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. Follow along with notes on the YouVersion app: http://bible.com/events/49177107 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 07:37 - We are picked 13:38 - We were purchased 31:44 - We are pruned CONNECT WITH US: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://gway.ch/YTSUB Talk with Us: Text 'ONLINE' to 71010 Request Prayer: https://gway.ch/YTPrayer Join our Online Community: https://gway.ch/YTONLFB FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gatewaypeople/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GatewayPeople Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gatewaypeople TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gatewaypeople MORE CHANNELS: Gateway Worship: https://gway.ch/YTGWWorship Gateway Students: https://gway.ch/YTGWS ABOUT GATEWAY CHURCH: Gateway Church is a Bible-based, evangelistic, Spirit-empowered church . Today we meet as one church in many locations with more than 100,000 people attending each weekend. At Gateway, we’re all about people. We’re all about people because God is all about people. One of the ways we express our love for Him is through our love for people, and we do this by helping people who come to Gateway grow in their relationship with the Lord.