Luke 1:5-25 God is Always Working; Be Faithful
Again for your time if we have here to worship you. Giving us the slip rates you speak through Luke.
Or the perfect sufficient word of God that you've given us. Speak to us so that we may be certain of the story that you've given us War. messages name amen
All right. Sounds kind of different to me.
Maybe it's me. Luke read Luke 1
Matthew mark Luke
All right. So God has a plan if you want to look at refresher from last week if you were here. Luke is riding this gospel to his buddy Theophilus for one reason and that is so that Theophilus knows the whole entire story The Narrative of Jesus Christ, so that Theophilus and us can be absolutely certain verse for absolutely certain of Jesus being the Messiah. So if you walk through any day this week and you have doubt that Jesus is the Messiah that you have eternal life that you the promises of God are real that your prayers have been answered are going to be answered. If you have any doubts that is what this is for it is for your encouragement. It is for your certainty
so don't raise your hands how many of you breaking the rules Isaiah how many view hexagon this week? to be certain you like doubting your down your daddy and you need to be certain. Did you just like be miserable in your doubt or did you go to the what God has given you to be certain? It's right here. And it's it's a guaranteed 100% money back guarantee But you will be certain if you go here.
Unless you have seen in your life. It's it's battling against your spirit and destroying you and you're just sitting and you're pursuing sin in pursuing sin. And that's going to be a struggle is going to be a struggle to go to God's word and get what he wants out of you if you're like, I want to go to work and you put it in you consent if that's difficult. now look You hear that? Make sure I go to sleep.
Don't do it.
specific people that have been assigned in here to give nudges All right. So I have to be extra.
What's it called dramatic dramatic, so it's good stuff. Don't fall asleep. That metal roof is just really sounding good.
So what are you wanting? What do you want me to do in your life? Think what what situation do you want made new? What do you pray about? Who do you pray for to be made new in that word is redemption to be redeemed. What is it? Who is it? Think about it? Okay. What do you need made brand-spanking-new?
Do you believe that it can be made new? Do you believe that God hears your prayers and he's going I got that.
Do you believe that? Cuz some of you I know where we've been the sum of you.
And situations your life where you like this can't be made new. This story of Zechariah and Elizabeth is for us. Not only to hear the story of Jesus to Fitbit to be reminded that everything in your life as a Believer. God promises. He's going to make brand new.
So we should never ever leave here without hope and joy and this whole Christmas season. Is about God's promise and his fulfilling his promise to make things brand new Jesus.
so We're going to start where Luke starts Luke starts the whole story of Jesus before Jesus.
Why does God want him to? right Why did God want him to because 430 years before Zechariah and Elizabeth? He wrote a prophecy through Malachi and said this is the way it's going to happen. This is incredible 430 years before this and of course thousands years before that. He gave us the promise of the Messiah this coming and so all the way through this week all this stuff the plan of God's Plan of Redemption his his big story that is called a meta-narrative the big story. And we're in at church. We're in it. We're in the story don't ever think that you're just this person who's doing your thing. And you do your job need to go home. You're part of God's plan and narrative story of redemption yesterday. We were part of the Plan of Redemption for those kids. Okay. Hopefully you got to talk to them and certain speak to them and give hope and give encouragement invite them to hear or just get to know them. but We are in the store so Malachi.
verse for 1 through I'll probably go to 6 but Malachi said this the prophecy God gave the Malachi. 430 years before Zechariah and Elizabeth for behold the day is coming burning like an oven with all their arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The David is coming shall set them Ablaze says the Lord of hosts so that it will leave them neither root nor Branch bad bad. It's bad news. But for you who fear my name the son of righteousness shall rise with healing and it swings at a beautiful picture of Jesus Christ. In fact, we were all singing in Chapel Vince graduation. We sang the song that speaks about the sun of righteousness, It's in a it's in a
Christmas song what is it? I don't remember it's when we sing all the time. But it was son of righteousness.
Son of righteous shall rise with healing in his wings. That's that's a promise for us Church. The sun of righteousness it's coming with healing in his wings. You shall go out what whiny and weepy.
I have no hope in this world. Know what are we supposed to be doing because of this?
