This past week this devotional has been focused on the Magnificat of Mary in Luke 1:46-55.  Mary magnified the LORD, not herself.  We also are to magnify the LORD and never ourselves. For what are you thankful as you think about what God has done for you? If you are not a follower of Christ […]

Mary’s Magnificat is a reminder, a hymn of praise to God, magnifying Him.  You can also use it to magnify the Lord God. What has God done for you from the perspective of Luke 1:50-55? *God gives you His mercy when you fear Him – for He alone is God, there is none other *He […]

Mary was a virgin and her Magnificat is a hymn of magnifying the LORD.  (See Luke 1:46-55) In Monday’s devotional we considered the first half of this Magnificat…today we will consider the second. (NIV) Luke 1:50-55 “His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51He has performed mighty deeds with his […]

How often do you take the glory which God alone should receive? The Magnificat of Mary gives God all, all the glory.  She takes none for herself. So we too should give God all, all the glory of what He has done and is doing in our lives. (See Luke 1:46-55) As you go through […]

(NASB) Psalm 100:1-5 “SHOUT JOYFULLY to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. 3 Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His […]

Have you ever looked closely at Mary’s first words after greeting her elder cousin and hearing Elizabeth’s declaration? (NASB) Luke 1:46-49 “And Mary said: ‘My soul exalts the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. 48 ‘For He has had regard for the humble state of his bondslave; For behold, from […]

Mary had been given God’s message, would she accept it?  Yes, she did.  She would be the mother of Messiah!  She hurried to her elder cousin Elizabeth who had been told she would bear a son in her old age.  As Mary greeted Elizabeth the Holy Spirit of God revealed Mary to be the mother […]

The angel Gabriel had told Zacharias that his son would be filled with the Holy Spirit: Promise: (NASB) Luke 1:15 “For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.” Promise […]

Mary had been visited by the angel Gabriel and told she had been chosen by God to be the one who would give birth to Messiah.  (See Luke 1:26-33) Mary hurried from Nazareth to a town in the hill country of Judea.  She had great news she wanted to share.  And she would have wanted […]

What is essential for all followers of Christ?  God’s armor – so we can resist in the days of evil.  (See Ephesians 6:18) We are to march into life ‘wearing’ God’s armor. We are to consciously put on God’s truth, His righteousness, His good news of peace, faith in Him as our shield against the […]