Well, hello everyone. I'm James Dobson and thanks for spending a part of this marvelous Christmas day with us.

With me in the studio as my beloved wife Shirley and you know I really do wish you could see her she's all decked out in

red and white for the occasion. Thanks Jim I hope our listeners agree with me that

this is the most important time of the year.

Everything we care about is embodied in Christmas, from children to families, to friends,

and of course the good food and especially the celebration of the

Christ child because of his birth and resurrection we have the promise of

eternal life.

So ring the Christmas bells that you brought, Shirley, as we say together.

Merry Christmas everyone. Hello and welcome to this Christmas Day edition of Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh and whether you're driving to or from a friend or relative's house, maybe fixing a meal for yourself or for a gathering of your family here on this Christmas day. We pray that you are warm and safe and

grateful that you are here with us today to celebrate just for a moment. Now there's so much to be

grateful for today but most of all for the ultimate gift that God has given us, his son, Jesus Christ.

God loves us all so much. He loves us past our imperfections and our shortcomings, that he took on the form of a man so that we

may one day live in heaven with him.

Here's how the apostle Paul puts it in Philippians chapter 2 verses 6 through 8.

In your relationships with one another have the same mindset as Christ Jesus, who, being

in very nature, God, did not consider equality with God something to be used for his own advantage, rather he made

himself nothing by taking on the very nature of a servant being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even

death on a cross. Jesus endured unspeakable suffering all because of his love for us. That is the real reason we celebrate Christmas.

As it says in John chapter 3 verse 16 you know it so well. God so loved the world

that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him will not perish but will have everlasting life.

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