Leaping like a bunch of cows. Baby cows you responding with Farm pay after it's raining. You might not want to go back here and look at the goats and the pigs. Especially little baby goat jumping all over the place last we were there watching. It's hilarious. There's usually some celery go feed him some celery, but they're jumping around.
That's or supposed to be like the sun of righteousness shall rise and you shall go out leaping like cash and stuff. So we leave here today.
Cap leaping and you shall tread down the wicked for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day. When I asked says the Lord of hosts. Remember the law of my servant Moses the statutes and rules that I commanded them him at Horeb for all Israel. Behold know this this is for sure count on this. I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes and he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers.
That is John the Baptist Jesus tells us that John v s John the Baptist Jesus tells us that John the Baptist is this right here the spirit of Elijah. Jesus says it I believe it. That was given 430 years before. Luke 1 verse 5 and also in Isaiah Isaiah also promised a voice cries in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord makes trait that is in the desert a highway for our God every Valley shall be lifted up and every mountain and Hill be made love the uneven ground shall become level and the rough places are playing and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and All Flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord has spoken voice in the wilderness again speaking tours John the Baptist so Zechariah who is a priest knew he knew that this 4Runner.
Did the voices crying in the wilderness that the spirit of Elijah has got to come before Jesus comes he knew it and all of Israel new it for 430 years. Now. The spirit Holy Spirit was not present from polish for in 30 years. So from 430 years. God had not spoken at all zero to his people.
What do you what do you think of how do you think you can handle that? Would you get this really discouraged? God had not spoken to his people for 430 years in the holy of holies. There was no word from God there go there every day asking for the Lord to redeem Israel. And God said nothing. They make sacrifices. God said nothing. They made the incense go up to God said nothing for 430 years. What happened to Israel and you had hair was a really mean guy really really mean guy from 37 to 4 BC and it before 500. It was actually, you know, 180 but dionysius made a for your mistake. It's a long story. Anyway 30724 BC. That's when Herod ruled. All right.
During that time. He killed his wife killed. His other wives after him killed. His wife parents killed his wife's brother his other brother her other brother. He would kill everybody and he also ordered all the killing of the of the kids after Jesus was born right cuz he want to make sure that Jesus did Kill he just kill his bad guy. He also set up his self in the temple in the in the temple, you know the story. Bad bad guy. So you had that pressure upon Israel you had to fight that guy had not spoken at 4 and 30 years and you had all this persecution upon Israel. Guess what Israel was doing the kind of started becoming secularized. I kind of gave up their religion. It was just it was kind of a facade. It was just where Israel. It was all actions. It was no heart heart worship. There was no heart desire to no heart delight in God. Do we get that way sometimes? Especially don't hear from God. He like prayers and you don't hear God say hey, I got that be reminded. It's really was really really difficult for Israel to continue in Hope. Enjoy. Especially the priests here these priests going every day going this kennel guide this kennel the promises of God. This can only promise is a guy and God's not saying anything. Even the priests weren't believing.
and here verse 5 Where do I get 6 life truths? That we can absolutely relate with from the lives of Zechariah and Elizabeth.
And how he works in our lives. In the days of Herod King of Judea bad guy. There was a priest name Zechariah of the division of abijah and he had a wife from the daughters of Erin and her name was Elizabeth and they were both righteous before God walking blamelessly in all the Commandments and statutes of the Lord hear you have first of all we dinner stand is God works his Redemptive plan through our faithfulness Church. no matter how discourage you get in god him being quite or not. You're not answering your prayers or what's God doing? Is he not? Where is he at? No matter what he works through your faithfulness and your continuation and pursuing him don't ever give up. If you ever ever ever have the desire to give up go to the story that makes certain your this story of Jesus Christ that he's not this Plan of Redemption started. The house is used for 400 years before he said, hey guys, I'm going to send my Messiah and it's guys coming before him and and look for him. What for and I promise. And there's four hundred thirty years and the secularization of Israel and the hardships of Herod and here is Zechariah and Elizabeth being righteous.
And God works through them. Okay, don't ever give up.
They were both righteous before God. Zacharias so wonderful Luke gives everything. He just Luke the name Zechariah means this the Lord has remembered. What a great name to name the father of John the Baptist write Elizabeth's name. My God is an oath or my God keeps his promises.
