Merry Christmas, and welcome to Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul Shepard.

It's been said the best picture God ever took is Jesus.

And as we celebrate his birth today on Destin for Victory,

we want to take an in-depth look at that picture

and learn how we, with God's help, can start looking more like it.

But before we kick off, I'd like to share just a part of a conversation I had with Pastor Paul

about our responsibility to share the hope of this wonderful day with those around us.

Well, I think it's really important that we who are followers of Christ allow ourselves to be bold as we share with the world.

Jesus is the reason for the season. I know that many people practice many faiths in our

society, and it is not our job to hate others or the faith they practice. It is our job, though,

to love the Lord and to realize that he is the reason why we have Christmas.

You can't even say the word without Christ.

And so we need to boldly proclaim this season is not just a quote unquote holiday season.

This is a season where we celebrate who Jesus is, why he came, and what he did

for us on the cross and through the resurrection. So let this season be a season of proclamation,

as the song said, go tell it on the mountain over the hills and everywhere that Jesus Christ is born.

And as you walk that out in your life, I think we can be a great testimony and a witness to Jesus

Christ throughout the world.

When you look at Jesus, you see how God thinks about you.

And what did Jesus do?

He healed the sick.

He raised the dead.

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