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Speaker 1: The very first Christmas carol is what we call the Magnificat.
Speaker 1: This is a song song by Mary. And this series
Speaker 1: on the Promiseful Field, we're gonna talk about the four
Speaker 1: songs of Christmas, the four Christmas carols that we see
Speaker 1: in the Gospels, namely Mary's Song, kay Zachariah Song, sing Song,
Speaker 1: and the Angel's Song. So we will take a look
Speaker 1: at this four songs for the next four weeks, but
Speaker 1: for tonight we will discuss the Magnificat sung by Mary
Speaker 1: or Mary's song. Open your Bibles to the Gospel of
Speaker 1: Luke chapter one, verses forty six to fifty five. Verse
Speaker 1: forty six's and Mary said, my soul magnifies the Lord.
Speaker 1: That word magnify means magnificat in the Latin, and my
Speaker 1: spirit rejoices in God, my savior, for he has looked
Speaker 1: on the humble state of his servant. For behold, and
Speaker 1: from now on all generations will call me blessed, for
Speaker 1: he who is mighty, has done great things for me,
Speaker 1: And holy is his name. His mercy is for those
Speaker 1: who fear him, from generation to generation. He has shown
Speaker 1: strength in his arms, and he has catered the proud
Speaker 1: and the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down
Speaker 1: the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble state.
Speaker 1: He has filled the hungry with good things, and the
Speaker 1: rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his
Speaker 1: servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke
Speaker 1: to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.
Speaker 1: Just very briefly so that you will understand why Mary
Speaker 1: sung this song. It's a very beautiful song. The Bangandana
Speaker 1: Christmas Carol, Okay, this is a song of Mary, and
Speaker 1: I'll give you the background why this is so important.
Speaker 1: Heard singing the song. Remember when the Gospel of Luke opens,
Speaker 1: there was four hundred silent years intertestamental. We came from
Speaker 1: that series last month right or weeks by on four
Speaker 1: weeks Malachi four weeks. Right in between Malachi and the
Speaker 1: Gospels four hundred years where God was silent. God did
Speaker 1: not speak anything, but God was doing something in the
Speaker 1: background and the moment. The Gospels when it was written,
Speaker 1: it recounted the things that God declared are things that
Speaker 1: were happening. Now, two of those stories, as Jesus was
Speaker 1: about to be born, were about two women. Okay, Now,
Speaker 1: during this time, women were second class citizens, so they
Speaker 1: were not allowed to speak. You know, men is a
Speaker 1: very male dominated society, and so we see in the
Speaker 1: Gospels two women, Elizabeth and Mary, in their stories and
Speaker 1: what happened to them. Now, Mary, at this point in time,
Speaker 1: an angel visited Mary. But the angel Gabriel you know
Speaker 1: the story, and tells her you're gonna be with child
Speaker 1: and it's not any child, It's going to be the
Speaker 1: savior of the world. Can you imagine that? Of course,
Speaker 1: every mother who are mothers here? Can you raise your hand?
Speaker 1: Mother's Maha sama nana la natin are special, right, they're
Speaker 1: the most beautiful, the most handsome, the most gifted. But
Speaker 1: I mean the angel was declaring, your child is going
Speaker 1: to be a special child because it's going to be
Speaker 1: the savior of the world. Of course, Mary said, what
Speaker 1: I'm imagine this. Mary is around fifteen or sixteen years old,
Speaker 1: a teenager, of course, is bethrowed to be married to Joseph.
Speaker 1: Bethrow means, you know, engage officially, engaged to be married
Speaker 1: legally pero. They have not no physical contact yet. And
Speaker 1: so Mary was questioning, panomagayarion, how can this be? How
Speaker 1: will that happen? And so she was so distressed because
Speaker 1: of course women are more forward looking, futuristic, especially in
Speaker 1: terms of relationships and things connected to that. Mahame Joseph
Speaker 1: the divorced. I mean, you know the story. I'm just
Speaker 1: trying to I know what's gonna happen. It's gonna divorce me.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna face this craze. I'm gonna be ostracized. Go
Speaker 1: he did this? Did this owner? So re imagine the
Speaker 1: stress right in Mary emotionally. Of course, Joseph finds out
Speaker 1: about this when Mary's a good Joseph p Stai Holy Spirit,
Speaker 1: can you imagine? So, you know, Joseph be divorced, and
Speaker 1: so what happened? The Angel visits Joseph. Right, I'm just
Speaker 1: accounting for part of phrase. You can read it chapter one.