So you have Zechariah who's a priest every male person in his family was a priest every male person. He ever knew in his life was a priest. He came from the lineage of Aaron. What did he what what do they talk about at dinner time? free stuff
Elizabeth every male figure in her family was a priest every one of them. She came from the from a Priestly family. So you have these two they're like, they're like country pre really seriously. They're from the hillside country is Hillside country priest husband and wife and what they did every single day as they took the word of God and they applied it to the people's lives and I gave them hope and encouragement and they gave them counsel and they said this is what needs to happen and I didn't Direction and then they offered sacrifices. And they were faithful in doing that year after year after year after year, even when their granddad a great day in it and the great granddaddy continue to say we're still waiting for God to say something.
And I continue to be faithful to church be faithful. God works and are continually faithfulness. Absolutely. the next one verse seven But they had no child because Elizabeth was Barren and both were advanced in years.
So they did have any children.
All right, so that can be a difficult thing. Right Stacy and I have be able to have children. And then also we had a job and in 27 years of marriage. We had one child.
Before we had a child you have people that ask you really really.
What? Somebody said it. Stupid questions. Thank you. They ask you questions if you like Mi The Giver of Life.
No, not to give life. So why don't you ask God why don't have any children? So people ask questions are like daggers, right?
So even in the Hebrew culture times that by a thousand in the Hebrew culture back, then they believe that Elizabeth and Zechariah did something bad and they were being punished for it.
If you go back in the Old Testament, right?
you had a
Sarah mermaid look at her with the stain.
So here is here is suffering Zechariah and Elizabeth were living in Faithfully righteous life and yet they were going through suffering. God has not given them children in their Community was coming against them in like and given them no scoldings or even think of them as bad people. And so there was this suffering Why did they suffer and if you read this email to supporters for kind of ways that we go through suffering, right? we go through suffering because the sin of other people
comes upon us and we suffer for their sins all the time happens that our marriage is right husband and wife. We might say something. They're sending and yet we feel the effects of it and it hurts us we suffer for that. So other people send make us suffer. Our own sin makes us suffer the consequences our own sin. Which is really a blessing the consequences are centered trying to sell at a stop sending. We also go through suffering because of our own pursuit of righteousness. You pursue righteousness in this world as we suffering upon you from people that for why do you pursue the things of the Lord but also we're on our own flesh is battling against our spirit our own flesh of saying stop doing that. Our flesh is always against our spirit, but the fourth way is width and this is what I really believe. This is what Elizabeth and Zechariah were feeling the suffering was God had a plan in their life to do great things. And before that happened he wanted them to suffer.
Suffering in my life and your life is to bring out sanctification. Sing vacation to means this me and you are supposed to become more like Jesus Christ in our sanctification step by step. Call Progressive sanctification.
Is important word? Progressively, you're progressively being Sanctified Progressive become more like Christ. So you might go through his suffering.
You see what God's trying to do in your life. right and you see it in Lord. Help me through this help me through this and you become more like through Christ that you see what you're supposed to do. It gives you this guy. This is path on what you should be doing and you change your life and become more like Christ and the next time it comes in your life. You don't fall into this bitterness or This Bitter whole or or going to the same situation and you become more like Christ and more like Christ and some will fall but you don't go to keep on going straight down you be Sanctified you learn from it become more like Christ to keep going like rice and you're 40 + 50 + 60 years in Christ likeness and you become more like Christ in this here. It is. Merry Zechariah and Elizabeth. God had put them through suffering. For his glory and his plan. So he absolutely Works to our faithfulness and our suffering look at verse 8 now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty according to the custom of the priesthood. Aaron the first priest had for kids at least for kids. two of them were killed by who remember God got killed him. for offering Strange Fire to God
God said I'm holy. Make sure the fires holy and they brought Unholy fire and God didn't like it. He killed them. two kids those two kids that Aaron had 24 kids.
And those 24 kids David said we're going to have 24 divisions of priests. And those 24 divisions of priests are going to take care of all the Priestly duties of Israel. And the eighth kid was abijah. And that ain't kid a by just to send it was Zechariah.
