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Luke 1:39-45, John 1:1-8

ÒIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.Ó (John 1:1-2) Mary through the Holy Spirit conceived the Word that was in the beginning. The Word is the Word of God by whom all that was made was through Him. The Word of God is power and was described by God in Jeremiah 23:29, ÒIs not my word like a fire?Ó says the LORD.Ó  And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?Ó The word of God that was, and still is the same Word of God that is and forever will be the Word of God and will be, because the Word inhabits eternity. The same Word, when conceived by Mary, made Mary more than ordinary because there was no way to carry the Word as described by God and continue to be the same. Are you carrying the Word of God? Have you given the Word a dwelling place in your inn? While Mary was carrying the Word, she went and visited Elizabeth who was carrying John the Baptist (at the time of MaryÕs visit) the Bible recorded during that visit as she ÒÉentered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.Ó(Luke 1:40-41) Have you been speaking the Word with nothing happening? How many times have you received the spoken Word of God and have not encountered any visitation? When the Word is heard and nothing happens something must be happening that is not right in the life of the one that receives the Word. When Elizabeth heard the word of greetings from the one that was carrying, the Word of God, the babe, leaped and the effect the Holy Spirit had, made Elizabeth speak out with a loud voice. After she spoke she testified, ÒFor indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.Ó Jesus, the Word of God, was on His way to the face of earth in human form when He began to operate as a source of joy. He came with joy and joy was His mission. Once in royal DavidÕs City, in a lonely cattle shed, joy came to this world by the grace of the Almighty Gracious God of gods with a plan and purpose to deliver all that had been held captive, to give hope to the hopeless and to make life everlasting a possibility for all that will turn to the Word and accept living in the way of the Word. Ask in this season as you celebrate the birth of Jesus that His Word will have more power and meaning in your life for His name to be glorified.

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Luke 2:1-7, John 2:13-25

Every possible avenue to our inn must have failed or must have been exhausted before the merciful and gracious God finally sent His most beloved son. The bible also recorded, ÒÉbrought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room in the inn.Ó(Luke 2:7) Moneychangers, deceivers, have filled up the inn and those that have no regard for the business of the Lord so when the Lord arrived in a town where there was no room for Him to lay and dwell a manger became an inn for Him. If you will consider yourself as an inn for a moment, do you have a place for the Lord to enter? Just as He could not be brought forth in the inn so He could not be brought into life in the temple while He was doing the business of His Father. The temple was supposed to be used differently for God to be glorified, but it was being used as a den of thieves.  Jesus, ÒÉ found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changersÕ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, ÒTake these things away! Do not make My FatherÕs house a house of merchandise!Ó (John 2:14-16) What was going on and all that was in place when He came did not change till the time He started His mission. He was not recognized at the inn during the time of his birth and the temple was relegated with no respect for its purpose, as the house of prayer. Today if you will consider yourself as the inn or the temple, have you made a place available for Him? How are you keeping the temple of God? 1 Corinthians 3:16, ÒDo you not know you are that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him, For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are?Ó The first time He came, there was no place for Him in the inn, but it was quiet and silent. The next time that He is coming, any temple that is not in compliance with His word will not be complete in Him and will miss the purpose of the journey of life. How are you keeping the temple of God? Create a place for Him in your temple, allow Him to reign so you will reign with Him and your Christmas will not be limited only to this earth. Celebrate Jesus forever. 

