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Hey, Forever GodGirl, I'm your host, Iz, and

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welcome, and welcome back to the Forever God

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Girl podcast. In today's episode, we are gonna

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talk all about keeping Christ in our Christmas.

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Christ in our Christmas, okay. But what does

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that mean? What is Christmas even all about?

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Jesus, he is the focus of Christmas. In fact,

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700 years before his birth, the prophet Isaiah

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said this in Isaiah chapter nine, verse six.

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For a child is born to us. A son is given to

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us. the government will rest on his shoulders,

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and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty

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God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. So

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why is Christmas all about Jesus? Because of

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his purpose that was fulfilled once he came into

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the world, died, and resurrected. For a gift

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such as that, we should be celebrating Jesus

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all year long, but not just all year long, especially

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on this special day. But what about Santa? Isn't

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he real? I'm gonna hold your hand when I tell

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you this. Jesus was and is a real person. Saint

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Nick was a real person, but Santa was never a

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real person. What? In fact, it's really harmful

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to be praying to Santa. First of all, Santa isn't

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real, so who are we really praying to? And secondly,

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Santa Claus got us having more belief in him

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than Jesus Christ. That's an idol. No, but like

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my Christmases are always focused on Jesus, but

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Santa just gives me presents. No, girl, I'm also

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gonna hold your hand when I tell you this. The

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Bible literally says that every good gift comes

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from the Lord. Not Santa. Again, idolatry. And

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just really quickly, an idol is anything that

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we put above God, whether it be a person or a

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thing. Alright, now that we've talked about what

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Christmas is and isn't about, now let's talk

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about how to actively focus on Jesus more this

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Christmas. Well, we can start by being more grateful.

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In 2 Corinthians 9 verse 15, it says, Now this

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scripture is referring to Jesus Christ, but you

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can also apply it to when you get your presents

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under the tree. Remember that every good gift

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comes from the Lord. Next, we can look at everything

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from God's perspective. Don't just see a Christmas

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tree. See the wood that was used to make the

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feeding trough that Jesus lied on when he was

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born. Or the wood that was used to make the cross

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that Jesus died on. Don't just see the star on

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top of the tree. See the star that the wise men

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saw to lead them to Jesus. And that same star

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led the shepherds to see Jesus as well. Don't

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just see Christmas lights. See the light that

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Jesus restored into the world. The next thing

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that we can do to be more focused on Jesus is

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to give more than we receive. Because the Bible

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literally says that it's better to give than

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to receive. And don't just give on Christmas

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day or during the holidays. Give all year long,

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just like Jesus did. Now it's time for our special

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segment and today we have three hot takes because

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the results are in first hot take What is the

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best Christmas food? 22 % said ham 56 % said

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pies and personally I agree with pies 22 % said

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bread rolls and 0 % said lasagna. I am so surprised

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at that Alright, so I know we covered this in

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the podcast episode already, but I asked celebrating

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Santa is okay for Christians dot dot dot 75 %

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said no Jesus is the center and 25 % said sure

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there's no harm in it And then the last hot take

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of the day is secular Christian music. Is it

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okay for Christians? This one definitely brought

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a divide 25 % said yeah, just use discernment

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50 % said sure as long as the words are good

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and 25 % said no it can still influence us now

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I want to know what is your opinion on all these

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hot takes if You didn't get a chance to vote

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make sure you're following us on Instagram at

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forever God girl podcast So you can be a part

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of the polls and remember to ask your parent

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or legal guardian for permission first That was

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such a great special segment, but now it's time

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to talk about something even more important and

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even more exciting Salvation here's a word from

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Zai So if you have a personal relationship with

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Jesus Christ, then this message will help you

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But if you don't have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ I invite you to give your heart

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to the Lord today to receive him into your heart

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go to Romans 10 9 through 10 it says If you confess

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with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in

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your heart that God has raised him from the dead,

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you will be saved. For with the heart one believes

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unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession

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is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer

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with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal

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life with Jesus. You are saved from all your

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sins, past, present, and future sins you may

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commit. This truth is not a free pass to sin

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anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over

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all wrong choices and empowers you to spread

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the gospel to others. You are saved forever and

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your name is written in the book of life. Did

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you just give your life to Jesus? Because if

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you did give yourself a pat on the back, we are

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so godly proud of you Thank you so much for listening

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to this podcast episode I trust that it helped

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you and that you learned something and remember

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keeping Christ in Christmas is super important

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But it's also important for there to be Christ

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in the Christian Hey forever GodGirl, did you

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