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The Power To Serve
Luke 1:41, 'And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.'
LUKE 1:39-56
Upon hearing the greeting of Mary, John the Baptist leaped for joy inside his mother's womb (v. 44). A six month old fetus experienced unbridled emotion, voluntarily leaped for joy and was actually filled with the Holy Spirit.
It is no coincidence that the man Jesus called the greatest of all Old Testament prophets, was the only man in the Bible to be filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb (Lk. 7:28).
The anointing of God that breaks every yoke is simply the manifest presence and working of the Holy Spirit (Isa....
Nothing Is Impossible
Luke 1:37, 'For with God nothing shall be impossible.'
What a statement! If we just believed this, how different our lives would be!
From birth we are trained to know our limitations. You can't have this. Don't touch that. Don't put things in your mouth. You can't touch the fire. On and on the list goes.
As we grow up, it's actually a sign of maturity to recognize our limitations and learn to live within them. There are limits to everything. It's a fact of life.
But God has no limits. When we enter into the realm of the supernatural, we have to take off all the limits. We have to renew our minds with the truth that...
Knowing God's Will Is Not Enough
Luke 1:34, 'Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?'
LUKE 1:26-38
Contrast Mary's question and Gabriel's response with the question that Zacharias asked Gabriel and the response that he received (Luke 1:18-20). You will find the questions are similar but the responses are totally different.
Both Mary and Zacharias asked how these miracles would occur but it is evident that Mary was asking 'how' in faith while Zacharias was asking 'how' in unbelief. It is a clear Bible teaching that unbelief doesn't please God (Heb. 11:6), but the Lord doesn't mind us questioning Him for the purpose of instruction so we can cooperate with His will in our lives.
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Can You Believe It?
Luke 1:18, 'And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.'
LUKE 1:5-25
Zacharias and Elisabeth were righteous people (v. 6) who prayed for a child for many years. They felt the same disappointments and frustrations that any of us would feel and yet they kept believing God. The Lord finally answered their prayers and sent His angel to announce the good news.
What was Zacharias' reaction? He couldn't believe it! The very thing that he had been praying for was granted and he doubted that it was true. In Zacharias' case he received his miracle anyway. Perhaps his wife's faith pulled him through.
Likewise, you may be praying for...
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL AND I PRAY THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE A VERY BLESSED ONE FOR YOU. I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAKE THOSE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS AND I JUST THOUGHT A GOOD ONE WOULD BE TO BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE EVERY DAY THAT YOU CAN IN 2020. BEING A BLESSING TO SOMEONE ALSO BLESSES YOU. HAVE YOU REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW BLESSED YOU ARE ALREADY? SOME MIGHT SAY "HOW CAN YOU SAY I AM BLESSED WHEN I LIVE FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND CAN BARELY PAY MY BILLS?" WELL, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE FOR YOU. JUST THINK OF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A JOB, OR, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, A HOME, A CAR OR GOOD HEALTH. DO YOU EVER THANK GOD FOR THE THINGS YOU DO...