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🎄 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.

✨ The Wonders of Christmas Series #2In this episode, we explore It’s a Wonderful Life through the quiet power of the woman who holds the story together—Mary Bailey—and the real-life grace of the woman who played her, Donna Reed. 🌟While George Bailey faces the crisis, Mary is the steady heart of the film. Her strength, humility, and quiet resolve embody a kind of goodness our fractured world still longs for. ❤️The surprising truth? Donna Reed lived much the same way. Raised in a devout Methodist home, her deep but private faith shaped her kindness, professionalism, and the way she treated everyone on set. 🙏In an industry built on ego, she chose integrity—becoming a “letter of Christ” written on the hearts of those who knew her (2 Corinthians 3:2–3). ✍️✨Today, in a culture that often feels blown apart, we reflect on how ordinary Christian character can still anchor a community, a family, a workplace—just as Mary Bailey did for Bedford Falls. 🕯️Be encouraged: even when the odds feel slim, you can be a quiet difference-maker right where you are. 🌲💛📱 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.

🎄✨ 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.

📝 This Thanksgiving, we’re stepping into one of the most astonishing moments of God’s providence in early American history. 🍂✨The Pilgrims were grieving a brutal winter, weakened, hungry, and unprepared for a land they didn’t know. Yet God was already arranging provision they couldn’t see. 🙏🌅That provision arrived through a Native American man named Squanto—a man who endured kidnapping, enslavement, forced travel across oceans, and the devastating loss of his entire tribe. 💔⛓️🌍History doesn’t record his motives. But it does record his actions: Squanto stepped toward the Pilgrims with generosity, teaching them how to grow food, fish, and survive. His kindness helped an entire community endure. 🌽🐟🤝This episode reflects on how Squanto’s service stands in contrast to the bitterness his suffering could have produced. And it challenges us—those who follow Jesus—to choose gratitude over bitterness in our own storms. ✨🕊️Romans 8:28 and 1 Thessalonians 5:18 aren’t just verses; they’re invitations to trust God’s providential care even through the hardest chapters. 📖🔥Today, friend, let Squanto’s example and God’s providence lift your eyes:👉 Choose gratitude over bitterness.👉 Choose mercy over withdrawal.👉 Choose trust over cynicism.Happy Thanksgiving. Go love someone with open hands today. 🧡🤲🍂📱 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.

Get ready for Thanksgiving 2025's Thursday episode: “Choose Gratitude Over Bitterness.” 🌽🕊️⏰ Even brief, this reflection shows how gratitude 🙏💛 can rise above bitterness 😔➡️😊, and how God’s providential care 🌿✨ works through history 📜⏳ and human hearts ❤️🕊️ to preserve life 🌎 and faith ✝️.✨🙏 Start Thursday’s busy day with a heart prepared to fully celebrate the grace of God He has extended to you in 2025! 🦃💛🎉📖🙌

⛵️ Thanksgiving week is here, friend — and today’s episode takes you back to a night in 1620 when the Mayflower almost turned back. A cracked beam… a raging storm… sickness… fear… and a group of believers choosing gratitude anyway. 🙏💨⚓️In the middle of the chaos, William Brewster opened Psalm 107:23–31 and reminded everyone that the God who stirred the waves was the same God who stills them. 🌊➡️🤫They weren’t thankful for the storm — but they were thankful in it. That same posture shows up in Colossians 2:6–7: being rooted in Christ and overflowing with gratitude. 🌿💛A repaired beam held. 🌊 And 102 weary passengers pressed forward toward a new life of worship and hope.Today’s episode invites you to stop, breathe, and look up. Whatever storm is shaking your little boat, Jesus is already in it — steady, faithful, unchanging. ✝️✨Let your “thank You” rise before the answer ever arrives. 🕊️🙌📱 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.

Sunday PSA / Teaser: “When the Beam Cracked”Hey friend, happy Thanksgiving week! 🍂✨Step back to September 1620. The Mayflower has been at sea for weeks. The passengers are sick. Supplies are low. And during a violent North Atlantic storm, one of the main support beams cracks.In that moment of fear and tension, William Brewster read Psalm 107:23–31, and the passengers chose gratitude—not because life was easy, but because God was with them in the storm.Colossians 2:6–7 reminds us to be rooted, built up, and overflowing with gratitude, even before answers arrive.Take five minutes to hear this story and let your heart be encouraged to choose gratitude in your own life today. 🙏💛🎧 Full episode drops Monday at 6 AM Central on gwot.rocks.

Show Notes 🗒️⚡✝️Main VerseA midnight power outage taught me: wrong plug = no vision, systems crash. ⚡Proverbs 29:18 (CSB): “Without revelation people run wild, but one who follows divine instruction will be happy.” 👀📖 This “people” = God’s covenant family (Israel then, church now). When we ditch God’s prophetic word for celebrity pastor “vision,” restraints collapse—idolatry, scandals, chaos.In today’s storm (anxiety epidemics, attendance freefall, 2024-25 pastor moral failures), we must unplug from men & plug our minds into Jesus alone—Hebrews 12:2, the pioneer & perfecter of our faith.True vision & power come only from Him. Fix your eyes, reroute your cords. ✝️🔌Key VerseHebrews 12:2 (CSB): “…keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…” ⚓❤️Quick Stats Mentioned50M+ U.S. adults with anxiety disordersMassive post-COVID church attendance dropWave of high-profile pastoral moral failures (2024–2025)Challenge this week 🔌Audit your “power cords”: Where are you getting your spiritual vision? Reroute anything that isn’t Jesus.Drop a ⚡ in the comments if God spoke to you through this one. Share with someone running on empty. See you next time — stay plugged into the Real Power. ✝️🔥#TrueVision #JesusIsTheSource #UnpluggedFromMan #SpiritualStorm #FixYourEyesOnJesus📱 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.

📖 **Key Verse (CSB):**  > “During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.” – Luke 6:12  🔥 **Spurgeon Reworked:**  - 🏔️ He hit the mountain. Solo.  - 🙏 All night. No quick vibe check.  - 🤫 Silence. Full lock-in.  - 😡 After Pharisees came for Him.  - 🚫 No comeback. Just climbed.  - 🌌 Alone. Prayed. Nonstop.  - 🌅 Dawn: Named the Twelve.  - 💪 Mission on. Enterprise live.  🚪 **So What?**  Prayer = **gate** to His enterprise.  Not a side quest. The main drop.  Solitude → Authority → Action.  🌑 **Big Picture:**  World slept. Darkness flexed.  One Man, one night, one prayer—**broke the dark**.  No post. No noise. Heaven heard. History flipped.  🔇 Silence > noise.  🌠 Aloneness echoes forever.  💡 **Your Call:**  - 🧎‍♂️ Slip away. No clout needed.  - 🌙 Pray like it’s war—cuz it is.  - 🚀 Step through. Launch *your* mission.  🔥 **Go dark. Win loud.**  🔇#SilenceLouder #PrayLikeChrist  #SpiritualWarfare  📱 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.