Jul 9, 2026 · 5 min · 4 segments
In this Episode we give a free gift to the weary of them being able to call Jesus their Lord and Savior
Rick PlunkettHost
Maybe you're surrounded by lights and music, but inside you feel tired, lonely, grieving, anxious, or overwhelmed.
Maybe this season will remind you of what you've lost and what you wish your life looked like.
Holidays can be joyful, but they can also magnify pain, empty chairs at the table, financial stress, broken relationships, unanswered prayers.
We're often told to form happiness during this season, even when our hearts are heavy, but God never asks us to fake it.
Psalms 34:18 says, "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." This time of year, everything feels transactional.
The reason this gift matters so much is because we're all carrying something, sin, guilt, shame, regret, fear.
That emptiness you feel during the holidays, it might be your soul longing for the one who created you.
John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." Again, John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." Jesus stepped into our broken world.
Ephesians 2:8 and 9 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves.
Maybe you're surrounded by lights and music, but inside you feel tired, lonely, grieving, anxious, or overwhelmed.
Maybe this season will remind you of what you've lost and what you wish your life looked like.
Holidays can be joyful, but they can also magnify pain, empty chairs at the table, financial stress, broken relationships, unanswered prayers.
We're often told to form happiness during this season, even when our hearts are heavy, but God never asks us to fake it.
Psalms 34:18 says, "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." This time of year, everything feels transactional.
The reason this gift matters so much is because we're all carrying something, sin, guilt, shame, regret, fear.
That emptiness you feel during the holidays, it might be your soul longing for the one who created you.
John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." Again, John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." Jesus stepped into our broken world.
Ephesians 2:8 and 9 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves.
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