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Christmas morning in our home consist of waking up, enjoying a fun breakfast of strawberry crepes, the reading of the Christmas story from Luke’s gospel, prayer and then the opening of gifts… Combined Emotions of: Expectation Excitement Discovery as the paper is torn back Wonder & Awe filled with gratitude…

I. COMPARING THE ENCOUNTERS II. THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Luke 1:11–17 (ESV) — 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “ Do not be afraid , Zechariah,…

Luke 1:26-38 As we continue down our path where we are learning to Follow His Steps, we come to the passage in Luke where it is announced to Mary that she will give birth to the Messiah. What a moment in human history! What a moment in a young girls life! This is the moment introducing the incarnation…

Have you ever received exciting news but you couldn’t tell no one? I hate it when someone comes up to me and says, “I’m going to tell you something but you can tell no one.” I’m not talking about pertaining to my job. As a Pastor people tell me stuff all the time that I can’t tell anyone about. I keep…

But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen…

Introduction: Christmas is a beautiful season full of wonder and mystery. A lot of people focus on the material things, but as Christians it is a season for us to focus on the King of Christmas. We often turn to very familiar passages. Familiar passages can become trite if we are not careful. They can…

We spent 5 weeks talking about doing nothing. The basic idea is this: God is the one in charge, who has the plan, who knows when and how to fix things. The logical conclusion: there will be (many) times when I want God to act, but he has not decided to act yet. The right thing to do then is “nothing.”…

An Eternal Kingdom And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. I a dream given to King Nebuchadnezzar, God…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

The Doctrine of the Virgin Birth Luke 1:26-35 The Meaning of the Doctrine (The virgin birth of Jesus is the belief that Jesus was conceived in the womb of His mother Mary through the Holy Spirit without the agency of a human father and born while Mary was yet a virgin.) Fundamental Doctrine = Foundational…

God makes good on His promises in ways that can shock us, confuse us, challenge us, and ultimately leads us to obedience, strength, and joy when we trust Him.

Luke 1:26-38 BEHOLD THE LAMB PREPARED Intro : In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. In six literal/24 hour days God created the heaven and the earth. On the sixth day God created man. Adam and Eve were the first living human beings to be put on the earth. Eventually man violated a sacred…

26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” 29 But she was…

Annunciation of Jesus Last week we spent time looking at the announcement of John to his Parents, Z and E. The Lord made a promise that this older and barren couple would have a child, and not only would they have a child, but that this child is going to serve a specific purpose. That purpose is to make…

Receiving a Coming King Sermon Notes : Let Jesus have His Throne A King is Coming Jesus Christ was prophesied to be born. A prophesied king A little over six thousand years ago, a savior was prophesied to be born. To crush the head of Satan and liberate us from our bonds of sin. As history progressed…

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed…

If there was one woman in the bible that we could say stood out, and was most recognized, and most memorable, who would we say it was? Mary Of all the extraordinary women in Scripture, one stands out above all others as the most blessed, most highly favored by God, and most universally admired by women.…

The birth of Jesus is the most important date in our time. It was the time God chose to set us free from our sins, by washing our slate clean wit the blood of His Son. Today we are going to look at some of the significant things with Jesus birth. Last week I sat with Beth in her Sunday school class,…

1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of…

Good Morning. If you have your Bible turn with me to Luke chapter one. Today we come to the announcement of the birth of Christ. Over the years there have been some amazing announcements. The announcement that we had put a man on the moon was huge. Countries have declared victory announcements. Teams…

A Priest, A Prayer, and a Promise This morning we are going to be looking at Luke 1:5-25 . I know that if you have one of the bookmarks I made that this isn’t what is listed on there. We were supposed to get through verse 38 this morning, but both of these sections are jam pack full of beautiful nuggets…

Tonight I’m going to take a few minutes to consider several different perspectives from the characters we see in our Christmas story. Because chances are you know the story, but I want us to put ourselves in the story and to consider some of the things we don’t always think about. So we’re going to start…

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. What is faith? Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It would be safe to say that most of us in here have at some point placed our faith in…

Advent 2023 – The Love of the Word (Jesus) This fourth week of advent lands on Christmas Eve this year as we celebrate the coming of the Messiah. Much like our Easter celebration of the Resurrection in the Spring, this Sunday is like every other Sunday in that we come together to worship the risen Jesus.…

The Foretelling What do we notice about Gabriel’s announcement of the immaculate conception? The couple was betrothed. The Lord had chosen the very 2 that He wanted to be involved with stewarding this most precious of gifts. They were young, unwed, not experienced parents, yet they had a pure and devout…