Speaker 1: You can read it on your own. But that's what happens.
Speaker 1: And Joseph and Mary visited by angel by the same
Speaker 1: angel Gabriel had two different responses and buying response Nila
Speaker 1: no axl tying angel because there are differences between men
Speaker 1: and women, right, but young men may problem. But when
Speaker 1: men have problems. When the angel told him this, you know,
Speaker 1: men like to go to their man caves. They like
Speaker 1: to be alone and think about the problem and sort
Speaker 1: it out. Some have self pity Ibanumann whatever. Okay, but
Speaker 1: so that's why when on a time of Bassai, Joseph
Speaker 1: after and after the angel visited in and a man came.
Speaker 1: Mary on the other hand, had a different response when
Speaker 1: the angel told her this, guess what happens the bo women?
Speaker 1: But e stress ko what do you do aside from
Speaker 1: shopping and eating? Okay, but in detO, but normally the
Speaker 1: first thing you do is you go to your girl friends.
Speaker 1: You go to your bff, right, you go to the
Speaker 1: people that you want to talk, You want to let
Speaker 1: it out. So that's what Mary does. She goes to Elizabeth,
Speaker 1: her cousin. She was probably thinking Nako and Elizabeth too
Speaker 1: what I'm going through. I mean, what will I tell
Speaker 1: her that I'm pregnant. But it's not by Joseph, and
Speaker 1: it's going to be by you know, a ghost. It's
Speaker 1: going to be the Father, and it's going to be
Speaker 1: the savior of the world. I mean, I don't know
Speaker 1: how to tell her, but women just open their hearts.
Speaker 1: So as she goes there and tells her what happened,
Speaker 1: Elizabeth is not surprised because something a miracle also happened
Speaker 1: to Elizabeth. You remember Elizabeth was also barren and beyond
Speaker 1: bearing age, there was also a miracle baby. So these
Speaker 1: are two miracle mothers. You get Elizabeth mus conti human right,
Speaker 1: kay Mary in Banglass. That's why when she recounted this story,
Speaker 1: the Bible says that the boy John, the Baptist, who
Speaker 1: was in the womb to Elizabeth suddenly, who was filled
Speaker 1: in the Holy Spirit. You can read that in the womb,
Speaker 1: he was filled with the spirit of God in the
Speaker 1: name Holy Spirit. Study it says it leaked to MALUNNAO, okay,
Speaker 1: it leaked in the womb of Elizabeth Spana Elizabeth, he
Speaker 1: declared Mona. That's why Elizabeth suddenly you know, blessed are
Speaker 1: you among women? For now on you will be called
Speaker 1: blessed Elizabeth. And I believe because of that, because of
Speaker 1: that that glaration, because in the midst of the distress,
Speaker 1: Mary's faith was elevated because she understood, Okay, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe God is really doing something. The cousin also has
Speaker 1: the same thing, something distressful hibapala if you just focus
Speaker 1: on the problem, on the things, on the situation, mad
Speaker 1: distressca But you know what's the difference. They focus on God.
Speaker 1: And that's why out of that declaration that you are
Speaker 1: blessed among women, that's when she gave and sang this
Speaker 1: song magnificat to magnify in the context of a very
Speaker 1: distressful first Christmas. It changed something change when she began
Speaker 1: to magnify God. You know, for us, Christmas can be
Speaker 1: very distressful, right sometimes you know yu manga of course,
Speaker 1: if you are if you are the owner of business
Speaker 1: human a thirteenth month makabonus and a the like or whatever.
Speaker 1: But atapos nagy year, maybe if you are a salesman
Speaker 1: quota or maybe because I guess aside from the traffic,
Speaker 1: maybe kulangyu whatever Christmas can be a very stressful season.
