Hello, friends. Are you feeling overwhelmed by today's worries? Do you feel anxiety day-to-day?

In an ever-changing world, finding peace can be a challenge. I'm excited to tell you that there is hope.

And you can count on God. I've written daily readings centered around select scriptures that invite you to lean into God's

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you can always count on God. Access more. Hello, friend. This is Max Lakato. Thanks for tuning in.

It's an honor to be with you.

As we study God's word together,

may our time uplift and encourage you.

If you could use some hope,

I pray you find it here today.

Thank you. it here today. Merry Christmas. Before we get into today's episode, let me share a couple of updates first.

We won't have an encouraging Word podcast episode next week.

Like many of you, our team has taken a break, a holiday break before we come back in January.

But I do hope you'll be joining me again in the new year.

We're going to be studying some of the big ideas of the Bible.

What a great time to tune in. And I'm so excited about another

project launching in January. I'm super excited about this. It's a new series on my YouTube

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