Welcome to the Thankful Homemaker Podcast, a podcast to be an encouragement and blessing

to each other and the role God has called us to as women.

I'm so thankful you stopped by, so grab yourself a coffee or tea and sit with me a bit

as we talk about how God's Word impacts every area of our lives as Christian women.

Hello friend, I'm Marcy Ferrell from Thankful Homemaker, and I'm so grateful to get

time with you today.

We are nearing Christmas, and I want to share with you a message that I shared at a lady's

tea last week, and it was at the church where my daughter and her family attend.

The theme was fear not.

It's a text that I know we all need reminding of, and I'm focusing and on it with you today.

It's on Luke 210, so we are on episode 134, and I've simply titled this episode fear not.

And just a note, if you'd like a little bit of encouragement in keeping your Christmas

Christ centered, I have several podcasts and posts, and I'll link to them in the show

notes.

But probably my favorite one that I really listen to is serving or it's called choosing

a Maryheart and a Martha season.

It's only seven minutes long, but it really helps to keep my focus on the main thing this

Christmas season of Jesus, so I will link to that in the show notes.

So I want to take us back a little bit further, and even though our focus is on Luke 210,

which reads, and the angel said to them, fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of

great joy that will be for all the people.

I want to read from the beginning of Luke 2, starting in verse 1, all the way to

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