Speaker 1: In fact, do you know that the two months that
Speaker 1: there are most suicides are Christmas or December and February.
Speaker 1: For those who are very lonely and things are not
Speaker 1: going well in a festive environment, it could be the
Speaker 1: most stressful times. And that's why this becomes more important.
Speaker 1: How Mary responded to a stressful situation is to magn God.
Speaker 1: Magnify God. Mary was able to have a Mary Christmas
Speaker 1: because of how she responded. She summarized this in verses
Speaker 1: forty six to first forty seven. My soul magnifies the Lord,
Speaker 1: my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. Let me tell you,
Speaker 1: whatever you're going through, whatever stress, doubt, unbelief, problems you're
Speaker 1: going through, we should take a look at how Mary responded.
Speaker 1: Magnify God. Now, a lot of times the enemy wants
Speaker 1: us to magnify the wrong things. The enemy wants us
Speaker 1: to magnify the wrong things because there are to two
Speaker 1: ways to magnify things. One is called a microscope. A
Speaker 1: microscope a microscope makes small things big, and that's what
Speaker 1: the enemy wants. He wants for us to make these
Speaker 1: small irritations, these small problems become big because you're muhamo
Speaker 1: and that's all you can see. And when something small
Speaker 1: becomes big, it removes God, and God becomes distant or
Speaker 1: invisible to you. All you see are your problems. All
Speaker 1: you see are your stressful situations. But when you say
Speaker 1: magnify the Lord, there's another way to magnify another instrument
Speaker 1: called the telescope. The telescope makes something distant become closer
Speaker 1: and we can see it for what it actually is,
Speaker 1: right like the stars or the moon or the sun
Speaker 1: from Afar palanatima itlam. But through a telescope we can
Speaker 1: actually see it. Wow a lao. When Mary says, Mary,
Speaker 1: to magnify the Lord, he does. What she's saying is
Speaker 1: not to magnify God, now to make a small God big.
Speaker 1: What she is saying is to tell us copically, magnify God.
Speaker 1: If you feel that God is far away and distant
Speaker 1: and small. When we magnify God, we begin to experience
Speaker 1: Him for who he really is. We begin to see
Speaker 1: the awesomeness of God. And when we see the awesomeness
Speaker 1: of God, those big things that's big problems that are
Speaker 1: facing us, we actually see it for what it really
Speaker 1: is tiny compared to a big and God, a gracious God. Amen.
Speaker 1: And that's why Mary was able to have a merry Christmas,
Speaker 1: because she chose to magnify God for who he is.
Speaker 1: Look at how he started. She started this. She started
Speaker 1: by declaring the names of God, the God that she serves,
Speaker 1: the God that she worshiped. Let's take a look at
Speaker 1: it again. For my soul exalts the Lord. My spirit
Speaker 1: has rejoiced in God, my Savior, the Mighty One, the
Speaker 1: Holy One. This four words. She began to declare, God
Speaker 1: is Lord over any situation. God is in control. Let
Speaker 1: me tell you, whatever is happening, you may feel that
Speaker 1: you're not in control. That's true, but God is in control.
Speaker 1: God is in charge. She began to declare, God, my
Speaker 1: God and my savior. Savior does not only mean salvation
Speaker 1: from sin, but salvation from things that have befallen you.
Speaker 1: God wants to save you even for those distressful and
Speaker 1: problematic situations. God is also mighty, the Mighty One, as
Speaker 1: it says in NSV. The Mighty One. God is mighty.
Speaker 1: There's nothing he cannot do. There is nothing impossible with God.
Speaker 1: And God is Holy, the Holy One of Israel, magnifying God.
Speaker 1: When she began to declare that, you know, those big problems,
Speaker 1: you know, in light of that God who's far seemingly
Speaker 1: far away, My God is Lord, my God is Savior.
Speaker 1: The problem becomes smaller. God becomes bigger. My God is mighty,
Speaker 1: my God is holy. Then you see things in the
Speaker 1: right perspective. You see the problems become microscopic, and you
Speaker 1: begin to see a big God for who he really is.
