Object: a doll with a pull string that makes her talk.

Merry Christmas to all of my Christian friends. The Christ Child is born and we are all filled with joy over his coming. I want you to know that the birth of Jesus was no surprise to God, nor was it any accident that he was born here on earth. Jesus came as the result of a plan that God made and kept. Jesus came because God wanted him to be our Savior.

How many of you know what I mean when I tell you that God kept his promise? What does it mean to keep a promise? [Wait for the replies.] That means that God did what he told us that he would do. He said that one day, when it was just the right time, he would send his Son into the world. The time was God's time.

Let me show you what I…