So he does his priests his country priest duty all year long and then each division takes two weeks to go to the temple and serve. Okay, so he him and his him and his priests crew. They go to the temple have two weeks to to do all the sacrifices in the all the all the stuff to do in a temple write off an incense and praying and getting everything done at the priest at the Temple. And so they go and this is what they do. They choose bait they like they do go by the Light.
What's it called? What cast Lux? Yeah. So anyway, they draw straws they draw straws. So they go there and he's pretty sure like to draw straws. See who's going to do what this is what God works through the drawing of straws and the rolling a dice. So they're there and Zechariah
Pulls the straw of offering incense to the Lord. Really really important job. So immediately Zechariah goes to the very Pinnacle of his ministry. He will not want if if a priest gets that job. He never gets it again ever in his life ever and sometimes a priest will never ever get to go and have that job ever. So this is a huge privilege for Zachariah. Enormous, he's going to go into the temple into the holy of holies by himself and offer up this incense That was supposed to like swirl around with a sack of the burning of the sacrifice and it was going to be a visualization of the prayers of the people at the court of Israel is where all of Israel was to come and offer their prayers in the court of Israel, and he was to go in off of the incense and thank God except except these prayers except these prayers accept these prayers. Do you think he went in there expecting anything to happen? seriously 430 years of Silence Seriously, I want you to ask a question. Did he really expect anything to happen?
Even as a priest who like was in God's word every single day. You're so close to God and was like the intervention in the intermediary between God's people. And God and why would the priests expect something? Cuz he's human. Until this every week. I'm I'm reading this word all the time and and it can be so like just okay. All right. All right.
Stop doing that do this. Are you guys? See you later? I can be actions. It can be some others go through the motions and that's what had become was Zachariah. Yes. He was a righteous man, but his faith had Wayne just so
According to the priesthood he goes his chosen by lot to enter the temple and the Lord to the other Lord and burn incense and the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at their house at the hour of incense. And so he's in there in the holy of holies of showbread of here the horned altar right in front of him yet the Candlestick over here and he goes in and he's burning essensity goes so important. Holy of holies.
People praying and there appear to him an angel of the Lord standing in the right on the right side of the altar of incense. Where did Luke get his information? He wasn't even there.
I'm sure he wasn't there. Where is he getting information from? So God breathed it through him and he did his history any did I witness accounts? Like he said he's getting all this and this is the stuff he's getting from these people. They're telling him. some specific first whale
verse 11 and there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. What?
Can you imagine that I want you to imagine that imagine that? For 430 years this by the way, here's Gabriel. This is Gabriel. The last time he appeared was 500 years earlier with Daniel. Remember what he look like your what is experienced Daniel experience was I know I don't have time. But since it's raining, let's go back.
It since we're just going to go home and watch football or something, right? Go to go to Daniel 9. Daniel 9 first 20
while I was speaking and praying and fasting my sin and the sentence My People Israel and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for the Holy Hill of my God while I was speaking in prayer. The man Gabriel whom I had seen in a division at the first came to me and Swift flight at the time of the evening Sacrifice. By the way exactly why I was this is the evening sacrifice Zakaria. He made this isn't Gabriel ban. He shows up. Then he made me understand speaking with me and saying oh Daniel have now come out to give you Insight understanding at the beginning of your pleas for Mercy a word went out. So here's Daniel in the midst of God as an angel and they're up there in their hearing Daniels prayers Church Zechariah II. What did they hear? They heard Zacharias prayers you praying this morning and last Wednesday and last Tuesday, and whenever you're praying God hears our prayers and all the angels in the midst of your prayers.
So skip like Cavs. Pray, like a calving spirit nevermind. He made me understand speaking with me and saying oh Daniel I have now come out to give you Insight understanding at the beginning of your pleas for Mercy a word went out and have come to tell it with to you for you are greatly loved. God will spray like that church go to the Lord greatly loved therefore consider the word and understand division now jump down to 1st chapter 10 verse 11 halfway through 11.
And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me fear not Daniel for from this day that you set your heart to understand and humble yourself before they got before your guy. Your words have been heard and I have become and I have come because of your words.
