1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 Real people... Real stuff “Fear is faith in the wrong things” - Pastor Craig Groeschel - Pastor Craig Groeschel Fear is placing your faith in the “what if’s” of life 2 Timothy 1:7 “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

4. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 First Thought When God interrupts us, His interruptions are often very inconvenient Luke 1:26-29 “In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’ Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.”

5. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 First Thought When God interrupts us, His interruptions are often very inconvenient Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” back The back story Hebrew - עלמה ‘almah’ as veiled or private as veiled or private a maiden a maiden an adolescent female an adolescent female a virgin a virgin

6. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 First Thought When God interrupts us, His interruptions are often very inconvenient What we call “interruptions,” God often views as invitations What did God do with Moses? What did God do with Jonah? What did God do with Saul (Paul)?

7. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 First Thought When God interrupts us, His interruptions are often very inconvenient An “interruption” as a possible invitation could play out a number of ways “Everything in the universe is either caused by God or allowed by God, and there is no third category” Dr. Tony Evans Luke 1:30 “And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.” (KJV)

8. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 Second Thought God’s purpose is often different than your plans Luke 1:31-33 “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants for ever; his kingdom will never end.” Red Apron Biscuits

9. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 Second Thought God’s purpose is often different than your plans Sometimes you have to trust God that He has something better Luke 1:34 ‘How will this be,’ Mary asked the angel, ‘since I am a virgin?’

10. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 Second Thought God’s purpose is often different than your plans Sometimes you have to trust God that He has something better Luke 1:35-37 “The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come to you. The power of the Most High God will cover you. So the holy one that is born will be called the Son of God. Your relative Elizabeth is old. And even she is going to have a child. People thought she could not have children. But she has been pregnant for six months now. Nothing is impossible with God.”

11. FEAR OF WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO Week One Luke 1:26-38 Second Thought God’s purpose is often different than your plans “ Without faith it is impossible to please God... ” Hebrews 11:6 Question What is God asking you to do or believe? Remember... the outcome is God’s responsibility, obedience is your responsibility Luke 1:38 ‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be fulfilled.’ Then the angel left her.

13. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.