Victory Fellowship Church Podcast

In this series we’re looking at the pregnancy, the emergency, and the nativity as we discover three keys to help you avoid having the worse Christmas ever:1. Adjust your expectations (the pregnancy) 2. Embrace God’s perspective (the emergency)3. Repurpose your pain (the nativity) Joseph and Mary embraced God’s perspective during their emergency.Luke 2:1-7 Jesus being born in Bethlehem was the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy about the Messiah.Micah 5:2 “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.”John 7:41-42 “Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.” That perspective changes everything – what seemed like an emergency was actually fulfillment of prophecy. What i