God Be Thanked For the Gift!
One Minute Scripture Study: A Come Follow Me Podcast
Kristen Smith
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🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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If your mom is making you say “thank you” to your grandma for presents today, this is for you. Let’s study The Living Christ Paragraph 13!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to One Minute Scripter Study, a Come Follow Me podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | We are your host, Kristen Walker-Smith and Callie Black. |
| 0:08.6 | Hey, it's Callie Black here with today's thought. And Merry Christmas. |
| 0:12.5 | Today we'll be studying the final sentence of the Living Christ document. |
| 0:16.8 | My grandma was one of the best gift givers ever, like truly, especially now as I get older. |
| 0:24.0 | I don't know how she did it. |
| 0:25.0 | She was amazing. |
| 0:26.4 | We always spent Christmas morning at her home, and she spoiled us with way too many presents. |
| 0:32.1 | After I would open each present, my mom would make me stand up, walk over to grandma, give her a hug, and say, |
| 0:40.3 | thank you. As I entered my teenage years, I thought, Grandma knows that I am grateful for all |
| 0:47.6 | her gifts. I don't think I really have to get up and walk over to her after every single present. |
| 0:53.6 | I tried at once, and my mom immediately called me out. It is tempting to her after every single present. I tried at once, and my mom immediately called me out. |
| 0:57.4 | It is tempting to think that other people should just know how grateful we are for them and for the gifts that they give. |
| 1:04.6 | But as we read in the final sentence of the Living Christ, God be thanked for the matchless gift of his divine son. |
| 1:16.2 | God has given us the best gift of all with our Savior. |
| 1:20.9 | Jesus is better than any gift on any list. |
| 1:24.4 | He is the one who makes resurrection, repentance, priesthood power, covenants, |
| 1:31.1 | and so much more possible. When was the last time we thanked God for this matchless gift? |
| 1:40.9 | I invite you to take some time today to show God your gratitude for the gift of his only |
| 1:47.3 | begotten son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. So the takeaway of the day in five words or less, |
| 1:56.2 | gratitude to God for Jesus. Thank you so much for being here today and for coming closer to Christ with me |
| 2:04.1 | one minute at a time. Feeling a little nervous about how to make the Old Testament work and actually |
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