In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and your child will be blessed! How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my e

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you.” But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be. Then the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Now listen: You will conceive

God can produce life even when the situation seems hopeless. He creates the universe out of nothing to provide a place for life to flourish. He blesses barren women with new life where none had been possible for many years. And he provides a spring of spiritual life in conditions that seem desolate. Jesse was the father of King David who was to be the first in a line of kings that was to reign forever. But things went awry after David's son, King Solomon, died. The kingdom sp

Zechariah was troubled when he saw the angel , and fear gripped him. But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John. You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice over his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb. And he will turn

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron,...

God spent centuries preparing mankind for his entrance into his creation. He started with one man, Abram, and grew him into a nation he would teach and work among. He gave his new nation his law, teaching the people about sin and holiness. He preformed miracles in their midst and gave them a land of their own. He rebuked and punished them when they strayed and rebelled. When the Jewish remnant returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity, they no longer worshipped false go

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