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✨ Show Notes — Episode 591: A Year of Flourishing: A Thanksgiving Prelude to 2026 ✨As 2025 comes to a close, this episode invites you to slow down, breathe, and say the words our hurried world forgets: “Thank You, Lord.” 🙏Last year we prayed for Flourishing in 2025—not worldly success, but the deep, Kingdom-rooted flourishing that comes only through Jesus Christ. 🌿✨ And now, at the year’s end, we declare it openly: God has been faithful.I share a personal testimony inspired by Mike Reid’s lyric, “I don’t have it all, but I got enough… ’cause I got a life I love.” ❤️ God has given my family a year of love, provision, and protection. But this episode is also for those who faced loss, illness, discouragement, or hardship in 2025. 🌧️💔 Even in shadowed valleys, God was near—quiet strength, timely encouragement, grace for one more step. 🌄🎯 CALL TO ACTION: Before January 1, get a sheet of paper and write numbers 1–10. Pray… then list ten things you’re grateful for from 2025—small or big—that reveal God’s faithful hand. ✍️✨ This simple practice will steady your heart and prepare your soul for a new year of grace.🌅 Because we don’t enter 2026 empty-handed— we carry our testimonies with us.Join me on New Year’s Day for a special Episode #1 of 2026! 🎉📅📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

🎄✨ Step back into the glow of classic Christmas America as we revisit the incredible real story behind It’s a Wonderful Life — the 1946 “flop” that became the most beloved Christmas movie of all time. 🌟📺Discover how three legendary directors took a bold stand for creative freedom, only to see their dream collapse… and how a simple clerical mistake decades later turned George Bailey, Clarence the angel, and the town of Bedford Falls into an annual Christmas tradition. 🎬❄️🔔In this episode, you’ll remember why this film still moves us: because its world was shaped by a culture that still prayed, still sang carols, still helped neighbors, and still knew whose birthday Christmas celebrates. 🙏🎶👶✨As you watch George run through the snow shouting “Merry Christmas!” you’re not just watching a movie — you’re remembering a time when Christmas pointed clearly to Christ. And maybe… you’re feeling Heaven get just a little closer. ❤️❄️So plug in the lights, warm up the cocoa, and gather the family. This Christmas, let Bedford Falls remind you of the wonder, hope, and Light that came into the world named Jesus. 🌟🎁👑 🎄✨Side note: Paramount ultimately regained control of "Its A Wonderful Life". Its along and complex story...just beware- YOU CAN NOT USE ANY PART OF THE MOVIE without Paramount consent. Companies who made copies of the movie before Paramount regained control can sell remaining stock.📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

🎄✨ Four hundred years of silence ended with a newborn’s cry. Today’s episode reflects on Luke 2:7 and John 1:14 — the Word became flesh, and heaven’s silence broke. 🕊️💛Imagine Jesus the Messiah, God in the flesh stepping into your life, your chaos, your struggles, just as He stepped into the stable. Vulnerable, yet divine. Silent, yet powerful. This cry is more than history; it’s your invitation to receive peace, hope, and presence today. 🌟Take five minutes. Close your eyes, breathe, and let the wonder of His first cry fill your heart. 🎁✨ Jesus came for you — and that’s the best gift of all.#FirstCryOfChristmas #Immanuel #John114 #Luke27 #PeaceOnEarth #WondersOfChristmas #HopeInJesus📱 Connect with Us:💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 ResourcesCharles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source)The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

Christmas Day episode 2025 will be available Wednesday, December 24! In order to get the podcast video rendered the audio track has to go live to release the transcript to our audio visualizer. So, the next episode will load on schedule Monday, December 30, at 6am central time! The episode will be a reflection on the year of flourishing, 2025!

