Welcome to the Thankful Homemaker podcast, a podcast to be an encouragement and blessing to each other in the role God has called us to as women.

I'm so thankful you've 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 Farrell from Thankful

Homemaker, and I'm so glad to be with you today. We are heading into the holiday season as I record

this, and I know it's a busy time for us all,

just filled with lots of opportunities to serve. And I know for me that I can find it easy to serve,

but I'm not always doing it with a right heart. And I have this dear friend who stated it as

a prayer request so beautifully. She said it can be easy to serve

because I know I should, but I want it to be an outpouring of service motivated by love for God.

I so love that, and I too pray that my service would be an outpouring of my love for the Lord.

So we are on episode 166 today, and I titled this one,

The Beauty of Simple, Faithful Service, and it's a lesson from Acts 9. And I know it's been a little

bit since I've been with you, but I'm so glad to be back here. So thank you for listening in and

waiting patiently for me, friend.

So we're going to kind of take a look at Tabitha's example of faithful service from Acts 9 today.

And my time in the word, a while, now it's been a while back, but it had me in the book of Acts.

And as I was reading Acts chapter 9, verses 36 to 42, the story of Tabitha,

or she's also known as Dorcas, it really stood out to me. First off, because I have to share

the story, because every time I hear the name Dorcas, I'm reminded of this very beloved character

from the BBC show, Lark Rise to Candleford.

My husband and I both enjoyed it so much, and it might even be time for a rewatch.

But in the show, Dorcas was just this very warm and wise and generous character, and she had

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