Speaker 1: And that's why when she recognize and declares this, when
Speaker 1: you magnify God, you several ways to magnify. You think thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: Some six sixty five says magnify the Lord with thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: But here in luke On she says, I read, rejoice
Speaker 1: okay over make God okay. Rejoicing magnifies God. So whatever
Speaker 1: your situation is, begin to thank God that in spite
Speaker 1: of that, that God is Lord, God is Savior. That's
Speaker 1: how you begin. And I believe as she went through this,
Speaker 1: she because she reflected on who her God is, she
Speaker 1: declared three things about God that made her so hopeful,
Speaker 1: that made her rejoice even more. And what are these
Speaker 1: three things? She began to declare that God is mindful
Speaker 1: say that with me mindful, it is a being. Our
Speaker 1: mind is full. Look at verse four to eight, for
Speaker 1: he has looked in the humble state of his servant.
Speaker 1: For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed,
Speaker 1: for He who is mighty has done great things for me.
Speaker 1: You know. Can you imagine? The King of Kings and
Speaker 1: the Lord of lords has chosen because she lived in
Speaker 1: an obscure place. God's work of salvation began at an
Speaker 1: obscure place, in an unknown teenager, in the middle of nowhere. Right,
Speaker 1: such a humble beginning. The King of Kings, the creator
Speaker 1: of heavens and Earth, chose this teenager, chose even to
Speaker 1: dwell for nine months in the womb of that teenager.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you God thinks about you a lot,
Speaker 1: even as she is mindful of Mary his servant. He
Speaker 1: is mindful of you, his mindful, his thoughts are about you.
Speaker 1: His mind is full of concerns and thoughts and love
Speaker 1: about you. That's what Ps. Chapter eight says. What is
Speaker 1: man that you are mindful of him? And the son
Speaker 1: of Man that you care for him? This is actually
Speaker 1: what Mary was saying. I'm just a humble observant. How
Speaker 1: how Lord, why someone hundred and thirty nine says, four
Speaker 1: precious are your thoughts about me? Concerning me? Concerning you?
Speaker 1: Do you know that? Maybe you don't realize it, maybe
Speaker 1: because of what you have experienced, maybe of the negative
Speaker 1: things that you've encountered. D to Van saying, are you
Speaker 1: in the last this year? You think that God thinks highly?
Speaker 1: Maybe can alimta the Lord. Maybe God does not hear me.
Speaker 1: Maybe God does not really care about me. But let
Speaker 1: me tell you the Bible says otherwise, how precious to
Speaker 1: me are your words? If I were to count them,
Speaker 1: they would be as numerous or more numerous than the
Speaker 1: sand in the seashore, mas Madam, But easy the Lord,
Speaker 1: dono ka bou hangin, then a'sa beach. Can you imagine
Speaker 1: that God is thinking about you? You're the back. God
Speaker 1: is thinking about you, and his thoughts about you are not.
Speaker 1: He's not saying Hinda Bible in late Nanamah. No, his
Speaker 1: thoughts about you are precious. His thoughts about you is encouraging. Wow.
Speaker 1: This is my son and my daughter. They're precious to me,
Speaker 1: and this is their destiny as they continue to follow me.
Speaker 1: God's thoughts for you are precious God is always thinking
Speaker 1: about you and remembering you. Who wants to know God's
Speaker 1: thoughts about you? Anyone? Do you want to know what
Speaker 1: God thinks about you? Can you raise your hand if
Speaker 1: you want to know? Okay, sir, what's your name? Jerome? Okay?
