Dec. 11, 2022

Luk 1:57  When it was time for Elizabeth’s baby to be born, she gave birth to a son. 

Luk 1:58  And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced with her. 

Luk 1:59  When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father. 

Luk 1:60  But Elizabeth said, “No! His name is John!” 

Luk 1:61  “What?” they exclaimed. “There is no one in all your family by that name.” 

Luk 1:62  So they used gestures to ask the baby’s father what he wanted to name him. 

Luk 1:63  He motioned for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s surprise he wrote, “His name is John.” 

Luk 1:64  Instantly Zechariah could speak again, and he began praising God. 

Luk 1:65  Awe fell upon the whole neighborhood, and the news of what had happened spread throughout the Judean hills. 

Luk 1:66  Everyone who heard about it reflected on these events and asked, “What will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was surely upon him in a special way. 

Luk 1:76  “And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord. 

Luk 1:77  You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins. 

Luk 1:78  Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, 

Luk 1:79  to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”