LIKE MARY - KEEP BELIEVING

When your life is upside down like Mary, the Mother of Jesus, KEEP BELIEVING!

Series: Mending Our Approach to Christmas (4 of 4)
LIKE MARY - KEEP BELIEVING
Luke 1:39 – 45

Christmas as a season of expectation and preparation that shows God cares and is involved in human history.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, represents faith and obedience.

She is the most honored, admired, and respected woman in all of history.

As with Mary God has made to you hundreds of promises.

1. Keep Believing Even When Others Don't Believe In You.

Mary knew people would talk and perhaps Joseph would refuse to marry her.

Those who don’t have all the facts judge wrongly.

When misunderstood, keep believing, your day of honor will come.

2. Keep Believing Even When The Road Gets Rough.

God’s call often comes with a price tag and sacrifice.

Mary was a great and godly woman called to a simple life instead of luxury.

Mary experienced hard times even while doing God’s will.

A life of faith is sometimes a long and lonely path.

...Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. (Luke 2:19 NLT)

3. Keep Believing Even When Things Seem Impossible.

Nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37 NIV

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Sometimes God comes through with a miracle - because nothing is impossible with God.

Sometimes we get through it without a miracle -- because nothing is impossible with God.

Mary believed what God had promised and lived in expectation.

Christmas does not need mending but does your attitude need mending?

Do you approach the season with expectation knowing the fulfillment of God's promise is on its way?

When your life is upside down like Mary, KEEP BELIEVING!