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Monday – 09 December 2013
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Verses:
Genesis 3:9-15, 20
Psalm 98:1-4
Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12
Luke 1:26-38
Genesis 3:9-15, 20
9 But the Lord God called
to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden,
and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were
naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here
with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to
the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to
the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed
are you above all livestockand all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
20 Adam
named his wife Eve,
because she would become the mother of all the living.
Psalm 98:1-4
1 Sing to the Lord a new song,for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has made his salvation known
and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3 He has remembered his love
and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 Shout for joy
to the Lord, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
burst into jubilant song with music;
Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12
Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every
spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he
chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
his sight. In love 5 he
predestined us for adoption to sonship
through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has
freely given us in the One he loves.
11 In him we were also chosen,
having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out
everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in
order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the
praise of his glory.Luke 1:26-38
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s
pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named
Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you
who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words
and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But
the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
31 You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you are to call him Jesus. 32 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, 33 and
he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the
angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 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. 36 Even Elizabeth
your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to
be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For
no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary
answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
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Source:
New International Version (NIV)
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