One of the best things that you can do for your faith in 2026 is to make reading your Bible a regular habit.

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plan in today's show notes. Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your

life and the time it takes to get to work. I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

Today, all across the world, believers will gather together to celebrate the coming birth of Jesus.

For many, a Christmas Eve service has become a tradition, a holiday staple, a night filled with joyful songs and candlelight surrounded by family. Christmas is magical.

It brings warmth and light to a season that is often cold and dark. Candlelight, community,

joyful songs, these are all comforting and uplifting parts of the day. But as I read Isaiah 51,

I was reminded in the first three verses of the

key reason why Christmas is capable of bringing us true lasting joy, even more than songs and

candles and the warmth of a fire and the love of a family. In Luke 2, the angels declared, I bring you good news that will cause

great joy for all the people. Today, in the town of David, a savior has been born to you. He is the

Messiah, the Lord. Now, I'm guessing this isn't the first time this Christmas season that

you've heard these verses. The angels declaring to shepherds that Jesus has been born. They say it is

good news for all people. They say he's the Messiah. And when our modern ears hear that Jesus is

born, I'm sure that our minds are filled with

hundreds of things about him, the way he died for our sins, the way he became a baby to rescue

us from death that he rose from the dead so we could live with him again one day.

Isaiah 51 opens with this, listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord,

look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.

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