Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

This year, we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ and all of Scripture.

Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New,

seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.

Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are

hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present

throughout the entire biblical story, but the center of it. Hi, friends. Welcome back to another

episode every year in the Bible. My name is Alexa, and I'm here with my co-host, Beth.

Hey, everyone. So this week, we have been studying 1 Samuel 2 1 through 10 and Luke 1, 46 through 55.

And we've learned that Christ is the anointed one who humbles the proud and exalts the lowly.

So today we're going to discuss how we plan on applying these passages that we have been studying this week.

So, Alexa, do you want to

share your application takeaways? Yes, I was really challenged by this question in today's study.

Hannah and Mary found joy through placing their hope and satisfaction in God. How can you

practically find satisfaction in Christ rather than in your possessions

or circumstances? I've mentioned on this podcast how hard it is for me to not rely on my

circumstances for comfort and satisfaction. It's really easy for me to feel joyful if I'm doing

something that I enjoy and to feel happy when circumstances are good, but then I become

discontent when my circumstances aren't good or I become unsatisfied because something that I was

looking forward to changes. And I think that makes sense to a certain extent, right? Like,

it makes sense that we feel good when things are good and bad when things are bad. And I don't

think it's a bad thing either to grieve when we're disappointed or when life is hard. But at the same time, the ways in which my mood can instantly change

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