Episode Christmas Changes Everything | Week 1
Beloved author and God Hears Her podcast host Elisa Morgan explores how God coming to earth as a human child transformed each of the biblical characters who experienced it firsthand. She reveals how the lessons of the first Christmas can change us today. We learn to say yes to God, accepting His design for our lives. We learn to rejoice, even when we don’t understand His ways. And we learn to hope expectantly, confident that He will fulfill all His promises to us. Let this Christmas change you!
Chapter 1
Every generation has its heroes—valiant soldiers, daring inventors, and medical geniuses. But the most influential event in history had at its center a teenage girl! In this chapter, you’ll hear how Christmas changed everything for Mary and how it changes everything for us.
Chapter 2
Imagine yourself in Joseph’s shoes. Your fiancée comes to you and says, “I’m pregnant.” How would you react? In this chapter, you’ll consider what made Joseph stay in his marriage with Mary instead of backing out.
Chapter 3
The angelic announcement of Christ’s birth is central to the Christmas story. But do you remember the other baby in the Christmas story whose birth was foretold by an angel? In this chapter, you’ll hear about a startled priest who was dumbstruck by another surprising birth announcement!
Chapter 4
That young Mary was pregnant—it was surely a miracle of that first Christmas. But . . . an old woman, past her child-bearing years, also being pregnant is an oft-forgotten Christmas miracle. In this chapter, you’ll hear how Christmas changed everything for Elizabeth and how Christmas still impacts us today!
Chapter 5
Most nativity scenes are pretty similar. There’s Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, of course, and perhaps a donkey, an angel, and a couple shepherds. In this chapter, you’ll take a closer look at the shepherds outside of Bethlehem who were among the first to hear about the birth of Christ.