The Rise and Fall of Many

Pastor Mike Hendon

 Next Sunday night the 18th at 7pm our Christmas PlayFirst N-O-E-L Thank you for bailing out the pastor with over 140 dozen cookies Caroling Friday the 23rd meet at the church at 6:30pm. See Amy T shirts for youth for sale and fund raiser for Youth Retreat coming upDJ Capron

 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin Luke 1:26-27a 700 years earlier a prophet named Isaiah said: Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel Isa.7:14

 Then Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I do not know a man? And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Lk.1:34-36

 My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, And holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation. He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty. Lk.1:46-53

 Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word; For my eyes have seen Your salvation Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel Lk.2:29-32

 And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. Lk.2:33-35

 Rise and fall of many doesnt speak so much to the fact that some rise and some fall, but that we all rise and fall in our walk. For we all stumble in many things Ja.3:2 The bumps are what you climb on

 Dont make failure into such a big deal that you sabotage your own future Hope is a warrior that will fight for your future. No matter what do not lose your hope, no matter how hard you fall, how difficult your circumstance. You are destined to rise.