Are You Truly Blessed and Highly Favored?

Series: Christmas Questions

Speaker: Bishop James E. Collins

December 6, 2020
Luke 1:26-35

Bishop James E. Collins

Presiding Bishop

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Christmas Questions
Are You Truly Blessed and Highly Favored?
Luke 1:26-35

 

I. The Mary Perspective

  1. Mary saw blessing in what God was  her and doing  her.

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  1. Mary saw blessing in what God  to her.

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  1. Mary saw blessing in the reality that God alone is .

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           There is nothing in the first Christmas Carol about her  .

II. The Jesus Perspective

  1. Those who are truly blessed and highly favored  as Jesus would.

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  1. Those who are truly blessed and highly favored have gone through some serious  of life.

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"Everybody wants resurrection power, but nobody wants to die." — Unknown

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"True blessing and favor exist when you can say it is well with my soul in spite of the circumstances of life." — Bishop Collins

There is a road to blessing and it is not always .

       The James 1:12 blessing:

          1) We must  through trials.

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          2) We must be  by God.

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          3) We receive the  of life.

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III. The Conclusion of the Matter

  1. Without understanding true blessing we  Christmas.
  2. Without understanding true blessing we will return to   .
  3. Without understanding true blessing we miss the   Christmas brings to us.

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