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Andrew Wommack sat down with Robert and Elizabeth Muren\u2014the creators of the musical\u00a0The Heart of Christmas<\/em>\u2014and Jamie Wommack on the\u00a0Gospel Truth\u00a0<\/em>broadcast. The Murens\u2019 hearts are to provide a tool through their productions and books for capturing people\u2019s attention and showing them God\u2019s love. In this special interview, Andrew and the Murens discuss how they first met and their shared passion to spread the Gospel in a simple way.<\/p>\n\n

Andrew Wommack:<\/strong>\u00a0So, how did we connect? How did God put all of\u00a0
us together?<\/p>\n\n

Elizabeth Muren:<\/strong>\u00a0We had been missionaries in Israel for ten years. We were working with musicals, and we started working on a film when we started listening to you. You rocked our world, and we really got so inspired by your teachings. You\u2019d wonder why people can\u2019t stick to what the Bible says when they\u2019re telling stories from it, because the stories are so rich and well written. Why do they have to invent other things? So, I just thought,\u00a0Wow, it would be a great thing to have if you and your ministry could help us make sure that we really stick to the Truth and to the important message.\u00a0<\/em>So, that\u2019s how we contacted you. We met you and gave you our DVDs of what we\u2019ve\u00a0
done before.<\/p>\n\n

AW:<\/strong> I got your DVD of The Covenant<\/em>, which is a musical that Robert and Elizabeth put together when they were missionaries in Israel because they couldn\u2019t preach the Gospel. Well, there were restrictions on preaching the Gospel, so you used music to do it. And it was just so awesome! It was so powerful that I remember asking if you would come here to Woodland Park. This was in 2014.<\/p>\n\n

Robert Muren: <\/strong>Yeah, we came with our four kids, and we had thirty-five suitcases full of costumes with us. And we moved into a building here, and we spent two to three weeks of intense rehearsing with your people\u2014with the Charis Bible College students. And we set up the first performance of God with Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

AW: <\/strong>So, why don\u2019t you give a little bit of background. What is the storyline of the musical The Heart of Christmas<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n

EM:<\/strong> The Heart of Christmas<\/em> is the story of a woman called Ruth, and Jamie is Ruth\u2014a beautiful Ruth. And this woman lives in the year 2000, and she has this crazy family like most of us have. And she\u2019s trying to find a way of giving them the true heart of Christmas because they lost it along the way. So, she starts telling the story of her life. She takes the audience on a journey through time from 2000 to the \u201940s when Ruth was brought to America from Europe during World War II.<\/p>\n\n

Then she was adopted by an American mom and brought to America where we see her first Christmas and the first time she sees a Christmas tree. Her parents give her a gift. That gift is The Servant King<\/em> book. So, Ruth starts reading this story of the fourth wise man, and throughout the musical, we meet her when she\u2019s in her twenties, when she\u2019s in her forties, and when she\u2019s in her sixties. We see her family\u2019s life from Christmas to Christmas, and we see how this book impacts the family through the things they go through. So, yeah. It\u2019s a beautiful story.<\/p>\n\n

Check out the full interview here<\/a>. You can also purchase the Heart of Christmas Package, which includes the Servant King <\/em>book and the Heart of Christmas<\/em> DVD. Get your DVD online\u00a0today<\/a>, and start a new family tradition with this unforgettable story!<\/p>\n\n

Written by Aria Fischer<\/em><\/p>\n\n

For resources and products or to partner in the U.S., visit www.awmi.net<\/a><\/strong>; outside the U.S., visit www.awme.net<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Note: this interview has been edited for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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