Amen and amen. Merry Christmas church. And we do just join me and welcoming Mr. Noah and Ms. Pat.

They are here right now. Brother, I'm glad that you are here. And not just here, but here.

Love you, man. Well, Merry Christmas 1122. We are one church in many locations. and I used to say all over Jacksonville, but with online now, it's really all over the world.

In fact, right now to our Christmas Eve service, currently, there are 33 states represented and people joining from five different countries.

Amen?

Places like Spain and Denmark, which is kind of cool, because I think

that's probably where Santa Claus is from, maybe. It ain't Florida, I can guarantee you that. So,

we have been in a teaching series here at the church called How to Christmas, because my goal is for

you to have the best Christmas that you've ever had. And I think up to this year, we haven't been

doing it right. And I think up to this year, we haven't been doing it right. And I have been

anticipating this Christmas because we talked about don't spend dumb money, spend wisely, and we

sponsored over 1,600 Compassion Kids Way to Go. The second week, we talked about getting in rhythm

with God and finding rest in him, not being so busy. Last week, we talked about forgiveness,

so all of you family members that came in out of town,

we are ready for you to be here because we know how to forgive.

And the most important thing to have your best Christmas ever is this.

Whatever you do, don't miss Jesus.

And there will be so many people this Christmas that will be so busy doing all the Christmas

stuff and you'll miss the whole thing, you'll miss Jesus.

So, I want you to have the best Christmas ever.

Now, if I were to ask you to describe to me your best Christmas, where does your mind go?

I'll tell you my mind immediately up until just a couple of years ago, if you asked me

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