Special Christmas edition, 21st December 2016

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Dear Friend,

Thank you for your interest in this ministry during 2016, and being part of the blessed ones who open our newsletters when they come your way! We deeply appreciate your love and prayers. A good number of you we know personally and others we have emailed back and forth and count you as our friends too. Its been a long year and much has happened, but we just keep on making God's Word and especially the Pauline revelation simple for you to understand and put into practice in your life. So again, thanks for being there in 2016!
We also want to thank you for visiting the website and your words of encouragement and thankfulness for the teachings there -- articles, audio, and video.

We rejoice with you at this time of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus!

In the New Year a complete makeover of the website will go live, modernizing it and making it more accessible to viewers using mobile phones -- now the majority of all our visitors. Peter Wade has maintained the website now for 21 years and will step further into the background as the ministry continues in the safe hands of the board of Positive Words Incorporated in Oregon USA, and its current dedicated president, Mike Sommer, who is doing an excellent job of leadership.
All the board members hold Peter & Vivien in high regard, and Peter will continue to contribute teachings, and revised and new books are already in the pipeline for the New Year. He wants to slow down some yet do what he does best -- teach God's joyful Word.
[Please note: We will be closing P.O. Box 115, Seaford SA, Australia in March 2017.]

Fear not, ... Behold... a Savior!

On our website for the past week or so we have featured an article on the four usages of the words "Fear Not" in the Christmas story. You can read the full article here (or after the site makeover here). I just want to give you the outline chronologically...

Fear Not! God answers prayer -- Luke 1:12-14 [Moffatt]

" Zechariah saw him [the angel] he was troubled, and fear fell on him; but the angel said to him, 'Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John. It will be joy and gladness for you, and many will rejoice over his birth...'"

Fear Not! God loves you dearly -- Luke 1:30 [Phillips]

"Fear Not, Mary; God loves you dearly" (Luke 1:30 Phillips).

Fear Not! God will guide you -- Matthew 1:19-21 [ESV]

"And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, [Fear Not!] do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins...'"

Fear Not! God has provided for you -- Luke 2:10-11 [ESV]

"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. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

Have a blessed Christmas season!