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Christmas Series 2011 “IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US”. #2 God With Us In Our Circumstances Luke 1:26ff. Emotional – the news shook Joe & Mary Supernatural – God visits the couple Economic – Everything will change Societal – Rejection abounds. God is with us in Life altering circumstances:.
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#2 God With Us In Our Circumstances Luke 1:26ff • Emotional – the news shook Joe & Mary • Supernatural – God visits the couple • Economic – Everything will change • Societal – Rejection abounds
God is with us in Life altering circumstances: I. Life’s Change of Plans: • Strange communication from God by the Angels: (26-27) • Strange emotions from the experience: (28-30) [From “highly favored to troubled and fearful] • Strange expectations for the child: (31-33)
God is with us in Life altering circumstances: II. Life’s Confirmation of God: (vs.34-38) “How Can This Be?” • Can God altar the biological process? • The Holy Spirit will overshadow you: • The Holy One born to you: • (3) Your relative Elizabeth, (older woman beyond child conceiving years) will conceive a child in her old age
God is with us in Life altering circumstances: III. Life’s Chorus of Praise: (41-46) • People respond to His Presence: (41) • The “why me” cannot always be answered: (43) • People choose to “magnify the Lord: (46)
3 Pictures of “God with us” • Joseph of Genesis: • Daniel’s 3 friends and the fiery furnace: • Isaiah 43:1-3 “Raging rivers, floods and fires)
Emotional waves will come and go in your life? Economic times will vacillate through out time; God will supply our needs! Society will always be in conflict with the Christian message; “Greater is He that is in me than He that is in this world” Your Lord will show Himself strong and in Supernatural ways!