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Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer

342: The beginning of the Christmas story (Luke 1:5-25) || The Morning Mindset Daily Christian Devotional

Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer

Carey Green

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πŸ—“οΈ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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πŸ“œ TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Luke 1:5-25

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,[a] of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, 15 for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

18 And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” 19 And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20 And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” 21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple. 22 And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute. 23 And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.

24 After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, 25 “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”

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Good morning my friends welcome back to the morning mindset edition of the

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Libwell Change Podcast my name is Carrie Green I'm here to help you get your mind aligned with the truth of God.

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And I thought it would be fun here as we're approaching mid-December.

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To begin doing so by looking at the Christmas story, the story of Jesus

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incarnation coming to Earth.

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We're not going to talk about Santa and reindeer here.

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It's a foolish fable that has nothing to do with the true purpose and meaning of Christmas.

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We're going to look at the birth of Jesus and I'm going to try to approach this through

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some new eyes, new lenses looking at the Christmas story chronologically looking at the events in the

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order they happened in order to gain some insight through the eyes of the people who are actually involved.

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And it actually begins, the whole story begins by setting the stage in Luke chapter 1.

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Beginning in verse 5 has nothing to do with Jesus or Joseph or Mary in the sense of

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them being part of the story. This is about two other people. A priest named

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Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth.

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Let's read this together.

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Luke 5 beginning in verse 1, through verse 25 it says there was in the days of King

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Herod of Judea a certain priest named Zachariahs, of the course of Abia and his wife of the

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daughters of Arran, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before

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God walking in the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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And they had no child because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well stricken in years.

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And it came to pass that while he executed the priest's office before God in the

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course of his order, according to the custom of the office his lot was to burn

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