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A Prophecy Fulfilled

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Sometimes waiting for God to fulfill His promises can be hard. It’s not always easy to believe something will happen when you’ve been waiting a long time for it. The good news is, God always keeps His promises. It may seem like it’s taking forever, but only God really knows how long forever is, and He is faithful.

Luke 1:26 – 38 says: “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.””

It may have seemed like God had forgotten His promise, but God never forgets. His timing is perfect, and only He can see the future. God knows everything, and nothing surprises Him. Trust that God has everything under control. He knows what’s best for you, and He loves you more than you could ever imagine.


A Long Expected Prophecy

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Imagine something you’ve waited a long time for. Is it something you ordered online, a special event, or a celebration? Did you ever begin to wonder if your waiting had been pointless? Sometimes it is hard to keep looking forward to something when it seems like it will never come.

The Jews had been waiting for the birth of Jesus for a long time. Isaiah 7:14 says: “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah prophesied Jesus’ birth about 700 years before He was born.

Before even Isaiah prophesied about the birth of Jesus, God had already explained His plan to save the world. In Genesis 3:15 God says to the serpent: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Think about waiting more than 700 years for something. You would either die before it happened, or would be last in a long chain of people who had begun to give up hope. The good news is, God always keeps His promises. We can trust Him to do what He says He will do. Even when things don’t go the way we planned God is still working. Trust that He has a plan, and that His plans never fail.

What is Christmas?

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What do you think of when you think about Christmas? Is it that perfect tree? How about the lights that you spent countless hours hanging from the roof? Maybe you think about family, the people that you rarely get to see gathering together again. Or is it the presents, those gifts sitting round the tree just begging you to unwrap them? Whatever you think of when you think about Christmas is likely a special memory, or a family tradition. However, none of these things are what Christmas is truly about.

The true meaning of Christmas involves a baby. A baby born in a manger. The Son of God giving up His seat by The Father, and coming down to be born as a man. The story of Christmas is a story of love and sacrifice.

Every day leading up to Christmas there will be a new post diving deeper into the Christmas story. I hope you will check them out and be reminded of God’s great love for us this Christmas.

Verse of The Week 8/10/22

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Eph.

1:5

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will.” God chose us before He made the world. He had planned for His Son to die in our stead even before He made us. He blesses us with everything we need and gives us the gift of His Holy Spirit. Not only does this verse remind us of His love for us, but it also says: “Even as He chose us before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and blameless in Him.” We need to live our lives in a way that is worthy of His sacrifice. We can never repay God for what He did for us, and we can never earn His forgiveness, but we can live our lives in a way that glorifies Him. Ask Him for help and by the power of the Holy Spirit, and He will give you every spiritual blessing you need to be holy and blameless in Him.

Verse of The Week 8/3/22

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1 Peter 1:20

“He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you.” This verse is talking about Jesus’s sacrifice for us. The verse before this one says. “Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” It is saying that before God created the world He had chosen Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. God wasn’t surprised by Adam and Eve sinning. He knew they would turn against Him, and He knew every mistake we would make before He made us. So why did He? Why would God make us when He knew His Son would have to die for us? I find this verse to be a great reminder of how much God loves us. It reminds me that God knows everything we do, every mistake we would make before we make it, and yet He loved us so much that He saw us as worth the sacrifice. Remember to be thankful for the great gift God has given us, and don’t waste it.

Verse of The Week

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Psalm 68:35

O God You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! We often get caught up in the trap of believing that we can do things by our own strength. When we do that, we are not giving God the credit He deserves, and we are setting ourselves up for failure. Proverbs 16:18 says. Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” When we trust in ourselves, and our own strength, we will only fail. We need to remember that “The God of Israel Himself gives power to the people.” God is the one who gives us the strength we need to overcome the challenges in our lives. If we ask Him for strength, He will give it to us. We also need to remember to thank God for the strength He gives us. We do not want to be like the nine lepers who left Jesus without thanking Him for healing them, we want to be the one who came back and thanked Him for His wonderful gift. Next time things get hard, remember, we have a God who loves us and gives us the strength we need for every day.

“Blessed be God!”

Feel free to discuss the verse, or hit me up with any questions you have.