Read Luke 1:26 to 38
1. Who is Mary? What do we learn about her from this passage?
2. Who comes to visit her? Why?
3. Why does Gabriel say “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”?
4. Why does he tell her not to be afraid?
5. What is the prophecy that Gabriel tells Mary?
6. What does Mary ask Gabriel in Luke 1:34? What proof does he offer to her that the words that he says are true?
7. Copy Luke 1:37. As you meditate on Luke 1:37, what proof have you seen that this is true in your own life or the lives of those around you? Explain.
8. What is Mary’s response to the news in verse 1:38?
9. What do we learn in James 4:7? 1 Peter 5:5? How does Mary demonstrate these concepts?
Read Luke 1:39-80
10. Who does Mary go to visit? What happens when she gets there?
11. What prophetic statement does Elizabeth make about the baby Mary is carrying?
12. How does Zechariah come to speak again? What is the first thing he says?
13. What does Zechariah say in his prophecy about the Coming One (Messiah)?
14. Imagine that you were Mary, a young woman somewhere between the ages of 14 and 18 living in a small town with your parents. You are visited by an angel and told that you will have a child who sit on the throne of David, fulfilling all the prophecies of Messiah. What would you be thinking? Feeling? Consider the favor shown to Mary. The favor shown to you, a child of God, is much greater than even that shown to Mary. How does that impact you as you prepare for Christmas?
15. Read Luke 1:39-56. Verses 46-55 are known as The Magnificat, and they represent some of what Mary was feeling spoken out in praise to her God. Write out your pray of praise to God for all that He has done for you in and through Christmas.
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