You, Me, and the Christmas Tree

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Gateway Church

Gateway Worship, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Gatewaypeople, Gateway Church, Dfw Church, Gateway Conference., Gateway Women

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🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This weekend Max Lucado shares a special Christmas message, reminding the Gateway family that much like we decorate a Christmas tree, God spends intentional time choosing us, preparing us, and decorating us in His beauty.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast.
0:02.4	Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.
0:09.7	Well, I've been saving a Christmas joke for you.
0:14.0	Stop me if you've heard it.
0:18.0	No, don't stop me.
0:20.0	If you've heard it.
0:21.0	This father who lived in Miami called his son who lived in New York City
0:27.4	just a few days before Christmas. Said son I know it's a bad time for me to give you this news, but after 45 years,
0:36.4	your mom and I, we're done with each other.
0:39.8	We're splitting up.
0:41.8	The son said, oh, dad, you can't do that. You can't do that not after
0:46.2	45 years and not in December. Let me call sister. So brother who lived in New York called sister who lived in Los Angeles
0:55.2	said sister you're not going to believe it mom and dad are splitting up. She
0:59.9	said they will not. So she called dad in Miami from Los Angeles and said dad
1:05.5	brother just told me what you're saying you just hold on don't you do a thing
1:10.5	till we get there we're both getting on planes tomorrow. We'll be there tomorrow
1:15.4	night. The dad hung up and he turned to his wife and said, it worked. And they're paying their own way. Well, it's that time of year, isn't it when Christmas trees are being pondered? Maybe you already have one, maybe you've not started looking for
1:49.2	one or maybe you just remembered, am I supposed to get a tree?
1:53.5	Whatever.
1:54.6	Families are entering the tents or patrolling the sidewalks.
1:59.6	They're lifting the limbs.
2:02.4	They're examining the needles. You know what they're looking for?
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