Speaker 1: Can you stand up? Jerome? Jerome? God just wants you
Speaker 1: to know that you know this season, you feel like
Speaker 1: as you serve Him, as you you tried everything, you
Speaker 1: feel like they're you've been being pressed, you have. You
Speaker 1: feel pressure in several sides, but the words even saying
Speaker 1: you know, even in that pressure, I'm I'm releasing a
Speaker 1: treasure inside of you because because there's something about your
Speaker 1: faith and perseverance and you feel sometimes you feel like, Lord,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna serve you no matter what, and God approves,
Speaker 1: and God is going to reward. Do not give up,
Speaker 1: my son, because I am a great rewarder for those
Speaker 1: who diligently seek me. I know your sacrifices. I know
Speaker 1: the times that you feel like you know okay, but
Speaker 1: you always want okay, the extra mile for me, and
Speaker 1: whatever you've done, it will return back to you because
Speaker 1: in the next three months it will be a season
Speaker 1: of returning back. It's gonna be coming back to you.
Speaker 1: The sacrifices that you have, those are the thoughts of
Speaker 1: God for you. Thank you. Listen. I don't have time
Speaker 1: to go around. Okay, see Francis n Lam Okay after
Speaker 1: the service doubtah okay, as I being thoughts to the
Speaker 1: God for you. Let me tell you you go. You
Speaker 1: can listen God, God's voice. You want to hear God's voice.
Speaker 1: It's through the Bible, because that's His word. You read
Speaker 1: it every day and you ask God, God, speak to me.
Speaker 1: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every
Speaker 1: word that proceeds from the mouth of God. You take time,
Speaker 1: that's just to read. When you pray. Don't just tell God,
Speaker 1: Lord Uncle, you slow down, you stop and you listen.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you God will speak to you in
Speaker 1: greater ways, more ways than you've ever imagined. That's why
Speaker 1: in the season, in the season, in the midst of
Speaker 1: the bustle, in the hustle of Christmas, you stop and
Speaker 1: you listen. And that's how you will come encourage and
Speaker 1: you will understand the mind of God for you not
Speaker 1: to harm You give you hope and the future. Right,
Speaker 1: That's what Mary understood this God, who is awesome, who's big.
Speaker 1: He's thinking about this humble servant. He's thinking about you
Speaker 1: and me. But not only that. God is not only mindful,
Speaker 1: but God is mighty. Say that we need God is
Speaker 1: mighty verse fifty one. For he has shown strength with
Speaker 1: his arm. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts
Speaker 1: of their hearts. Of course, it's very anthropomorphic. Or God,
Speaker 1: who is spirit, is given human qualities if you may
Speaker 1: the strength of his arm. In fact, the Bible normally
Speaker 1: says God's arm is not too short to save. That
Speaker 1: word strength that we're read in verse fifty one is
Speaker 1: a very important word, peculiar word in the original language kractos,
Speaker 1: which literally means the working of mighty deeds. That word
Speaker 1: strength literally means God is working mighty deeds for you.
Speaker 1: Imagine that, Hindi Lama ordinary Lord EuMA. You know, extraordinary
Speaker 1: even impossible things, mighty deeds. God is a mighty God.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you there is nothing impossible with him.
Speaker 1: You know. In the ministry that I am in today,
Speaker 1: in the spirit empowerment ministry, let me tell you I've
Speaker 1: seen more of these things than ever before. But it's
Speaker 1: not just for pastors, or for me, every single one,
Speaker 1: every believer, everyone who believes and puts his faith in me.
Speaker 1: This power is accallable. His strength is for you. His
Speaker 1: strength he wants to work mighty deeds in your behalf Mary.
Speaker 1: Remember Mary, how can this be? Angel? How can I
Speaker 1: become pregnant? I'm a virgin? And of course the famous
Speaker 1: reply in verse thirty seven and of Luke one, for
Speaker 1: nothing is impossible with God. You know the word nothing,
Speaker 1: but do you know what literally means? It means nothing
Speaker 1: while I'm impossibly by Lord, nothing is impossible with God.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this very I like other translation
Speaker 1: in the New NIV of the verse thirty seven, the
Speaker 1: translation of nothing is impossible with God is for no
Speaker 1: word from God will ever fail. They know why nothing
Speaker 1: is impossible because whatever promised God has for you, he
Speaker 1: will fulfill it. That is what the series is all about.
Speaker 1: Promise fulfilled God is a promise keeping God. Every promise
Speaker 1: that he has said he will keep it. He never fails.
