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Many of the key “characters” in the Christmas Story had an important promise of God affirmed to them, which enabled them to “ take heart .”. “Take Heart” To be more hopeful To be more joyful To feel encouraged To feel confident - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Many of the key “characters” in the
Christmas Story had an important promise of God
affirmed to them, which enabled
them to “take heart.”
“Take Heart” To be more hopeful To be more joyful To feel encouraged To feel confident
Because of learning, remembering or hearing
a FACT.
One of the deepest promises and assurances that we need in order to live a healthy and abundant life is:
God sees, understands, and cares about our pain.
If we are unable to fully-believe
this promise,we will definitely “lose heart” and
end up settling for a less-abundant
life than God wants for us.
“God does not experience emotional responses
due to the actions
of another being.
God is absolutely independent
of any other being.”
Isaiah 53: 3-4 3 “He was despised
and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and acquainted
with grief...4 Surely He took up
our pain and bore our sorrows…”
Jesus wept over…
A dead friend(John 11:35)
Jerusalem(Luke 19:41)
His impending death(Hebrews 5:7)
Many O.T. passages also show that God experiences a range of emotions:
God is said to “wail and moan” over Moab (Jeremiah 48:31). God is said
to be “angry” (Deuteronomy 1:37), “moved by pity” (Judges 2:18),
“pleased” (1 Kings 3:10), and “to rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). Genesis 6:6 says, “The LORD was sorry He had ever made [mankind] and put
them on the earth. It broke His heart.”
Isaiah 63: 7-10The Prophet Isaiah
recounts from God’s perspective a wide range of
His emotions as He goes about rescuing,
redeeming, and disciplining Israel.
Psalm 56:8(New Living Translation)
“You keep track of all my sorrows.
You have collected all my tears
in Your Bottle.You have recorded
each one in Your Book.”
Abe & Sarah Zack & Liz
Abraham & Sarah
Genesis 21: 1-7
God fulfills His Promise to
Abraham & Sarah, with her giving birth to Isaac.
Abraham was 100.Sarah was 90.
Romans 4: 18, 20-2118 “Against all hope,
Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations…20 … He did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was
strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.”
Luke 1: 6-76 [Zechariah and Elizabeth] were upright
in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and regulations blamelessly.
7 But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren,
and they were both well-along in years.
Birth of John Foretold(Luke 1: 5-25)
Mary Visits Elizabeth(Luke 1: 39-56)
The Birth of John(Luke 1: 57-66)
Zechariah’s Song(Luke 1: 67-79)
Luke 1:13“The angel said to him: “Do not
be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been
heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you
a son, and you are to call him John.”
Luke 1:25“The Lord has done
this for me,” she said.
“In these days He has shown His favor and taken away my disgrace
among the people.”
Luke 1:45“Blessed is she who has
believed that the Lord would fulfill His Promises
to her!”