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Fear Not | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | December 20, 2021

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to today's encouragement from the Our Daily Bread Devotional.

0:10.0

Our reading titled, Fear Not, was written by Anne Cetus.

0:15.2

Linus, in the Peanuts comic strip, is best known for his blue security blanket.

0:20.0

He carries it everywhere and isn't embarrassed at needing it for comfort.

0:24.6

His sister Lucy especially dislikes the blanket and often tries to get rid of it.

0:30.6

She buries it, makes it into a kite, and uses it for a science fair project.

0:35.6

Linus too knows he should be less dependent on his blanket and lets it go a science fair project. Linus, too, knows he should be less dependent on his blanket

0:39.3

and lets it go from time to time, always to take it back.

0:44.4

In the movie, a Charlie Brown Christmas,

0:47.2

when a frustrated Charlie Brown asks,

0:49.9

isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?

0:53.9

Linus, with his security blanket in hand,

0:57.2

steps center stage and quotes Luke 2, 8 through 14.

1:02.0

In the middle of his recitation, he says,

1:05.2

Fear not. He drops his blanket, the thing he clung to when afraid.

1:11.6

What is it about Christmas that reminds us we don't need to fear?

1:16.4

The angels that appeared to the shepherds said,

1:19.6

Do not be afraid. A Savior has been born to you.

1:24.3

Matthew Chapter 1 declares that Jesus is God with us.

1:29.3

We have His very presence through His Holy Spirit, the true comforter,

1:34.2

so we don't need to fear.

1:36.5

We can let go of our security blankets and trust in Him.

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