Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

How many are ready for the Word of God? I just have a Christmas devotional thought today

from Hebrews 11 verse 3. It is not customarily seen as a Christmas scripture, but let's

look at the picture of Jesus Christ through this frame today. Hebrews 11 3, King James

version. You'll thought I was playing this holiday season, but I am not. King James

version, Hebrews 11 3, ready through faith. We understand that the worlds were framed by the

Word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Through faith,

we understand how many know there are some things you can only understand through faith.

Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God so that the things

which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Lord, I thank you that your word is

already blessed. Open our hearts to receive it now in Jesus name. Amen. You may be seated.

A couple of years ago, I took all three of the kids on a carriage ride downtown Trostin.

And I took them on the carriage ride because I'm a good, good father and Holly wanted to shop.

And also another reason I took them on a carriage ride is because I'm an idiot.

And because Abby begged me to, she was about five. Her big brothers told her, this is a bad idea.

You're not going to like it. It's going to be boring, but she insisted. We walk by this picture of a

carriage ride. She said, can we go about the tickets? I told the woman of God, I'm going to give you a

about an hour of shopping, childless shopping. And she said, oh, thank you, thank you,

men of God. She said, I receive it. In Jesus name, we got on the carriage ride within three minutes.

Abby had a full scale meltdown on the carriage ride. She was bored, she was restless, she was

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