Luke 1:26-38 NKJV
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” 29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. 30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” 34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” 35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.” 38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Word Nugget – “Micro” is defined as something very small
involving minute quantities or variations. “Macro” is defined as
large, thick, or exceptionally prominent… ie: macro lenses have
short minimum focus distances to get close to the subject.
I. Audacious faith rises out of the moments when God puts His macro into your micro.
A. God has put three charges in my heart for this message:
To activate your
To inspire you to ask God for the
To reconnect you in the process with your
Once you experience God in high definition, you will never want to go back.
B. Audacious
C. When God puts His
D. Once you experience God in high
II. Audacious faith stands on a confident disregard of the status quo…
John 3:19-21 MSG
“19-21 This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is.”*
A. Faith brings high
B. Faith is
Romans 12:3 TPT
God has given me grace to speak a warning about pride. I would ask each of you to be emptied of self-promotion and not create a false image of your importance. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem.
III. In our low-definition world, faith has been reduced to a spiritual thought or a comfortable feeling.
A. Sometimes it feels like there is a custom-tailored
B. High-definition faith was custom designed by God to produce an
C. For many people, faith has been reduced to finding a faith that
IV. When God puts His macro into your micro you are empowered to **
Galatians 2:20 TPT
My old identity has been co-crucified with Christ and no longer lives. And now the essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives his life through me—we live in union as one! My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, dispensing his life into mine!
A. Some final observations:
A lot of Christians
P.T.F.D.Many people have gone from believing God for the
hunkering down in the basement of lifeLife has a habit of taking you from do what you
anything.You can’t let
- God has no plan
Hebrews 11:6 TPT
And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that He is real and that He rewards the faith of those who passionately seek Him.