Hey, Forever GodGirl, I'm your host, Iz, and
welcome, and welcome back to the Forever God
Girl podcast. In today's episode, we are gonna
talk all about keeping Christ in our Christmas.
Christ in our Christmas, okay. But what does
that mean? What is Christmas even all about?
Jesus, he is the focus of Christmas. In fact,
700 years before his birth, the prophet Isaiah
said this in Isaiah chapter nine, verse six.
For a child is born to us. A son is given to
us. the government will rest on his shoulders,
and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. So
why is Christmas all about Jesus? Because of
his purpose that was fulfilled once he came into
the world, died, and resurrected. For a gift
such as that, we should be celebrating Jesus
all year long, but not just all year long, especially
on this special day. But what about Santa? Isn't
he real? I'm gonna hold your hand when I tell
you this. Jesus was and is a real person. Saint
Nick was a real person, but Santa was never a
real person. What? In fact, it's really harmful
to be praying to Santa. First of all, Santa isn't
real, so who are we really praying to? And secondly,
Santa Claus got us having more belief in him
than Jesus Christ. That's an idol. No, but like
my Christmases are always focused on Jesus, but
Santa just gives me presents. No, girl, I'm also
gonna hold your hand when I tell you this. The
Bible literally says that every good gift comes
from the Lord. Not Santa. Again, idolatry. And
just really quickly, an idol is anything that
we put above God, whether it be a person or a
thing. Alright, now that we've talked about what
Christmas is and isn't about, now let's talk
about how to actively focus on Jesus more this
Christmas. Well, we can start by being more grateful.
In 2 Corinthians 9 verse 15, it says, Now this
scripture is referring to Jesus Christ, but you
can also apply it to when you get your presents
under the tree. Remember that every good gift
comes from the Lord. Next, we can look at everything
from God's perspective. Don't just see a Christmas
tree. See the wood that was used to make the
feeding trough that Jesus lied on when he was
born. Or the wood that was used to make the cross
that Jesus died on. Don't just see the star on
top of the tree. See the star that the wise men
saw to lead them to Jesus. And that same star
led the shepherds to see Jesus as well. Don't
just see Christmas lights. See the light that
Jesus restored into the world. The next thing
that we can do to be more focused on Jesus is
to give more than we receive. Because the Bible
literally says that it's better to give than
to receive. And don't just give on Christmas
day or during the holidays. Give all year long,
just like Jesus did. Now it's time for our special
segment and today we have three hot takes because
the results are in first hot take What is the
best Christmas food? 22 % said ham 56 % said
pies and personally I agree with pies 22 % said
bread rolls and 0 % said lasagna. I am so surprised
at that Alright, so I know we covered this in
the podcast episode already, but I asked celebrating
Santa is okay for Christians dot dot dot 75 %
said no Jesus is the center and 25 % said sure
there's no harm in it And then the last hot take
of the day is secular Christian music. Is it
okay for Christians? This one definitely brought
a divide 25 % said yeah, just use discernment
50 % said sure as long as the words are good
and 25 % said no it can still influence us now
I want to know what is your opinion on all these
hot takes if You didn't get a chance to vote
make sure you're following us on Instagram at
forever God girl podcast So you can be a part
of the polls and remember to ask your parent
or legal guardian for permission first That was
such a great special segment, but now it's time
to talk about something even more important and
even more exciting Salvation here's a word from
Zai So if you have a personal relationship with
Jesus Christ, then this message will help you
But if you don't have a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ I invite you to give your heart
to the Lord today to receive him into your heart
go to Romans 10 9 through 10 it says If you confess
with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in
your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
you will be saved. For with the heart one believes
unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer
with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal
life with Jesus. You are saved from all your
sins, past, present, and future sins you may
commit. This truth is not a free pass to sin
anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over
all wrong choices and empowers you to spread
the gospel to others. You are saved forever and
your name is written in the book of life. Did
you just give your life to Jesus? Because if
you did give yourself a pat on the back, we are
so godly proud of you Thank you so much for listening
to this podcast episode I trust that it helped
you and that you learned something and remember
keeping Christ in Christmas is super important
But it's also important for there to be Christ
in the Christian Hey forever GodGirl, did you
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