Well, hello, my friends, and Merry Christmas here on the morning mindset.

We're continuing to talk about the Christmas story through the weekend.

So I hope you're able to enjoy these episodes.

I want to ask you, when is the last child you saw born?

Now, I don't mean you were in the room, but I mean, you saw this little infant

as the mom or the dad was holding that child. You saw how tiny they are, how helpless they are.

Today we're going to be talking about Jesus, the child who was born to us and the prophecies

that foretold his coming in just a moment. I want to let you know that beginning on

January 1st of 2026, just about a week from now, is going to begin the evening mindset. It's a

podcast very similar to this one that's aimed at helping you wind down at the end of the day.

Get the stress and the pressure all off of you so that you can

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Our Lord, our God, we're grateful for the opportunity to study your word to understand

what it says to us. We ask that today as we read Isaiah chapter 9, you would show us through

the prophecies. You're good and gracious heart to us. We ask it in your name. Amen. Okay, friends, as I said,

we're looking at Isaiah chapter 9 verse verse number six today. This is perhaps

one of the most well-known prophecies about Jesus in all the Old Testament. Isaiah was a prophet

during the time of Israel and Judah's division in the divided kingdom period, and he prophesied about many things,

but some of what he prophesied about was the coming Messiah. And here in chapter 9, verse 6,

he says, for to us a child is born, to us a son is given. Now pause for a moment. Think about this.

He is portraying the giving of a child as a great gift to the nation of Israel, to the people

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