Speaker 1: No word of God will ever fail you. God's power
Speaker 1: is made manifest through his promises. If you want to
Speaker 1: see the power of God in your life, you hold
Speaker 1: on and have faith in that promise. Persevere, do not waiver,
Speaker 1: stand on his promise. Stand on that promise and watch God.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you feel like we're holding onto the promise. Do
Speaker 1: you know what? It's God's promise holding onto you, supporting you,
Speaker 1: making sure that you make it. It's not about you,
Speaker 1: It's about God. Do not waiver, Rejoice and declare and
Speaker 1: magnify God through his promises through the Bible. You know,
Speaker 1: let me share the story. I have a small group,
Speaker 1: a victory group when I was in victory Ta Tepunan
Speaker 1: and in You know, this is a very prayerful, a
Speaker 1: woman of faith when the prayer and one of her
Speaker 1: faith goals is that her blinks would get saved. Okay. Now,
Speaker 1: her siblings who reside in the US are top medical doctors,
Speaker 1: brilliant minds, talent and top medical doctors in the US,
Speaker 1: practicing doctors. But they both of them are atheists. And
Speaker 1: every time she would share with them, she would visit,
Speaker 1: they would always argue, you know, why are you trying
Speaker 1: to change us? Can't you just accept us? You know?
Speaker 1: Is that the kind of Christianity that you cannot accept
Speaker 1: who we are and what we are? So they and
Speaker 1: a stalemate and she would always get frustrated. But one
Speaker 1: day one I think one prayer and fasting, which will happen.
Speaker 1: This is January, when you come back by January eighth. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is a pray liude already, Okay, prayer and fasting.
Speaker 1: She believed God. She stood in the promise of God
Speaker 1: and Acts chapter sixteeded. But if you believe, you and
Speaker 1: your household will be saved. And for her it seems impossible.
Speaker 1: Because Taladan elumbress for years trying nothing happened. And so
Speaker 1: that year, you know, something happened to her. She actually
Speaker 1: went through what we call a thyroid storm if you're
Speaker 1: in a medical profession. There was something wrong with her
Speaker 1: thyroid and so she got hospitalized. And long story short,
Speaker 1: the carona water in lungs and she you know, had
Speaker 1: as fixation ogay. In other words, she flatlined for ten
Speaker 1: minutes because puna water in loss and she could not breathe,
Speaker 1: and so they had to they had to remove the
Speaker 1: water punch into her lungs before they can revive her.
Speaker 1: So ten minutes flat line, well up dead okay. And
Speaker 1: when they were able to revive her after ten minutes comatose,
Speaker 1: and so all the family came including the two brothers
Speaker 1: when they came doctors in the US. No more, there's
Speaker 1: no more hope. But the husband began to declare and
Speaker 1: stand on God's word. No Bible says in someone oh three.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you read someone O three, it's very
Speaker 1: very parallel to how Mary Okay magnifies. But anyway, it says,
Speaker 1: there reba, praise the Lord, oh my soul, and forget
Speaker 1: not his benefits, who heals us, who saves us. And
Speaker 1: so every night he would declare, he would have a
Speaker 1: prayer meeting in the hospital. They were given favor, and
Speaker 1: so she would we would be there, and so every
Speaker 1: night you would pray, and you know what, the two
Speaker 1: brothers were there just observing in the prairie meeting because
Speaker 1: and you know what, after ten days, when the doctor says, well, Pagassa,
Speaker 1: she woke up from her comatos. And after that the
Speaker 1: doctor they took a look at her as well. She
Speaker 1: woke up. But she still, like you know, going to
Speaker 1: be like a vegetable or tanagual adam. She will not
Speaker 1: be able to go and live a normal life. But
Speaker 1: every day he began to pray, and you know what,
Speaker 1: there was a miracle within forty five days of declaring
Speaker 1: and standing on the word of God, she got home
Speaker 1: from the hospital fully healed. I mean, I not have
Speaker 1: time to tell our story. But because of that incident,
Speaker 1: the two brothers went to church and began to testify.
