Holy Ground: A City of Judah
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this second message of our Holy Ground series, we come to an unnamed city in the hill country of Judah, where Mary’s cousin lived. But I hope you realize that the real emphasis shouldn’t be on holy places where God once moved, but holy people in whom God now dwells. Mary was one of them. She is our sister in Christ and a great example to us. Let’s notice five attributes.
I. She Was Hopeful (vv. 39-45)
II. She Was Worshipful (vv. 46-55)
III. She Was Scriptural (vv. 46-49)
IV. She Was Needful (v. 47)
V. She Was Helpful (v. 56)
Talk with God: Ask the Lord to give you His heart for those around you this Christmas and throughout the coming year.
Talk with others: Encourage your friends or Connect Group to stay grounded in the Word through the holiday season.
Talk with kids: Why is it important to understand that Jesus is not just a baby born two thousand years ago?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig. |
| 0:07.0 | We're so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:09.0 | Throughout history, God has chosen to enter our imperfect world to reveal himself |
| 0:13.0 | and draw near to his chosen people in moments where ordinary places become holy ground. |
| 0:20.0 | He still meets us in our everyday lives, and when we respond to his nearness with reverence, |
| 0:25.0 | the mundane becomes sacred. |
| 0:27.6 | Through this message with Pastor Skip, we'll discover how our homes, workplaces, and relationships |
| 0:33.0 | can become holy ground. |
| 0:37.9 | Hey, I'm especially happy that the youth group is in the house with us tonight. |
| 0:46.6 | They're showing us how it's done. |
| 0:48.8 | I think you guys should be in here every week. |
| 0:51.7 | We could use it. |
| 0:53.0 | You know, I love it especially because we're talking about Mary, |
| 0:55.8 | and Mary was a young teenage girl, and she was so full of the spirit, and the disciples were |
| 1:02.9 | quite young. Essentially, early Christianity was a youth movement, and so I really, really |
| 1:09.8 | love the fact that the youth group is with us. |
| 1:13.0 | How many of you brought a real Bible with you tonight? Hold that baby up. So turn in your |
| 1:20.1 | Bible is real or fake. If you brought a fake one, you're welcome as well. To the Gospel of Luke |
| 1:25.2 | Chapter 1, Luke chapter 1 for this short little series that we began last |
| 1:31.1 | week, continue this week all the way up through Christmas Eve called Holy Ground. Luke |
| 1:37.1 | Chapter 1. Let's pray before we start, shall we? Lord, we have been praying in our worship. |
| 1:44.6 | Our songs to you have essentially been prayers set to music. |
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