A Message of Miracles

Same Miracle for you!

Joke: Did you read the news about Joel Olsteen’s Church? $600k went missing in 2014 and it was found in a wall behind a toilet?

Luke 1:26–38 ESV

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.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Mary as an archetype for us. The humanity of Mary. God chose to bless her. Why am I a “favored woman”? Why me? Indeed, the reasons she was chosen are known only to God.

God will work in anyone's life in a miraculous way.

Mary is portrayed as a simple peasant girl who was thrown into the midst of God's plan for humankind. Similarly, any of us can choose to live such that we seek this miracle.

“Oh Favored One”

You who have been blessed.

She was greatly troubled at the saying “wha you talking about Willis?” “Who Me?”

“Conceive in your womb”

Conception for each of us. Not one of divine impregnation in the physical sense, but an impregnation of expectancy of the work of Holy Spirit.

How will this be?

The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High

(ElElyon the Lord as the Creator of heaven and earth)

“According to your word”

Let it be to me according to your word (rhema) utterance produced by your voice, not just to your intentions, but drawing back to Genesis

John 1:1 ESV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

receiving God's miraculous touch in your life

Luke 12:32 ESV

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.