Look at the spiritual battle here Church, the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me 21 days. But Michael when a cheap princess came to help me through I was there I was left there with the King of Persia and came to make you understand what has happened to your people in the latter days. That's what's going on. When you pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, there is a spiritual battle principalities and Powers doing this battle and they God hears your prayer and he sends his Messengers. To help you and so here's Gabriel he comes down. Again. This is God's perfect plan for in 30 years ago before you're going to be the one who has this child John the Baptist. I'm going to give you names that show you my lightness.
Zechariah was troubled when he saw him fear fell upon 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 assign and you shall call his name Sean.
God works in our very mundane Life Church He works in our faithfulness. He works in our suffering and here's here's here's the daily responsibilities as priests and God shows up and works in our mundane basic lives. If you ever think while I'm just doing my job is going to we're coming home going to we're coming home and going to God works in that in your faithfulness to pursue righteousness in that. When you go through that homework homework work home children, he works in the sufferings in that. And it's Monday messing shows up. Just like right here when Gabriel showed up to Zechariah.
Do not be afraid Zechariah for your prayer has been heard and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son and you shall call his name John.
And you will have joy and gladness and many Will Rejoice at his birth. For that he will be great before the Lord and he must not drink wine or strong drink and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.
the Gabriel's announcement Maybe the Restless first 16 and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God and he will go before him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready for the Lord of people prepared when zeca right in that verse. Where do I read that verse earlier Malachi 4
Zechariah he sees the angel he's offering incent the prayers that God. All the people are praying Israel outside. He's offering these prayers prayers prayers prayers. living a righteous life the Gabriel shows up. It says you're going to have a son and then he reads the scripture and Zechariah immediately knows what they put cables talking about. He knows what he's saying is this song that you're about to have is the one that's going to present to you the Messiah and going to resent them to the whole entire world. You see what I'm saying?
Zechariah as a priest and his dad as a priest and it's rained out of the priest and his great-great as always were telling him Malachi 4.
There's going to be a guy coming is a turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God and he will go before him in spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers. They knew that that meant the four wheelers coming It's a look a lot of people think this a lot of people think that the prayer that Gabriel sang is going to be answered is his prayer for a child. That's not true.
He's not going in the holy of holies asking if for a selfish prayer for his own, he's not going to lose one God give me a child. All of Israel's playing for dension. Everybody in the court of Israel is praying for Israel to be redeemed. So he's offering the sacrifices and asking God redeem My People Israel redeem. My people people Israel. And in that prayer God says I'm going to redeem Israel and I'm going to do it by giving you as an old man and his a old woman your wife a son.
To God's ways God works through you know, you have a plant you have these plans. You're like these thoughts like this is what God he's doing my life. God's plan, sometimes it's not that plan. Right in my life is kind of Joy the time. My plan was this and got like that was ridiculous Steve. This is a lot better. Go with this one it took me want to go. Okay. I think I think I'll go with that one. Tahir's Zechariah and Elizabeth almost at retirement.
And God says hey you're going to have a kid. And this guy's I'll be there four runner of Jesus.
Oh my goodness. And what is zechariah's response?
Faithlessness, he blew it.
He blew at church. Here is Gabriel. Pierre Zechariah living a righteous life a priest presenting in the holy of holies.
Any was faithless. So again, let us learn this living in this world Church. by faith innocent for world is extremely difficult.
God calls us to live by faith and to do that in a sinful world everything. Everybody's wanting a I sign here is here is Zechariah even asking a sign to Gabriel. and this is so great day responses just because I've had this response to me not exactly but how shall I know this? Is he saying I want to sign Give Me A Sign. Hello Zakaria who's standing in front of you?
SMS what Gabriel said? What are you are you crazy? Do you know who I am? I just told you I'm Gabriel. You know the last time someone saw me I knew that was the Daniel.
For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years just threw his wife under the bus right right in front of the angel.
Guys don't ever do that when an angel piercing you.
First 10 and the angel answered him. Now. This was the answer of absolute scorn from an angel who was in the presence of God. I am Gabriel. Who stands in the presence of God? That was the ultimate scoring for Zakaria. Do you understand who I am? I hang out with God everyday. I talked to him every day. We heard your prayers for the last forever. And your dad's for we heard it hurt all your prayers. I'm here right here from the presence of God. Do you see my radiating do with the light of God? I am always in his present and you don't believe what I'm saying.
