1. Mary of Nazareth
The Journey

2. Luke 1:26-38
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

3. Luke 1:26-38
was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her,

4. Luke 1:26-38
“Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 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

5. Luke 1:26-38
Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The

6. Luke 1:26-38
angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her

7. Luke 1:26-38
old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.” “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. (NIV)

8. Nazareth

9. John 1:45-46
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. (NIV)

10. John 4:10
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” (NIV)

11. Isaiah 11:1-2a
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him. (NIV)

12. Lessons from Nazareth
God Identifies with Our Pain

13. 1 Corinthians 1:27
God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. (NIV)

14. Lessons from Nazareth God Identifies with Our Pain
There Always is Hope in God

15. James 4:6
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (NIV)

16. Lessons from Nazareth God Identifies with Our Pain
There Always Hope in God
A Message that Changes the World

17. 1 Thessalonians 1:3
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)

18. Mary

19. Luke 1:28
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” (NIV)

20. Luke 1:30-33
The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 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.

21. Luke 1:30-33
The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” (NIV)

22. Luke 1:34
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” (NIV)

23. Luke 1:35-36
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. (NIV)

24. Luke 1:38
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” (NIV)

26. Mary of Nazareth
The Journey