Luke 1:35-45
New Living Translation
(NLT)
35 The angel replied,
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the
Son of God. 36 What’s more, your relative Elizabeth
has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she
has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. 37 For
nothing is impossible with God."(Some manuscripts read For the
word of God will never fail.)
38 Mary responded, “I am
the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then
the angel left her.
39 A few days later Mary
hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town 40 where
Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. 41 At
the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, and
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 Elizabeth gave a glad
cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child
is blessed. 43 Why am I so honored, that the mother
of my Lord should visit me? 44 When I heard your
greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.45 You are
blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.”
The
belief that what God says "IS" will permeate the atmosphere around
you. As you begin to carry the confidence of His promise into your
everyday life; in your walk, your countenance, the way you speak to yourself
and others, the environment around you will become richer. Just as the
babe in Elizabeth's stomach 'leaped within her', so will the thing God is
birthing in those you pass by 'leap' within them and on and on. You will
become the conduit to revival- the process of bringing somebody back to
life, consciousness, or full strength; the belief (the faith), the
honor (the obedience) that creates fulfillment of the things that are spoken
(to our hearts) by God stretching across a family, a church, a city, country or
nation.
Your
obedience to His words will be your testimony and the prophecy of Christ.
It begins with you.
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