I am so glad you're joining me again today for the morning mindset as we are in the middle

of our Advent preparation and season. We're on Advent Day number 6. We'll be looking

at John chapter 1 verses 6 through 9 and we're going to be talking about the theme that

all may believe. That's coming directly from the passage of Scripture we'll be looking

at today. Before we get started though, I want to thank some individuals for becoming

partners with the morning mindset. These are people who financially support us and

help us to continue getting the word out. I want to thank Katie and Melissa and Nicole

and Janet and Sue Ling and Mitchell. These are the most recent morning mindset partners

who have joined us. If you would like more information about how you can help support

the work of the morning mindset, you can go to carrygreen.com slash partners. And there

you'll see a quick video from me explaining how the partnership works. And you'll also

receive some thank you gifts, including a private podcast that members only partners

only are receiving. Thank you so much for your support. I'm excited that you're part

of the morning mindset family. Okay, today as we dive into John chapter 1 verses 6 through

9, we're going to be reading about the time leading up to the birth of Jesus. And the

way John tells the story is to introduce another man named John, who is known as John

the Baptist. He says in verse 6 of John chapter 1, there was a man sent from God, whose name

was John. He came as a witness to bear witness about the light that all might believe through

him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light, the true light,

which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. Now in yesterday's episode, we

talked about how Jesus is that light that shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot

overcome the light that he shines. Well, John's taking a step back here today to explain

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