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You’ll hear one word more than any other during the holiday season.
I’d like to say that word is Jesus or Gospel or even gratefulness. But it’s not.
4 Things That Matter Most in Holiday Giving Campaigns
The most popular word, by far, is gift. Everyone wants to talk about gifts they’re giving or gifts they’re getting. It’s not just a national obsession. It’s a global one. We spend at least a month—and these days, likely two months—in a mad dash to find the right gifts.
Many people think that the idea of giving gifts at Christmas began with the wise men bringing their presents to the Baby Jesus. It does begin in the Bible, but it isn’t the wise men who gave the first Christmas gift
It was God himself.
The most famous verse in the Bible says it like this: “God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die” (John 3:16 CEV).
Jesus was the original Christmas gift. God loved us so much that he gave.
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Rick Warren: 4 Things That Matter Most in Holiday Giving Campaigns was originally published on praisecleveland.com
