God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. Luke 1:64 (NIV) The baby is born to Elizabeth. The Jewish custom was to take the baby to be circumcised on the eighth day. Zechariah had been unable to speak since the angel had appeared to him to... Continue Reading →
And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,’ Luke 1:46-47 (NIV) The pregnant Mary breaks out into song. Her heart wells up with at all the expressions of love and favor she has found in the Lord. Her soul overflows with joy and she bursts out in... Continue Reading →
`Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!" Luke 1:45 (NIV) Mysterious and wonderful things are happening in the lives of these two women of Luke´s story. Mary goes to visit Elizabeth her relative in the mountains. When she goes into the house and greets the... Continue Reading →
`You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,’ Luke 1:31-32 (NIV) Mary is there before the angel... Continue Reading →
But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. Luke 1:30 (NIV) Luke walks us through the stories of people who were visited by messengers of the Lord. Now he tells us of another young lady who is approached by an angel. He tells her that she... Continue Reading →
The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come... Continue Reading →
Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years." Luke 1:18 (NIV) Can we relate to Zechariah? Here he is in the sanctuary. He is visited by a frightening experience. The angel who has startled him is telling him that... Continue Reading →
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. Luke 1:11-12 (NIV) We may be holding off the thought of the Presence and existence of God until we have a little more information... Continue Reading →
Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. Luke 1:6 (NIV) We could be contemplating for the first time the seriousness of whether or not there is a God. We could also be considering whether or not we would even want to get to know... Continue Reading →
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Luke 1:1-2 (NIV) What have we heard of God? What did we learn of Jesus Christ? Surely... Continue Reading →
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