Speaker 1: You know, there's no way, there's no physical way this
Speaker 1: could have happened apart from a true and living and
Speaker 1: powerful God. Let me tell you nothing is impossible with God.
Speaker 1: Whatever you're going through today, that seems impossible, that seems
Speaker 1: too big, let me tell you God is bigger than that.
Speaker 1: I Behavian young lenznakinagamito. Okay, So God, Mary understood God
Speaker 1: was mindful of her, That God is mighty in her behalf.
Speaker 1: And finally, that God is merciful. Say that to be merciful,
Speaker 1: Louid of Verse. God exalted those of humble estate. He
Speaker 1: has filled the hungry with good things, and he has
Speaker 1: helped his servant Israel. Those three words, you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: who will God move for? He will not just move
Speaker 1: for anyone, but he will move for those who are humble,
Speaker 1: those who are hungry, and those who are helpless. In fact,
Speaker 1: there's a contrast here about the proud, about those who
Speaker 1: are arrogant. You know, the ministry of preparation preparing for
Speaker 1: Jesus I described by John the Baptist. Every mountain will
Speaker 1: be brought law and every valley will be filled up.
Speaker 1: God is in the business of exalting the humble and
Speaker 1: humbling the exalted. That's why I don't know about you,
Speaker 1: but I would rather humble myself under God's mighty arm
Speaker 1: and let him exalt me. Let him exalt you, because
Speaker 1: if you exalt yourself, then God will be the one
Speaker 1: to humble you. Because God opposes the proud but gives
Speaker 1: grace to the humble. That's the state of Mary. That's
Speaker 1: what God came in. And let me tell you, God
Speaker 1: does a lot better job at doing both about humbling
Speaker 1: and exalting people. But let me tell you this Christmas
Speaker 1: season is a season that feeds on the discontentment of people.
Speaker 1: That's why those commercials informercials, right, ads, But you need
Speaker 1: to buy this, you need to get this. This is
Speaker 1: a new model. Especially this Christmas season feeds on that discontentment. Right.
Speaker 1: But the only discontentment that we should have is a
Speaker 1: discontentment for more of God in our lives, because if not,
Speaker 1: then you will be running after the wrong things. We
Speaker 1: should be hungry for him. Only the hungry will be filled.
Speaker 1: Have you ever tried to go to vikings or circles
Speaker 1: or one of those buffet places. You will not be
Speaker 1: able to be space. Right, some of you need space
Speaker 1: for God. You need to make room for God in
Speaker 1: your heart. You need to make room for God in
Speaker 1: your life. In fact, that's another song of joy to
Speaker 1: the world. Right, Let every heart prepare him room. You
Speaker 1: need to make room for God. Don't just find a room,
Speaker 1: make room for God. Anyway, that's beside the point. But
Speaker 1: every the hungry will be failed. And God extends his
Speaker 1: grace and mercy to the humble, to the hungry, to
Speaker 1: the helpless. God, contrary to the saying that God helps
Speaker 1: those who help themselves, God helps those who are helpless.
Speaker 1: God looks and remembers, and is mindful and extends power
Speaker 1: and help to the helpless. And let me tell you
Speaker 1: as I close this evening, I believe God wants us
Speaker 1: to experience the true meaning of Christmas. That's why this Christmas.
Speaker 1: Instead of magnifying all these things, let us magnify God's greatness.
Speaker 1: God's graciousness, as revealed in Jesus Christ. Amen, what kind
Speaker 1: of songs are coming out of your mouth this Christmas?
Speaker 1: Maybe you song you Pascuna sta. We need to sing
Speaker 1: the right songs. What are you magnifying this season? Are
Speaker 1: you magnifying your problems or God's promises? Let me tell you,
Speaker 1: just like Mary, in spite of whatever situation you're going through,
Speaker 1: magnificant could be real for us as we magnify God
Speaker 1: in spite of what we are going through today. Let's
Speaker 1: a bow down and pray. Father, thank you for your word.
Speaker 1: Thank you that you have not left us or abandoned us,
Speaker 1: your simply thinking and mindful of us.
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