"The Holy Spirit Will Come Upon You"

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The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the holy One to be born will be called the Son of God...for nothing will be impossible with God. Luke 1:35, 37

This time of year I think about Mary a lot.  A teenage girl impregnated by the Holy Spirit. It was what it was and while the angel encounter helped convince Mary this was from God, it still had to be a lot to unpack. Those of us who know the whole story still struggle to comprehend what God did.

Jennifer Kennedy Dean was a Christian author and speaker, who passed away in 2019. It was just a couple years ago I was gifted a devotional book by her called Pursing Christ.  She writes her thoughts about the above scripture passage in a way that resonates with my soul. Her prayer is powerful.

"I pray that You will keep me in the path of surrender 'until Christ is formed in (me) (Galatians 4:19). The most impossible thing I can imagine is that I could be fully yielded in every way-that my stubborn prideful resistant self could be reformed by the presence of Christ in me. But nothing is impossible for God. (Luke 1:37)

Holy Spirit come upon me, hover over me, overshadow me. Fill me with Your power and Your presence. Impregnate me with the life of Christ.  I believe that what You have spoken will be accomplished."

Whew! Amen.

The Song

"Christmas Changes Everything"  Josh Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyD1mQj-Wt8


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