Luke

MARY'S SONG Luke 1:26-45 Elizabeth had a cousin and her name was Mary. When Elizabeth was in her 6th month in pregnancy, the same angel Gabriel, who had visited Zachariah came to visit her at her home in Nazareth in Galilee. Now Mary was a virgin who was engaged to Joseph. Joseph was a descendent of King David.  The angel said that Mary had found favor in God's eyes and she was going to bear the Son of God - Jesus and His kingdom will be forever. Mary believed all that the angel told her. But, she was curious how a virgin can have a baby. The angel explained to her that the Holy spirit will come upon her and the baby will be conceived by the power of God. The angel also gave her a sign that Elizabeth, her elderly cousin was in her 6th month of pregnancy. And Mary replied "Behold, the bond slave of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word". Oh what a beautiful reply that was. Mary considered herself as a bond slave of the Lord. She didn't think of hers

Prayer of Zachariah and Elizabeth gets Answered  Luke 1:1-25  There once lived a couple Zachariah and Elizabeth. Both Zachariah and Elizabeth came from a priestly family background. They were both righteous in the sight of God and walked blamelessly by obeying the commandments of the Old testament. Despite of all these good qualities, they had no children. Not even one child to bear their name. It was like as if Elizabeth and Zachariah were destined to grow old together with no children.  Initially, when they were newly married, they prayed to the God of Isreal to bless them with children. Well, the God of Isreal was the God who had blessed their forefather, Abraham with a miracle baby, Isaac. Well, he will surely bless them too. They prayed and prayed. They knew that they need to believe and God will do a miracle. Days passed into months. Months passed into years. And now they were old and their prayers were forgotten. And quite frankly, they just forgot about wanting to have a baby.