Mary's Song (1 of 4)
Series: The Original Christmas Playlist
Jonathan McLeod
Luke 1:26-56
And Mary said, ''My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call be blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name'' (vv. 46-49).
CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR MUSIC
A few years ago while jogging in my neighbourhood, I found a record collection on the side of the road. I took the records home and kept the ones I liked best. I actually didn't own a record player at the time, but two years ago Marsha gave me one for Christmas. My favourite Christmas albums are Elvis' Christmas Album, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song, Bing Crosby's Merry Christ-mas, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. They say that there's nothing like the sound of music on a record player.
In the Gospel of Luke, there are four Christmas songs: Mary's song (1:46-55), Zechariah's song (1:68-79), the angels' song (2:14), and Simeon's song (2:29-32). Mary's song is known as the Magnificat. In our current sermon series ''The Original Christmas Playlist,'' we're going to take a look at each of these four songs.
[Read Luke 1:26-56.]
A SONG OF PRAISE
Mary's song is a song of praise. Mary's praise comes from her ''soul'' (v. 46) and her ''spirit'' (v. 47). It comes from deep inside her. ''Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!'' (Ps. 103:1). God isn't interested in praise that doesn't come from our hearts. God said that the people of the prophet Isaiah's day ''draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me'' (Isa. 29:13).
Mary ''magnifies the Lord'' (v. 46). To magnify means to enlarge (like a magnifying glass enlarges an object). Mary wanted an enlarged vision of God. We should regularly stop to think about how big God is. He is ''mighty'' (v. 49) beyond descripti ...
Series: The Original Christmas Playlist
Jonathan McLeod
Luke 1:26-56
And Mary said, ''My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call be blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name'' (vv. 46-49).
CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR MUSIC
A few years ago while jogging in my neighbourhood, I found a record collection on the side of the road. I took the records home and kept the ones I liked best. I actually didn't own a record player at the time, but two years ago Marsha gave me one for Christmas. My favourite Christmas albums are Elvis' Christmas Album, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song, Bing Crosby's Merry Christ-mas, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. They say that there's nothing like the sound of music on a record player.
In the Gospel of Luke, there are four Christmas songs: Mary's song (1:46-55), Zechariah's song (1:68-79), the angels' song (2:14), and Simeon's song (2:29-32). Mary's song is known as the Magnificat. In our current sermon series ''The Original Christmas Playlist,'' we're going to take a look at each of these four songs.
[Read Luke 1:26-56.]
A SONG OF PRAISE
Mary's song is a song of praise. Mary's praise comes from her ''soul'' (v. 46) and her ''spirit'' (v. 47). It comes from deep inside her. ''Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!'' (Ps. 103:1). God isn't interested in praise that doesn't come from our hearts. God said that the people of the prophet Isaiah's day ''draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me'' (Isa. 29:13).
Mary ''magnifies the Lord'' (v. 46). To magnify means to enlarge (like a magnifying glass enlarges an object). Mary wanted an enlarged vision of God. We should regularly stop to think about how big God is. He is ''mighty'' (v. 49) beyond descripti ...
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