Good morning, good morning, good morning.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another Mornings with the Masters.

We're devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you.

Before we pick up with New Morning Mercies, we were going to do our 13 days of Advent. And so very

excited about this one. It starts off. God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary in the village of

Nazareth. The angel said greetings. The Lord has blessed you and is with you. You will give birth to a

son and you are to name him Jesus. He will be called the

son of the Most High and will reign forever. His kingdom will never end. The angel also said the

holy one to be born to you will be God's son. Even your cousin Elizabeth is going to have a child

in her old age. Nothing is impossible with God. I and the Lord's servant, Mary answered. May everything

you have said come true. Then the angel left her. Mary hurried to visit her relative Elizabeth.

At the sound of Mary's greeting, the baby inside Elizabeth jumped for joy. Elizabeth told Mary that

she was blessed because she believed that what the Lord said would

really happen. Mary was engaged to a man named Joseph, but before they came together, an angel

the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. The angel told him that Mary was to have a baby from God.

Joseph was to name the baby Jesus because he would save his people from their sins.

He would also be called Emmanuel, which means God with us.

At that time, a decree said everyone had to go to his family's town to register.

Joseph was from the family of David, so he and Mary went to Bethlehem, which was David's home.

While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for the baby to be born, and Mary went to Bethlehem, which was David's home. While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem,

the time came for the baby to be born, and Mary gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped

him in strips of cloth and placed him in a manger because there was no room for him in the end. Shepherds living

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