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daily devotion Dec 6

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billizzy
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daily devotion Dec 6

Post by billizzy » Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:50 am


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First, being spoken to by an angel let alone being the mother of the Son of God is a miracle in itself.

The angel Gabriel, who visited Mary, is God's chief messenger angel and only appears to very important people in the Bible. The first words that Gabriel spoke to Mary 'Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you.' are very important words. 'Highly favoured' means 'God's holy grace is upon you' and is a divine blessing from God - something that would have never normally been said to a peasant girl like Mary! She would have been very scared by this and that is why Gabriel said 'Do not be afraid'.

Mary would have been very surprised with the Gabriel saying that the Holy Spirit would be in her, because in the old Jewish stories, only the very important people had the Holy Spirit come into them. She might not have even believed that it is was going to happen, so she went to see her cousin Elizabeth, who Gabriel said would have a baby, to see if it was really true. She did this even before she told Joseph about Gabriel and Jesus.

May your day be blessed as Mary's was this day. May you also have someone that you can confide in and go to when you need the reassurance of God's plan in your life like Elizabeth was to Mary.

Hugs Prayers and God Bless
Izzy
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Becca
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Re: daily devotion Dec 6

Post by Becca » Tue Dec 06, 2016 2:16 am

Izzy Thank you for the devotion everyday.Its hard to imagine just how Mary felt.She must have been a special person.Thanks be to God for her willingness to follow thru with Gods plan. Becca

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Re: daily devotion Dec 6

Post by auntjana » Tue Dec 06, 2016 5:56 am

There are so many miracles to see - even in our world today. The Lord's hand is very apparent, if we but look and see it.

Elizabeth's pregnancy was a mircle and blessing too. Her baby, John the Baptist, prepared the way ahead of Christ.

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