Peace on Earth - Fear Not, God Can Do Miracles, Part 1
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🗓️ 18 December 2024
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Summary
Fear is a powerful emotion that often eclipses our hope and joy. In this program, Chip explains how we can experience God’s peace that transcends our circumstances by studying the angel Gabriel’s conversation with a Hebrew teenage girl. Hear how Mary’s faith—despite her doubts, fears, and anxieties—set her up to be used supernaturally by God.
Main Points What Immediately Comes to Mind When You Hear the Word Christmas?- The Enemy’s Tactic = “Reframe Reality”
- Paul’s Dire Warning --2 Timothy 3:2
- A fresh look at a familiar story --Galatians 4:4, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 61
- Summary = An unlikely plan, with an unlikely person, from a despised place.
Mary’s response to God’s Word for her --Luke 1:34-38
Observations from the text:- Nothing is impossible with God. --Luke 1:37
- Christmas is about power, miracles, supernatural intervention. --Luke 1:39-45
- The Message = A virgin birth. --Isaiah 7:14
- The Commands = Fear not, name him Jesus.
- The Baby’s Identity = Messiah --Isaiah 9:6-7
- Gabriel’s Explanation = Miracles can happen! --Luke 1:37
Mary’s Response = A model to follow:
- Perplexed – Is God speaking to me? --Luke 1: 29
- Confused – How can this be? [Not “if” it can be.] --Luke 1: 34
- Surrendered – Be it done according to your Word. --Luke 1: 38
- Obeys immediately – Trust and verify with fellow believer. --Luke 1: 39-45
- Rejoices in the Lord and in her spiritual legacy. --Luke 1: 46-56
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're facing some of the most challenging and difficult times of your life right now, |
| 0:07.0 | fear not. God still does miracles. Could you trust that He wants to do a miracle in your life? |
| 0:13.0 | If so, stay with me. We'll learn what he does and how he does it. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:26.1 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the |
| 0:30.3 | Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. |
| 0:32.1 | And in just a minute, he'll continue our series, Peace on Earth. |
| 0:35.4 | In this new teaching, we're walking through the four significant |
| 0:38.3 | moments in the Christmas story where an angel appeared and declared fear not, and also looking at how |
| 0:44.0 | the people who received these unexpected visits responded. Today, Chip jumps to the famous |
| 0:49.4 | character from Luke chapter 1, so let's settle in for his talk. Fear not. |
| 0:55.4 | God can do miracles. |
| 0:58.5 | Pull out your notes, if you will. |
| 0:59.3 | You're going to need them. |
| 1:02.0 | We're going to do a little Bible study in the process. |
| 1:05.3 | And as we do, let me just ask you this question. |
| 1:09.7 | When someone says Christmas, just what comes to your mind? |
| 1:10.6 | Anything and everything? Christ. |
| 1:12.7 | Families, food, Santa, elf, it's a wonderful life. Getting gifts, giving gifts, shopping. |
| 1:21.1 | Christmas expanded. Black Friday. Now Black Friday week. Cyber Monday. Pressure, stress, office parties. What am I going to get? What are |
| 1:31.4 | going to give? What are you going to do? I mean, Christmas just has so many, many layers, lights, |
| 1:39.2 | trees, decorations, family conflict. Oh, I better get back to the positive. Do you realize that until |
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