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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: "The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid Mary; for you have found favor with God’” Luke 1:29-30. “Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit’" Matthew 1:20   In Luke’s Gospel, as we have seen, the angel said to Mary “Do not be afraid.” Now, in Matthew’s Gospel we see the angel sayin

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “She was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was. The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid Mary; for you have found favor with God.’” Luke 1:29-30   Are you perplexed and pondering over anything today? I highly recommend you set that aside right now and instead receive and rejoice in the favor of God.   God’s favor, realized within you in Jesus Christ, presents you with a strong and steady

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid Mary; for you have found favor with God’” Luke 1:30   God’s favor, freely given to you in abundance in Jesus Christ, is the perfect antidote for any and all fears.   “Do not be afraid” (please insert your name here) “for you have found favor with God.”   Yes, for sure, we can always look at our fears. But wouldn’t it be far better for us if we would look at God’s favor rather than our fears?  

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid Mary; for you have found favor with God.’” Luke 1:30   “Found Favor” - this is what each of us have received in our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. We have found our Abba Father’s favor, in His Son, for our lives.   Once we were lost but now we have found favor. We were lost in life, in sin, in this world, until we found favor, the favor of our Lord.   Now that we have found God’s favor, let us

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, ‘Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.’” Luke 1:26-28   Have you ever wondered why God didn’t just pick a virgin who was not already engaged, or why the angel didn’t come to Mary before she was betrothed to Jose

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, ‘Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.’” Luke 1:26-28   I love that as soon as the angel Gabriel was coming in, he said to Mary, “Greetings favored one! The Lord is with you.”   God wanted Mary to know right awa

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, ‘Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.’” Luke 1:26-28   Wow! So many prophecies are coming to fulfillment in this passage from Luke’s Gospel.   “Nazareth” - “This was to fulfill what was spoken in the prophets:

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming in, he said to her, ‘Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.’” Luke 1:26-28   Beloved child of God, allow me to be the first one to say to you this day, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”   This beautiful, life and love

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne:   “But as for you Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity. This One will be our peace.” Micah 5:2&5   Just as God, through Isaiah, prophesied that Messiah was coming to be “‘Immanuel’ which translated means, ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 7:14), God, through Micah, prophesied that Messiah

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14   God has given us His sign and His sign is His Son, born miraculously of a virgin for us so we might be “born again” (John 3:7) miraculously in Him, our Immanuel, our “God with us” (Matthew 1:23).   In my life, my understanding is that God’s sign to me is always His Son, and His Son lives in us