{"id":1263,"date":"2014-01-13T07:49:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T14:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2014-01-13T07:53:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T14:53:45","slug":"mary-and-elisabeth-rejoice-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"Mary and Elisabeth Rejoice Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<a title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a>. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<a title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a>). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3WLF3cwXfGc?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0And entered into the house of Zacharias, and\u00a0saluted Elisabeth.\u00a0<\/em><em>And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was\u00a0filled with the Holy Ghost:\u00a0<\/em><em>And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Blessed art though among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And Mary\u00a0said, My soul doth\u00a0magnify\u00a0the Lord,\u00a0And my spirit hath\u00a0rejoiced\u00a0in God my\u00a0Saviour.\u00a0For he hath regarded the low estate of his\u00a0handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me\u00a0blessed.\u00a0For he that is mighty hath done to me great\u00a0things; and\u00a0holy is\u00a0his name.\u00a0And his mercy\u00a0is\u00a0on them that fear him from generation to generation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud\u00a0in the imagination of their hearts.\u00a0<\/em><em>He hath put down the mighty from\u00a0their\u00a0seats, and exalted them of low degree. He<\/em><em>\u00a0hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.\u00a0<\/em><em>He hath\u00a0holpen\u00a0his servant Israel, in remembrance of\u00a0his mercy;\u00a0<\/em><em>As he spake to our\u00a0fathers, to Abraham, and to his\u00a0seed\u00a0for ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.\u00a0<\/em><em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/1.39-56?lang=eng#38\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 1:39-56<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mary rejoiced in her Savior (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/1.47?lang=eng#46\">Luke 1:47<\/a>). How can we rejoice in the Savior? What great things has the Lord done for you?<\/li>\n<li>Mary magnified the Lord (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/1.46?lang=eng#45\">Luke 1:46<\/a>) by\u00a0praising the Lord and helping others to see His greatness. How can we praise the Lord and help others to see His greatness?<\/li>\n<li>What good things has the Lord filled your life with?<\/li>\n<li>Mary and Elizabeth rejoiced in the great things the Lord did for each of them. How can we more fully recognize the greatness in others? How can we rejoice in others&#8217; successes and avoid jealousy?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1263\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,25,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus-christ","category-mission","category-new-testament","category-obedience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}