Luke 1:26-38
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

I. Pray for Favor (vv. 26-28)
• Favor comes from being faithful with little things and God sees that he can entrust you with greater

and

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.
• Favor will take you to greater levels of trust,

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, prayer, and brokenness.
• Favor also includes greater levels of

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, friendship, purpose, and breakthroughs.
• Favor doesn’t mean

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; it’s receiving something that is due to a person because of their proven faithfulness.
• You’re never competing for God’s

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, he has enough to give to those who are faithful to love him.
II. Lose Your Fear (vv. 29-31)
• A lot of people in God’s redemptive story have been told the words “

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.”
• Any fear that is tries to stop you from living the calling God has on your life is an

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fear.
• Jesus can be

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, he’s not a tyrant, he’s not power hungry, he’s not unaware or uncaring to our struggles.
• We can lay down any fear at the feet of the

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king and trust him with them.
• Give fear an

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notice.
III. Grow in Faith and Hope (vv. 32-38)
• When God says something “

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” or “

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” happen, we can and should take him at his word.
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power is big enough to start salvation and is big enough to finish salvation.
• God-sized fulfillments may seem tough to grasp, that is why it’s called faith, but it isn’t blind

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or void of logic.
• Our life’s mission should be to

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in whatever way God desires.
• Jesus should remain your

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, even if the answer to your prayer is nope.