💛✨ Feeling alone? Overwhelmed? Today’s episode explores the two powerful names of Christmas: Jesus (Yahweh saves) and Immanuel (God with us) — Matthew 1:21,23. 🌟Every fear, every shadow, every lonely moment meets these names. Jesus rescues you. Immanuel assures you that God is right here, in the trenches, with you. 🕊️🎄Take a few minutes. Let the wonder of His names sink in. Speak them aloud or quietly to yourself. Allow God’s presence to flood your heart and bring peace that surpasses understanding. 💫✨#JesusImmanuel #GodWithUs #ChristmasNames #Matthew12123 #WondersOfChristmas #PeacefulHeart📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

🎄✨ Feeling weary, anxious, or weighed down? Christmas is more than a story — it’s good news of great joy for YOU (Luke 2:10)! 🕊️💛The angels’ announcement to shepherds still speaks today: hope has arrived, joy is possible, and peace can fill your heart. 🌟🎁 Jesus came not just to be admired from afar, but to enter your life personally — to meet you in your struggles, lift your burdens, and give you a hope that lasts forever.If you haven’t yet received Him, Christmas invites you to open your heart to Jesus. By faith, you can accept His gift of eternal life — the ultimate joy, the deepest peace, and the most enduring hope you’ll ever know. 🎁💫Take five minutes to pause, breathe, and let the wonder of Christmas settle into your soul. You don’t need perfection, applause, or recognition — only a heart willing to receive Him. Today, hope has come, joy is yours, and the Savior of the world is near. 💛🕊️#ChristmasJoy #HopeHasCome #Luke210 #JesusIsHere #WondersOfChristmas #PeaceInJesus #GoodNewsForYou📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

⏳✨ Feeling like God is late? Christmas reminds us that He’s never early, never late — always perfect in timing! In today’s episode, we explore Galatians 4:4–5 and the wonder of divine timing. 🌟 Jesus came at the exact moment the world needed Him — no sooner, no later.Life can feel heavy with waiting, deadlines missed, prayers unanswered… yet Christmas whispers peace: God’s clock is precise. 🕊️ You may be in a season of uncertainty, but your breakthrough, your hope, your joy — all come in God’s perfect fullness of time.Take five minutes with this reflection, breathe, and allow the wonder of His timing to restore your heart. 🎄💛#DivineTiming #ChristmasHope #Galatians445 #PeacefulWaiting #TrustGod #WondersOfChristmas📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

🎄✨ Christmas is more than a sweet story — it’s the moment God Himself stepped into your world to champion your cause (Lamentations 3:58, CSB). ⚖️💛 The baby in the manger grew into the Savior who took your guilt, carried your shame, and won the case you could never win.Nothing in history — not Herod, not Rome, not the powers of darkness — could stop the mission behind Christ’s birth. And nothing in your present can overturn what Jesus accomplished for you. Your cause isn’t fragile, temporary, or under review… it’s finished, final, and forever. 🔒🌟Christmas means you will never wake up in eternity to find yourself cast out, dislodged, or overturned. Heaven is secure because Jesus is faithful. 🕊️💫#ChristmasHope #CauseWonForever #Lamentations358 #JesusCameForYou #WondersOfChristmas #UnshakeableGrace📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

🎄 The Wonders of Christmas Series — Episode 3 🎄In this episode, we pull back the curtain on something breathtaking: Christmas isn’t just the beginning of the story—it’s God declaring the end from the beginning. ✨Spurgeon’s reflection on Lamentations 3:58 reminds us that Christmas is courtroom language: the moment when the Judge steps down from the bench and becomes your Advocate. 👑⚖️ The manger points straight to the cross, the empty tomb, and the full settlement of your case before the trial ever begins. ✔️This episode will help you see Christmas as strategic, intentional, and fiercely personal. Jesus came as your Substitute, your Lamb, your Defender, your Peace. 🌟 Your verdict? Redeemed. Secure. Forever. 🙌And in the Addendum, we bring needed clarity: this hope becomes yours only by grace through faith in Christ. The gift is paid for—🎁—but each person must receive it. If you don’t yet know Jesus, this episode offers a gentle, hopeful invitation to call on Him today. If you already belong to Him, prepare for your joy to deepen as Christmas draws near. ❤️✨Merry Christmas, dear friend. May your Advocate fill your heart with peace and wonder. 🎁🕯️📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page  📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... "  ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City   Transform This City Facebook  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org  🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.