Well, we are so glad all across our church that you would take some time out of your holiday

plans and all the things going on to worship with us.

Thank you for being here.

It's a joy.

And I love seeing the defiant hope, the light that shines in the darkness,

and that the darkness can't overcome it.

And all the feels, all the things, everything we bring to these moments we don't have to put a nice

face on hard things we don't have to pretend like we're not hurting you know you can

just come to God as you are.

One of my favorite things about him is the fact that he became fully human like we are

and was tempted in all points without sin.

And so we can just come to him

and he knows exactly what we're feeling,

and it's a great joy.

If you have a copy of the scriptures,

I want to sort of center our hearts this Christmas to catalyze our Christmas

worship and affection from Isaiah chapter 35. So if you have a way to get there in your

Bible or the U-version app on your phone, Isaiah 35, if you would say, Levi, A, don't have a Bible

or know what a U-version is, and if B, I did have either of those things, I would not know

how to find in Isaiah 35 if my life

depended on it. I'll say to you we have the verses to put up on the screen for you but

we're just glad that you're here especially if you don't know where Isaiah

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