday. 

852
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:27,160
We've had over 100 people commit
their lives to Jesus and start a

853
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,240
relationship with Him. 
Man, that's credit to those of 

854
00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,720
you who have given for every 
hand raised, every life 

855
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:34,200
transformed. 
Come on. 

856
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:38,360
You guys have pledged over $1 
million towards our first 

857
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:42,960
permanent home this year. 
That's right, so awesome. 

858
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,360
Thank you, thank you, thank you 
so much for playing a part truly

859
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:50,520
in all that God is doing here. 
And as 2025 comes to a close, I 

860
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:53,800
want to encourage you to 
consider maybe giving a year end

861
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:57,400
gift. 
We, we truly are funded 100% on 

862
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:01,080
your donations and every dollar 
you give here truly goes to see 

863
00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:04,080
people's lives transformed and 
lives changed. 

864
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,680
And then if you're new with us 
today, we don't want anything 

865
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:08,320
from you. 
This gathering truly was our 

866
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,080
gift to you. 
Thank you so much for coming. 

867
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,320
If you call real life home, you 
can check out the screen. 

868
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,520
I mean, there are a lot of ways 
that you can take part in 

869
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,320
generosity. 
The ushers are going to come 

870
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,480
forward and pass the buckets 
here in just a few minutes. 

871
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,280
If you or your family find 
yourself in any kind of 

872
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,600
immediate need today, maybe it's
food or clothing or shelter. 

873
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,680
As these buckets pass here in 
just a minute, please reach in, 

874
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:30,560
Grab any loose cash that you 
see. 

875
00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,360
We really do want to be a 
blessing to you and your family.

876
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:36,400
Let's pray. 
Father, thank you so much for 

877
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:39,360
who you are. 
God, just the gift of your Son 

878
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,680
and the free gift to us, God, so
that our eternity can be changed

879
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:45,400
forever. 
Father, thank you for the 

880
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:48,080
opportunity, God, to bow down 
and to worship you. 

881
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,200
God, we love you, we praise you.
It's in your holy name that we 

882
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:53,280
pray. 
Amen. 

883
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:57,120
Well, Amen. 
As we wrap up our time together 

884
00:54:57,120 --> 00:55:00,920
here, I can't think of anything 
better to do than to have a 

885
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:05,080
moment of worship together where
we lift up Jesus's name for all 

886
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,040
that he's done. 
And so I'd invite you to find 

887
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:09,800
your candle floating around 
somewhere around you. 

888
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,520
We're going to have this moment 
just to reflect on Jesus as the 

889
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:15,040
light of the world. 
So I'd invite you to stand, grab

890
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:16,720
that candle. 
If you haven't figured out how 

891
00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:19,160
to turn it on yet. 
You just twist the top of that. 

892
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,480
And this candle is just a 
reminder that Jesus is the light

893
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:26,120
of the world. 
And together we get to lean in 

894
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:29,400
and worship him together. 
So let's give him the worship 

895
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:33,240
that he deserves today, to thank
him for saving us, for being 

896
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:36,680
man, the God who saves. 
So let's worship Him. 

897
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:26,840
Joyful and triumphant Oh, come 
me, oh, come me to bed the love 

898
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:44,360
come and behold, when the King 
of the ages Oh, come and let us,

899
00:56:44,440 --> 00:57:01,200
Oh come and let us, oh come and 
let us. 

900
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:48,640
Exaltation, seeing only citizens
of heaven. 

901
00:57:48,840 --> 00:58:06,120
Glory to God, the highs. 
Oh, come and let us hold. 

902
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:21,680
Come and let us go to Him. 
Hold, Come and let us hold to 

903
00:58:22,280 --> 00:59:07,200
Him. 
This happy morning, Jesus, to 

904
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:25,320
thee be all glory. 
Give the word of the Father, lie

905
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:45,760
in flesh of thee. 
US who come late, Us I join him 

906
00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:56,200
who come late, Us I join in 
Christ. 

907
01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:13,720
If you step down Into Darkness, 
open my eyes and let me see 

908
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:24,800
beauty that made. 
This hard adore you, home of a 

909
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:34,320
life spent with you. 
Here I am 2 words. 

910
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:40,160
Here I am to bow down. 
Here I am to. 

911
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:46,440
Say that you're. 
My God, you're altogether 

912
01:00:48,120 --> 01:01:01,880
lovely, altogether worthy, 
altogether wonderful to me, King

913
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:09,800
of old days, or so highly 
exalted, glorious in heaven 

914
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:18,520
above. 
And humbly you came to the earth

915
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:25,560
you created, and all for Love's 
sake became poor. 

916
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:33,040
Oh, how they worship you. 
This Here I am to worship. 

917
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:41,600
Here I am to bow down. 
Here I am to say that you're my 

918
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:47,680
God. 
You're all together lovely, all 

919
01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:55,720
together worthy, all together 
wonderful to me. 

920
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:21,720
Oh come, let us adore him. 
Oh come, let us adore him. 

921
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:36,760
Christ the Lord, lift him up. 
Oh come, let us adore him. 

922
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:42,320
Oh, come, let us and us adorn 
him. 

923
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:57,200
Oh, come, let us adorn him, 
Christ the Lord, and we'll 

924
01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:10,040
praise your name forever. 
We'll praise your name forever. 

925
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:21,200
We will raise your name forever.
Christ, He's Christ the world, 

926
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:29,880
and we'll praise God's name is 
Jesus. 

927
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:40,400
Praise your name, for I can't 
stop saying it will raise your 

928
01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:48,880
name for it, but Christ the 
Lord. 

929
01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:56,560
You across. 
The world. 

930
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:06,960
Because here I am to worship and
here I am to bow down. 

931
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:13,840
Here I am to say that you're my 
God. 

932
01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:23,120
You're altogether lovely, 
altogether worthy, altogether 

933
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:31,080
wonderful to me. 
Here I am to worship. 

934
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:39,760
Here I am to bow down. 
Here I am to say that you're my 

935
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:45,880
God. 
You're all together lovely all 

936
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:51,760
together loving. 
You're all together wonderful 

937
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:54,000
to. 
Me. 

938
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:57,360
Amen. 
Give him some praise tonight for

939
01:04:57,360 --> 01:05:01,640
today. 
And it has just been our honor 

940
01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:04,600
and such a blessing to worship, 
to come together to God's 

941
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:08,680
presence, to join here to gather
to celebrate his birth, to 

942
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:10,680
celebrate his name and who he 
is. 

943
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:13,400
And so we want to wish you the 
very merriest of Christmas from 

944
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:15,280
real life. 
You don't have to run out of 

945
01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:17,840
here. 
Go and grab some hot cocoa, get 

946
01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:19,880
a portrait or picture with your 
family. 

947
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:22,440
Get a picture with Santa. 
We'd love to connect with you 

948
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:24,920
out in the Hub. 
But as this Christmas season 

949
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:27,800
goes, we want you to remember 
that whoever finds Jesus 

950
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:32,360
discovers real life and purpose.
Have a Merry Christmas everyone.