Sunday Service Sermon 1.26

PREPARE FOR WHAT’S AHEAD

Luke 1:39-56

 Two Principles to consider:

1. ________________God 

a. And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”

b. Be a _______________________ __________________________ of God.                                         

c. Let your trust be __________________ by ___________________                                

d. Choose to _____ with God, and you will ______ where God is going. 

2. ____________ God

a. …for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

b. Imagine the faith it took for Mary to declare that the Lord had done a great thing for her by choosing her to be pregnant with the Messiah.

i. She is a pregnant, __________ teenager

ii. Her family may __________ her

iii. Her ____________ may reject her

iv. Society will certainly __________ her critically

v. If she is rejected by her family and fiancé she will have only one means of financial support. 

vi. Her focus could easily have been on how all of this will turn out _________.

vii. Her __________ in God was not affected by ______________ outcomes.

viii. Her ________ in God was in His ____________ and _______________. She trusted God’s eternal ______________. of God

ix. Her __________ resulted in ____________- 

1. …my spirit rejoices in God my Savior… Her praise came from a spirit that was  __________ on God’s __________________ and not on _______________ outcomes. 

2. …he who is mighty has done great things for me… The ________ of God is __________ even when the human condition ________.

3. … holy is his name… Praise is possible when we recognize that God is ________. He is ____________ and without ______________.

4. … He has shown… Praise is accentuated by ______________ of God’s eternal __________________.