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We invite you to join us in sharing in the true celebration of Christmas, Jesus\u2019 birth. #JesusIsTheReasonForTheSeason \nListen in as we read from the book of Luke.\n\nFrom our home to yours, Merry Christmas. We pray you have a wonderfully blessed Christmas!! \n\nLuke 1:26-38 - The Birth of Jesus Foretold\n26In the sixth month of Elizabeth\u2019s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin\u2019s name was Mary. 28The angel went to her and said, \u201cGreetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.\u201d\n29Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30But the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over Jacob\u2019s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.\u201d\n34\u201cHow will this be,\u201d Mary asked the angel, \u201csince I am a virgin?\u201d\n35The angel answered, \u201cThe Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37For no word from God will ever fail.\u201d\n38\u201cI am the Lord\u2019s servant,\u201d Mary answered. \u201cMay your word to me be fulfilled.\u201d Then the angel left her.\n\nLuke 2 - The Birth of Jesus\n1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to their own town to register.\n4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.\n8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them, \u201cDo not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.\u201d\n13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,\n14\u201cGlory to God in the highest heaven,\nand on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.\u201d\n15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, \u201cLet\u2019s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.\u201d\n16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.\n******\nTo learn more about our ministry visit www.fearlessfeatures.org