The Best Present Ever

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First published 2016 ISBN 978 1 78506 477 7

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Š Scripture Union 2016

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Printed and bound in India by Nutech Printing Services Written by Gemma Willis

Cover and internal design by Lisa Maltby

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But the best thing about Christmas is the...

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little presents...

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square presents, round presents, squidgy presents, noisy presents, quiet presents and smelly presents - they're all great!

But even the best presents get old.

They get broken, they get lost,

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they get worn out...

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But Christians believe there's

more to Christmas

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than just presents.

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Christians believe that Christmas is about

the best present ever

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- one that never breaks, never gets lost and never wears out.

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baby.

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God sent his only Son Jesus to be born on earth as a

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e s to be like th God sent Jesu r everyone nt fo perfect prese ould resent that w p ct e rf e p e th thing change every

for ever.

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Jesus came so that everyone would know that they were not alone. Jesus came to make a way for everyone to be friends with God. Jesus came so that everyone would know God loves them very much.

Christians believe that being friends with Jesus is

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the best thing ever!

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think? W hat

do you b elieve?

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What do you

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"God lov ed the p e much th at he ga ople of this wo r ve his o everyon nly Son, ld so e who h s o a s that faith in eternal him life and never re will have ally die."

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