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Message Notes:
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. – Luke 2v1-7 (ESV)
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. — Isaiah 7v14 (NIV)
What you’re carrying is bigger than just you.
Tips for your calling:
1) Manage being misunderstood (v5)
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. – Luke 2v5 (ESV)
God loves to do stuff that no one else can take credit for.
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised , and we held him in low esteem. — Isaiah 53v2-3 (ESV)
2) Commit to the right place (v6)
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf. – Micah 5v2 (NLT)
בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bethlehem) - “house of bread”
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. — Luke 2v6 (ESV)
3) Prepare for the unexpected (v7)
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. — Luke 2v7 (ESV)
Luke 2v7: Katalyma - “a place to stay”
Luke 10v34: Pandocheion - “public inn”
Where do I start?
a) Clean your hands
b) Renew your head
c) Soften your heart
13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, 14 therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” — Isaiah 29v13-14 (ESV)
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. – Revelation 3v20 (ESV)
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