Bulletin https://faithlife.com/slccfaith/bulletins/127660606

“A Difficult Calling”

Luke 1:26-38

1) God is still _______ people to _____ Him and He ___ be calling ___.

Luke 1:26-27

Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month the angel xGabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named yNazareth, 27 zto a virgin betrothed2 to a man whose name was Joseph, aof the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

2) Mary lived in _______, not a ______ town from what we know. It was not a place for the ____ and the _______.

Luke 1:28-29

28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, bO favored one, cthe Lord is with you!”3 29 But dshe was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.

3) Would you want _______ to show up in your ____ knowing your life will _____ be the ____ again?

Luke 1:30

30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for eyou have found favor with God.

Luke 1:31

31 And behold, f you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and g you shall call his name Jesus.

4) Mary’s ____ is _____ going to be the ____ if she ________ to be used by God in this way.

Luke 1:32-33

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of hthe Most High. And the Lord God iwill give to him the throne of jhis father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob kforever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

5) Mary needed to _____ how ___________ the one she would _____ into this _____ was, and what would be ahead.

Luke 1:34

34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”4

6) Please _________ we can _____ God even if life doesn’t ______ the way we think it _______.

Luke 1:35-36

35 And the angel answered her, l“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of hthe Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born5 will be called mholy—nthe Son of God. 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her owho was called barren.

7) If you say ___ to God’s ____, you can also trust Him to ________ someone to help you on that _______.

Luke 1:37

37 For pnothing will be impossible with God.”

Luke 1:38

38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant6 of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And qthe angel departed from her.