Mindful, Mighty, Merciful (Part 1 of 2)

Truth For Life Daily Program

Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The first Christmas songs are in the Bible—but they’re not exactly like today’s carols, which focus on the nativity scene or the wonders of the season. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg considers these powerful songs of praise, beginning with Mary’s song.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Truth for Life.
0:26.0	Did you know that the first Christmas carols are actually in the Bible?
0:30.8	They're not exactly like the modern carols we sing that focus on the nativity scene or the wonders of the season.
0:37.8	As we begin a series titled Songs for a Savior,
0:40.9	Alistair Begg considers three powerful songs of praise.
0:45.6	He begins today with the song sung by Jesus' mother.
1:02.7	Luke chapter 1 and verse 46 the song of Mary and Mary said my soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has been mindful of the humblest
1:08.4	state of his servant from now, all generations will call me
1:12.5	blessed, for the mighty one has done great things for me. Holy is his name. His mercy extends to
1:20.4	those who fear him from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with his arm. He has
1:27.4	scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
1:30.6	He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has lifted up the humble.
1:35.8	He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
1:40.2	He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever,
1:46.7	even as he said to our fathers. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned
1:53.7	home. Amen. Well, one of the first signals that we have moved into the Christmas season, and of course
2:02.1	this is already very clear to us, is the fact that the music in public places changes.
2:09.5	Nobody really announces it, just all of a sudden you realize that you're walking through
2:14.3	the mall to the tune of jinglele Bells or some other deeply theological
2:19.0	piece of work. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, or as I was singing coming
2:25.9	this morning, it's beginning to look a lot like Glasgow. And if you wonder what it would
2:30.8	be like to live in Glasgow, imagine this now continuing for the next three months.
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