This is an I-Heart podcast.

Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

Hope this inspires you.

Hope it builds your faith.

Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life.

Enjoy the message.

And I want to share a brief Christmas message with you today. And don't get me wrong

just because I said brief. For me, brief means something different than it may mean

at other churches. But don't want to take too long. I understand the demands of this season.

And so let me just share with you

from Luke chapter 1, verse 67 through 79. His father, Zechariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit

and prophesied. Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and

redeem them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.

As he said through his holy prophets of long ago, salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant.

The oath he swore to our Father Abraham to remember his holy covenant.

The oath he swore to our Father Abraham to rescue us from the hand of our enemies and

to enable us to serve him without fear and holiness and righteousness before him all our

days.

And you, my child, would be called a prophet of the most high, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare

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