In this reflective episode, Danielle and Chris celebrate the Christmas season while looking back on the year 2024 and ahead to 2025. They discuss the importance of surrounding oneself with like-minded individuals during times of important transition, share highlights from their podcast, and reflect on significant legislative wins and challenges in Louisiana and nationally. The conversation also touches on the impact of recent elections and the goals for the upcoming year, emphasizing the need for accountability and active engagement. SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY: Luke 1:39-56 TPT ACTION & INFO FROM TODAY'S EPISODE: Have a Merry Christmas!Subscribe and turn on notifications for The State of FreedomOn Rumble: TSOFPodcastOn X: @freedomstateus Donate to keep The State of Freedom going! Give here. SUPPORT US & GET CONNECTED: Want to support The State of Freedom? Remember to Subscribe, Like, and keep Sharing the State of Freedom podcast – it helps! Follow us on Rumble and X. Support the show with a financial gift if you are able: https://www.freedomstate.us/support-the-show. Planning to purchase a Starlink device? Help out TSOF by ordering your Starlink satellite through our referral link & we'll both get one month of service for free! https://www.starlink.com/residential?referral=RC-2291754-20667-66 Order General Flynn's movie - Flynn - Deliver the Truth. Whatever the Cost. Click here: https://www.flynnmovie.com/tsofpodcast or visit www.freedomstate.us. If you'd like to advertise with the show, send an email to info@freedomstate.us and make the subject line TSOF Advertising. Want to help LACAG's efforts? Sign up for the action center and stay updated: https://www.lacag.org/action-center Join LACAG and help bring Louisiana out of the swamp: https://www.lacag.org/give Get in touch with our sponsors: For more information on investing in precious metals at the best prices on the market, email danielle@freedomstate.us. Put Metal Stacks in the subject line. To get involved with Moms for Liberty, send them an email: moms4libertybatonrouge@gmail.com. Let them know you heard about their work on The State of Freedom. CREDITS: Music by MarkJuly from Pixabay Sound effects by Pixabay Ad music by Top-Flow, AudioCoffee & penguinmusic on Pixabay TRANSCRIPT: Danielle WALKER (00:42) Christmas everybody. We are here this morning, well this afternoon wrapping up the last episode of the year. We'll be reflecting on 2024 and looking ahead to what 2025 has in store. But first, let's focus on the reason we're celebrating this time of year, the birth our Lord and Savior, King Jesus. The scripture today is one that should probably be familiar to most of you. It is Luke chapter 1 verses 39 through 55 and this we're picking up a story where Mary had just learned that she's going to be giving birth to the Messiah Jesus and she went away to stay with her elderly aunt Elizabeth and her uncle Zachariah and finds that Elizabeth is pregnant as well. All right. Afterward, Mary arose and hurried off to the hill country of Judea to the village where Zachariah and Elizabeth lived. Arriving at their home, Mary entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the moment she heard Mary's voice, the baby within Elizabeth's womb jumped and kicked. And suddenly Elizabeth was was filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit. With a loud voice, she prophesied with power. Mary, you are a woman given the highest favor and privilege above all others, for your child is destined to bring God great delight. How did I deserve such a remarkable honor to have the mother of my Lord come and visit me? The moment you came in the door and greeted me, my baby danced inside me with ecstatic joy. Great favor is upon you, for you have believed every word spoken to you from the Lord. And Mary sang this song, Mighty power flows from him to scatter all those who walk in pride. Proudful princes he tears from their thrones, and he lifts up the lowly to take their place. Those who hunger for him will always be filled, but the smug and self-satisfied he will send away empty, because he can never forget to show mercy. He has helped his chosen servant Israel, keeping his promises to Abraham and to his descendants forever. And before going home, Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. And what hit me this morning when I was reading this is that Elizabeth and Mary understood the season that they were in. They were both women who loved God and made themselves available to him to be part of the miracle of salvation that he was bringing to earth. And in this passage, they're both filled with wonder and expectation for what the Lord would do through the ones he was birthing through them. John. and John the Baptist and Jesus. Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist, as we know, the one who prepared the way of the Lord Jesus, who married birth. And it's also interesting to me that the Lord drew these two women who were both living with a sense...
