For no word from God will ever fail.”For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”For with God nothing shall be impossible.For no word from God shall be void of power.
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… So one day, I'm sitting in my room, I'm having some time in God's Word, and I come across Luke chapter 1, verse 37. The Bible says there, for nothing is impossible with God. And right then, it seemed like the words of that scripture leapt off the page and into my heart. And I knew exactly how I could make the eighth grade basketball team. If the Bible says, for nothing is impossible with God, then that means with God's power and with God's strength, I could dunk the basketball. And if I could dunk the basketball, I'm on the team for sure. And so that's the plan. So what I did is I left my Bible sitting in our room, and I ran outside the house where we had a basketball goal in our driveway. I got a basketball, and I went to the back of the driveway, as far away from the goal as I could get so I could get a good running start. I got down on my knees and said, God, I believe with your power and with your strength I can dunk this basketball. …
… 27 Luke 1 37 Luke 18 27 Twice in Jeremiah Twice in the gospel by Luke All four agreeing Four specific Times in the word of God Zero impossibilities You sang of it when you sang the hymn Immortal, invisible God only wise in light inaccessible hid from our eyes most blessed, most glorious the ancient of days almighty ah, there it is victorious, thy great name we praise almighty almighty when you use the word almighty it fits only one isn't it interesting how ill-acquainted we are with our heavenly father? And this is just one of his numerous attributes. There's a second, and I find it at the end of verse 2, no purpose of yours can be thwarted. It is impossible to restrain or nullify God's purposes. It is impossible to restrain or nullify God's purposes. You see the word thwarted if you carry a new American standard Bible as I do, you have found the word thwarted. The Hebrew term is the word that means to cut off. …
… And she's in her six months. For no word from God will ever fail. Listen to Mary. I am the Lord's servant. May your word to me be fulfilled. Write down number three. You can say yes to God's plan without understanding it. Mary didn't have the attitude of Zachariah. Zachariah said, how? Mary said, Oh, whoa. How? I've never been with a man. We're planning on Pinterest our wedding. We were going to go to Cabo San Lucas. He's going to be so upset when I tell him. but nevertheless let your will be done in your servant. See you don't got to understand God's plan to obey God's plan. You don't got to understand what God's asking you to do. Sometimes God's going to ask you to step out in faith. Sometimes God's going to ask you to walk on water. Sometimes God's going to ask you to walk around the walls of Jericho. Sometimes God's going to ask you to face a Goliath. Sometimes God's going to ask you to give his fish and to give your bread, but you don't have to understand it to obey it. All you got to do is walk by faith and not by sight. Is there anybody at Zoe Church that's willing to trust in the Lord with all your heart? …
… What's more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age. People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month, for no word from God will ever fail. Mary replied, I am the Lord's servant. May everything that you have said about me come true. And then the angel left her. A few days later, Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said. Father, would you bless the reading of this word today? We love you. We want to hear from you. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. All right. …
… Okay? And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son. and watch the symmetry, the connection between this and Luke 17. Look at this. And you will conceive in your womb and bring forth the Son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord will give him the throne of his father David. Watch the kingdom language. And he will, say that word, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. Now, stop. This is what God is saying he is going to put in her. We focus, rightfully so, on what he put in her, but sometimes we miss the fact that he put it in her. Are you hearing me? Mary wants to show us how to receive something. Mary wants to show us how to have an empire within us, but not let it stay in us. She wants to show us how to birth what God puts in us so powerful things can happen in the earth. …
… It says right here that she was. So for no word from God will ever fail. I love that. Other translations say that nothing with God is impossible. You'll hear us say this around here at Zoe, that if God is here, anything is possible. And if God is with you, if the Bible is true and says that God is with you, anything is possible in your workplace, anything is possible in your home, anything is possible with your finances, anything is possible with your calling, anything is possible if God is with you. I love Mary's response. Mary says in verse 38, I am the Lord's servant, Mary answered. May your word to me be fulfilled. The title of today's message is I didn't think I had it, but God worked through me anyway. I didn't think I had it. I didn't think that I had the gifting. I didn't think that I had the calling. I didn't think that this prayer request was ever going to be answered. I didn't think I had the education. I didn't think that I had the right upbringing. I didn't think that God could use me, little old me, to make a difference in people's lives. I didn't think that I had it, but the great thing about God is he used you anyway. He's going to work through you this year. …
… no, here's the answer to your clarifying question, and Mary saying, behold, I'm the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your will. I don't know how much time passed in that moment. I don't know how much she had to reflect on this, or how much she had to process this, how much time she needed. But right now, you and I don't need any time. We just need to give our answer. We don't have to wait. God's grace has already been given. all we have to do is say yes. You know, this feast, this Immaculate Conception, is not about Mary being special. It's about God's determination to save us. It's about his ability to reach deeper than sin, reach deeper than brokenness, reach deeper than death. And he can heal before something even breaks. And that means that he can restore everything after it's broken. There's no need to wait. God's grace is greater. Sin does not have the last word. …
… couldn't do. She who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month for no word from God will ever fail. Well, since you put it like that, I am the Lord's servant, Mary answered, may your word to me be fulfilled. Then the angel left her. And at that time, Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. Last verse. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. All right. Now I'm going to give you your title. I have good news for you today. This is going to be the best holiday message you ever heard in your life. Look at your neighbor and tell them my title. You don't have to. Didn't that feel good to hear that? All the stuff you've got to do between now and December 25th. Look at your other neighbor, the one you really wanted to talk to all along, but you were just being nice to that guy. …
… And this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God, nothing will be impossible. For with God, nothing will be impossible. That feels good to me. And for with God, nothing will be impossible. Then Mary said, behold the maidservant of the Lord, let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her. Do me a favor, be a preacher for a moment and find a neighbor next to you and tell him, neighbor, oh neighbor, God is up to something. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. God is up to something. I wish you felt that in your spirit. God is up to something. Family, I'm going to ask for your sincere prayers this week. As some of you may know and some may not, both of my children have holiday birthdays. Cooper is a Thanksgiving baby. Deuce is a Christmas baby. And as of Wednesday of this week, I will have two teenage boys in my house. …