Did you know that God makes promises and always keeps His promises? He made the greatest promise EVER – and people began to doubt His promise because it was several centuries before the promise would be fulfilled. Hundreds of years before the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would become pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit and she would have a son, God had promised His people that a virgin would give birth to a son called Immanuel ("God with us") (Isaiah 7:14). The fulfillment of this promise of God being with us came when Jesus was born. The angel Gabriel’s message to Mary (Luke 1:26-38) also contained promises about Jesus and a kingdom that would never end. We can trust in God’s promises. Thank Him that He always keeps His promises.

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• Luke 1:26-38