prayer.

And as we finish singing and we're going to get into the teaching, what we want to do is just

take a little bit of time right now to give you some space to just rest.

We know Christmas is, there's a lot of hustle and bustle and there's food to be made and

presents to be wrapped and just a lot of movement.

And so just for a few minutes, maybe we would just sit here before the Lord and pray. made and presents to be wrapped and just a lot of movement.

And so just for a few minutes, maybe we would just sit here before the Lord and pray. And if you don't know how to pray, you simply just talk to Jesus, just talk to God.

And so just for a few minutes in your own little kind of space, spend a little time praying.

Thank you. own little kind of space, spend a little time praying. Thank you. I'm Father, God, we come before you this morning.

God, some of us on cloud nine from the greatest Christmas ever, and some of us just worn out from the worst

christmas we've ever experienced and we just come before you and just just ask that we'd rest in you

and god would you use your scripture to teach us and to encourage us and to edify us god may we hear from you from you, from your word. May we hear this morning

the message that you would have for us. God, may we be ready to receive the message of the

gospel. God, quiet our hearts and our souls and our minds and all the things that have happened

and all the things to be done. And and God just let us sit before you.

And we pray all this in your name. Amen. Amen. How's everybody's Christmas? Was it very merry?

All right. Five of you all had a good Christmas. So the rest of you all will be working through this. Hey, I had a really good Christmas. I love Christmas, Christmas for us. Christmas Eve always involves a trip to the Waffle House. If you're not at Waffle House on Christmas Eve, it's because you don't love Jesus. And so my house, we start at Waffle House

with Christmas Eve at Waffle House. And then on Christmas morning, my three and a half year old

woke up. And my one and a half year old has not slept in in about, you know, three years, you know.

She woke us up when she was in the womb. She just has never slept in. And on Christmas morning, my one and a half year old

slept in. I don't know that make any sense to me. But my three and a half year old gets up. She

runs into the living room, excited as can be. She sees this doll house that the elves told me

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