Mary's Courage: Embracing Faith in Uncertainty
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"I am the Lord's servant, Mary answered. May your word to me be. May your word be fulfilled. And then the angel left her. That's the end of their conversation. I am the Lord's servant. May your word be fulfilled. Mary said yes to God's plan for her life, even when she was afraid." [00:45:45] (26 seconds)
"Mary heard this intimidating, probably overwhelming task that she was being asked to do. She knew the risks. She knew the stress that was to come. But instead of running away or turning away, she stepped out in obedience and boldness anyway." [00:46:04] (19 seconds)
"Her faith in God meant fear couldn't stand in her way of completing what she was called to do. She didn't need to have faith in herself. She didn't need to have faith in other people. She didn't need to have faith in her circumstances because she had faith in her God." [00:46:52] (21 seconds)
"Mary was called to participate in God's plan of building his kingdom and redeeming his people, and we are called to be a part of that same mission. It's going to look different than it looked for Mary, but we're still called to this mission of helping build his kingdom, even when it's scary or intimidating." [00:47:22] (22 seconds)
"The Christmas story is a great example of God's provision and care for those who serve him. Preparing for this message, I asked a few people from our church about moments in their lives where they have said yes to God's plan for their lives, even when it was scary." [00:48:09] (17 seconds)
"The common theme in all of these stories is that like Mary, these individuals put their faith in God rather than in themselves. We overcome our fear when we put our trust in God instead of trusting in ourselves." [00:52:09] (18 seconds)
"This verse has meant a lot to me over the years, this reminder from God that he is with us. He doesn't just tell us not to fear and then let us figure out what that looks like, what that means. He tells us not to fear because he is with us." [00:53:10] (17 seconds)
"We focus on God so that our obedience is greater than our fear we can step out in obedience because we know his plans for us are good and we can trust them we have examples like Mary's to remind us of that fact." [00:53:57] (18 seconds)
"Maybe God's plan for you to participate in his mission is by serving at church or in the community there's so many different ways that you can serve if you go to our website constancefree .org and then slash serve you'll see three different categories of how you can serve." [00:54:37] (20 seconds)
"Consider taking a step of bold faith by sharing your story with those who don't know Jesus and making an invitation this Christmas season in the Christmas season there is extra openness that people have to talking about the Christmas story and talking about faith." [00:57:00] (20 seconds)
"Again, I don't know what step he's calling you to today, but I do know that never in our faith journeys are we called to remain stagnant. We are always called to be moving closer to him and to obey him more fully and to face our fears for the sake of completing his plans and building his kingdom in this world." [00:58:00] (23 seconds)
"So thankful for the example that Mary set for us of courageously and bravely committing to follow you, to obey what you're calling her to do, even though there was risk, even though there was some fear. Thank you for the example that you've given us, for us to be challenged by and to step up to." [00:59:17] (26 seconds)
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"Mary heard this intimidating, probably overwhelming task that she was being asked to do. She knew the risks. She knew the stress that was to come. But instead of running away or turning away, she stepped out in obedience and boldness anyway." [00:46:04] (19 seconds)
"Her faith in God meant fear couldn't stand in her way of completing what she was called to do. She didn't need to have faith in herself. She didn't need to have faith in other people. She didn't need to have faith in her circumstances because she had faith in her God." [00:46:52] (21 seconds)
"Mary was called to participate in God's plan of building his kingdom and redeeming his people, and we are called to be a part of that same mission. It's going to look different than it looked for Mary, but we're still called to this mission of helping build his kingdom, even when it's scary or intimidating." [00:47:22] (22 seconds)
"The Christmas story is a great example of God's provision and care for those who serve him. Preparing for this message, I asked a few people from our church about moments in their lives where they have said yes to God's plan for their lives, even when it was scary." [00:48:09] (17 seconds)
"The common theme in all of these stories is that like Mary, these individuals put their faith in God rather than in themselves. We overcome our fear when we put our trust in God instead of trusting in ourselves." [00:52:09] (18 seconds)
"This verse has meant a lot to me over the years, this reminder from God that he is with us. He doesn't just tell us not to fear and then let us figure out what that looks like, what that means. He tells us not to fear because he is with us." [00:53:10] (17 seconds)
"We focus on God so that our obedience is greater than our fear we can step out in obedience because we know his plans for us are good and we can trust them we have examples like Mary's to remind us of that fact." [00:53:57] (18 seconds)
"Maybe God's plan for you to participate in his mission is by serving at church or in the community there's so many different ways that you can serve if you go to our website constancefree .org and then slash serve you'll see three different categories of how you can serve." [00:54:37] (20 seconds)
"Consider taking a step of bold faith by sharing your story with those who don't know Jesus and making an invitation this Christmas season in the Christmas season there is extra openness that people have to talking about the Christmas story and talking about faith." [00:57:00] (20 seconds)
"Again, I don't know what step he's calling you to today, but I do know that never in our faith journeys are we called to remain stagnant. We are always called to be moving closer to him and to obey him more fully and to face our fears for the sake of completing his plans and building his kingdom in this world." [00:58:00] (23 seconds)
"So thankful for the example that Mary set for us of courageously and bravely committing to follow you, to obey what you're calling her to do, even though there was risk, even though there was some fear. Thank you for the example that you've given us, for us to be challenged by and to step up to." [00:59:17] (26 seconds)
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