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Today we continue in our Christmas series called Jesus came to light up your life.

In these messages, Rick shares how Jesus came to Earth

to enlighten and transform us.

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Right now here's pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message called

Jesus came to light up your life.

You know, one of the things I love about Christmas season is all the lights it's just so amazing

Christmas lights up the world in the darkest season you know in the northern hemisphere in

December. You know we had our winter solstice

just two days ago a couple days ago on Tuesday which was the longest night of the

year in the shortest day and when everything gets darkest, all of the sudden the world lights up.

And I love this because first the lights come on in all of the stores,

then it comes on in all of the cities, and then all of the houses put up their lights last night the

Warren got theirs up we're a little behind but we got it up

Christmas lights up the world did you know that light is a major theme of the Bible? The Bible says

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