This Is Me
Introduction
34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”
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 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. —Luke 1:34-38 (New Living Translation)
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2 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. —Romans 12:2 (The Message)
7 But God told Samuel, “Looks aren’t everything. Don’t be impressed with his looks and stature. I’ve already eliminated him. God judges persons differently than humans do. Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart.” —1 Samuel 16:7 (The Message)
16 We don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. 17 Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. —2 Corinthians 5:16-20 (The Message)
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2 Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? 4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. —Romans 3:2-4 (New King James Version)
3 He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. —Isaiah 53:3-6 (New Living Translation)
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37 “For with God nothing will be impossible.” —Luke 1:37 (New King James Version)
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. —Jeremiah 29:11 (King James Version)
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. —Luke 1:38 (King James Version)
My Next Steps
- List 10 ways in which I am beautiful.
- What is my “Be it unto me” moment, where I am determined to live out my calling before God?
- Participate in Good Deeds Friday!
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