And I was sent to you to speak to you and bring you this good news.
Sol Church Do you really expect for your prayers to be answered?
Do you really expect? Hear Zachariah was it he's going through the motions. I can relate in so much pastors week. We do this you can you can just go to the motion. Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Bible Bible Bible Bible
I'll just keep praying and looking. I was so convicted at this this week church. Do you know why?
Here and I'll look back.
At least for five of the seven years. We've been praying for a building.
and then and God's plan.
He brought along. 210 what's that my plan? and in that plan was some suffering
and God redeeming it. And then God coming together and saying all this stuff in here is yours. And I didn't ask you to go, but why don't we just buy the building? I don't want to move this stuff. Move it to a trailer.
And I still even though I pray I pray and pray Lord. Would you hurry up with this? Would you hurt with this? But you do I still doubt that's going to happen. Sometimes yeah.
Is it as well or not? We'll find out. But just the thought of here and whatever it is in our lives, we've been praying for and praying for it and then God shows up and says this is it right here. Do we go? Thank you, Lord, or just go visit. Here's Zakaria, and he did that did that and Gabriel could have Gabriel done killed him. What you're doubting me?
but in because Gabriel Is one who is filled with grace and mercy and steadfast love with slow to anger just like the guy who stands in front of this is what he does.
The whole you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place because you what because you did not believe my words.
I should Gabriel saying that to us you staying for the God God saying hey tell this to him you don't believe in me. When you leave this place, the one thing that you want to do is tell everybody what you just experienced and you can't tell anybody.
He's in there. He's experienced for the first time in 430 years God speaking through Gabriel and he's also spoken through this the Messiah is coming and the Forerunner messiah's coming Redemption is here. It's here. It's here. It's here. It's here. And he goes outside and they're waiting for him because you just texted it just takes a moment in time to offer the incidence I go and they come back out. He was in there for a very long time. So they're like, where is he? Where is what happened? And it comes out and he can't say a word he can't he can't give glory to God by words. He can't sing. Imagine what he would want to do sing and give word give testimony and praise God and praise God and praise God and he couldn't do any other why because he did not believe
And that is your sign.
right That's the sign for you is Zakaria every day when you can't speak. That's a sign that your son is the Forerunner and Jesus is coming. I really wish I would have had the other side. I really wish I would leave this up first time.
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So here is God absolutely working through. the struggles of faith he redeems us even redeem the situation in our faithlessness. He redeems us at the faith our faithfulness, even when we blow it Church. He redeems the situation. Jimmy got it. Whatever it is. You're going through and you blew it. God even redeems that it's a promise the promise. It's a promise Goforth. dancing like ass
and the people were waiting for Zechariah and they were wondering at his delay in the temple and when he came out he was unable to speak to them and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute.
And when is time of service was ended he went to his home?
First 24 after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and for 5 months. She kept herself hidden saying thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked up on me to take away my reproach among the people. There's the evidence that Elizabeth was in great suffering. The word replacer means disgrace the people even in her community, even though she was kind of righteous before God the people in our community as righteous. She was a disgrace why because
she's living in this disgrace this being a reproach for years and years and years. And God redeems that perfectly in his plan in his way and in his timing Church.
We have that promise. Our God is so compassionate.
Whatever it is, it's your approach Church, whatever it is.
If it's years of reproach if it's years of you building up disgrace among people if it's years of disgrace between you and your husband, are you and your wife or you and your children Whatever It Is God absolutely can redeem that. And as Believers wig should expect that he will redeem that.
And we should just like Zacharia pray for it pray for it pray for it. And then when he shows up and says this I'm going to redeem it this way recognize it and rejoice. Don't wait for the second time.
What is it?
What is it? What is it? What is it that you want guy to show up in and such a miraculous way?
to redeem
to make brand new
So whatever that is, please have something in your heart. I know you probably immediately had one or two or three. Whatever it is that you want God to redeem.
and to make brand new
please spend time like Zechariah praying for it.
Please find people in your life that will pray for that with you. Please do don't just sit here and only you pray for it. Share that with other brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for it together.