Sermon Tone Analysis
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How do you know?
Simeon
His attitude was one of expectation.
He was being patient and leaving room for God to act.
He wasn’t trying to make it happen or manipulating things.
By his manner of life, he was saying, “We may have to wait, but it will be worth it!”
Anna
Faithfulness sometimes seems boring or meaningless.
How many people might have walked past her barely noticing, never considering that she would be remembered forever?
Faithfulness makes amazing things possible for you and others!
Mary & Joseph
God confirms
They were in motion, doing what they knew to do
Faith = Trust Trust over the long haul.
But also trust in the moment to let God lead.
Simeon wasn’t just patient, he was also obedient in a timely way...
Anna was also in step with the Spirit
And so in one powerful moment: an old man saw the deepest longings of his heart fulfilled, a faithful prophet widow was written into history.
And a faithful young couple seeking God’s will were comforted and prepared for what lay ahead.
This is why every church needs to reach multiple generations.
It brings together the faithful experience of the saints with the earnest seeking of a new generation.
But there was really even more happening here.
God was demonstrating his long-term faithfulness.
It was a long arc of faithfulness, justice and love.
It reached all the way back to the garden of eden, through Moses and the children of Israel, through kings and prophets and exile.
It involved raising up God’s people, raising up and bringing down empires.
It came down to this handful of people through whom God was saving the world!
We are part of a much larger story.
Christmas is not just about the moment we show on Christmas cards and lawn ornaments.
We humble ourselves in the presence of this story.
We seek to find our place in it as we join the faithful in following Jesus into his glorious future.
We leave our past idols behind and embrace what it means to be fully human, bearing God’s image in the world.
Patiently waiting for his Kingdom to come, seeing to it that his will is done on earth as it is in heaven.
You & Me
Have you been waiting for God to speak?
Have you been praying for years?
Are you trusting God and hoping for direction?
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