Amen and amen.

I'm doing church. Hope you well.

You look great. Merry Christmas.

If you got your Bibles, head to Matthew chapter 18.

I know that's not a typical Christmas passage, but we'll get there in just a second.

This is the third week of a four-week teaching series on how to Christmas, because I want you to have your best Christmas ever.

And so week one, we talked about no dumb spending.

We're going to spend wisely, not going to go into debt, that kind of stuff.

And not only did we celebrate the culmination of the one initiative, but we've also,

since that weekend, you have sponsored 1,600 plus kids with Compassion International.

Way to go.

And that number keeps growing because of our online audience, and some people are a few weeks

behind.

And so every week, actually every day, more kids are getting sponsored.

So way to go.

And last week we talked about busyness and rest.

What would it look like for you to get in rhythm with the way God created you to rest?

And not slow down, but one day a week, stop and reconnect with him. And today we're going to talk

about forgiveness. You know why we're going to talk about forgiveness? How many people got family

coming into town? This is why. And you have a jacked up family. You do. Your family, and I know this.

I know this. I've seen your Facebook and I too have a jacked up family. And this is why we need

to talk about forgiveness because you are going to be around family and friends and people that you

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