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

Luke 2:1-24< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

As a believer in the name and the power of the Almighty God, you can be rest assured from this day that nothing should be considered as a accident anymore based on the understanding that God has delivered you. If the work of God is not an accident, then all that comes your way, as child of God, should not be declared as accidental anymore. Our father that is heaven has never been a God of accidents, but a God with a divine purpose and agenda. It was not an accident when the angel of the Lord visited Zacharias to announce the birth of John the Baptist neither was it an accident when it was revealed to the Virgin Mary that she was going to be having a child that is to be named Emmanuel. That same angel during his visit to Mary to reveal the birth of Jesus, Mary stated, ÒNow 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.Ó(Luke 1:36-37) It is evident that there are so many impossible issues that are situations, positions, for man to overcome, but with God on the side of those that have accepted Him as the Lord and savior, nothing will be impossible. Are you experiencing or dealing with a situation that seems not to have any way out? The angel from the Lord said, there is nothing impossible if you are with God. The One that came through an avenue that is impossible has made every situation to become possible with God only if we choose to let Him be our God. Also, it was not an accident when Caesar Augustus was passing a decree that requested for the entire world to register for census. Caesar August was ignorantly passing a decree for the divine plan and purpose of God to come to a manifestation at the appointed time in the appointed place. At the time of registrations for the census Joseph went with Mary to go and register in Bethlehem where it had been foretold that it would be the birthplace for Jesus Christ. Luke 2: 6-7, ÒSo it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.Ó It was not an accident that Shepherds were the only available ones, and not doctors, teachers, priests or government officials to pay the first visit to Jesus.  Accidents happen and if you have entered into any kind of accident that is beyond your control and you begin to see through the eyes of God, it is never too late for Him to turn around all the impossibilities to possibilities that will take you out of every accident. Believe in Him that came through an impossible avenue and He will turn it all to possibility.

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Matthew 1:1-25

ÒFor this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joyÓ (Colossians 1:9-11) The Apostle Paul prayed this prayer with a purpose: for the people of Colossians. This prayer is also worthy to be prayed with a purpose in mind for the season that is in place. The Christmas season is not a season for commercialization, neither it is a season for decoration. However, where understanding is lacking, seasons will be celebrated without a reason in focus. To be filled with the knowledge of His will is to be filled up with the wisdom and spiritual understanding. Jesus mentioned in John 6:40, Ò And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.Ó (John 6:40) There is a reason for the season, but to many the season has become the season of celebration without the reason. Jesus is the reason for the season and many have the idea, but lack the understanding; knowing about it is not the same as having the information and actually knowing it.. The ones that have the understanding have shifted the focus and flow with the crowd in celebration with the reason out of place. There is a need to be filled with the knowledge of His will and understanding otherwise it will be impossible to walk worthy of His calling. Walking worthy of the calling is what pleases the Father that sent down the Reason for the season. Whenever there is walking worth the calling, the father Himself will make His presence to dwell constantly with the ones that believe and know how to walk worthy of His calling. Jesus testifies to the fact that the Father does not leave alone those who walk worthy of His calling, Ò And He who sent Me is with Me, The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.Ó (John 8:29) It is all about pleasing Him, and pleasing Him is rooted in being filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. He is the reason for the season. Christmas is not just a season to be celebrated. Pray the Apostle PaulÕs prayer over yourself.

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Luke 1:39-56

As a child of the Most High God, one that believes in no other God besides the Lord God of Abraham, Lord God of Isaac, and the Lord God of Jacob, it is worth it to begin to think positively consistently if you have not been thinking in a positive mind set. Proverbs 16:3, ÒCommit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established.Ó Having positive thoughts can make a whole lot of a difference in how the journey on earth is propagated. As a child of God whose work is committed unto God, it is important not to wait for a physical manifestation to take place before actually receiving the manifestation. Whenever there is a hearing of what is desired it is good to receive it and to see it as being there and then it will come to you. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary and said to her, ÒAnd 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.Ó (Luke 1:31-32) Mary did not dispute the message but asked an appropriate question of how that could be. As a virgin, it can be considered as an appropriate question, unlike a Priest (Zacharias the father of John the Baptist) that serves God in the highest ground and yet could not place God in a higher area of trust. Much had been given to Zacharias and much could have been expected, but less was delivered. As a result, he became mute through the pregnancy of John the Baptist. Have you been placed on a higher ground of service in the Lord? If yes, much is expected of you and any less can bring forth consequences that are not comfortable because without faith, God is not pleased. The moment Mary got an answer that Holy Spirit was to come upon her, she welcomed the message, and it eventually became of her. Mary received the message of the angel by saying, ÒÉBehold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.Ó And the angel departed from her.ÓÓ(Luke 1:38) Mary heard the message and she received it by seeing it as done and it became of her. Jesus compared faith to mustard seed. Mustard seeds are very small seeds that will grow bigger. All that is needed in the life of every believer is a faith like mustard seed, a faith that can grow to become bigger. It is worth it to constantly receive any positive news by seeing it as being there and it will come to you. Mary received the message when it was yet to be there, and she gave birth to the Lord Jesus Christ.