{"id":1245,"date":"2014-01-06T07:51:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T14:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2014-01-13T07:53:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T14:53:17","slug":"an-angel-foretells-christs-birth-to-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1245","title":{"rendered":"An Angel Foretells Christ&#8217;s Birth to Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<a title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a>. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<a title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a>). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qq7NFiZL6ak?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,\u00a0<\/em><em>To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin\u2019s name\u00a0was\u00a0Mary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail,\u00a0thou that art highly favoured, the Lord\u00a0is\u00a0with thee: blessed\u00a0art\u00a0thou among women.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when she saw\u00a0him,\u00a0she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name\u00a0JESUS.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:\u00a0<\/em><em>And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For with God nothing shall be impossible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/1.26-38?lang=eng#25\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 1:26-38<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Mary had found favor with God (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/1.28,30?lang=eng#27\">Luke 1:28, 30<\/a>). What does it mean to find favor with God? To what other sources do some people look for favor?<\/li>\n<li>Mary was humble and submissive to the will of the Lord (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/1.38?lang=eng#37\">Luke 1:38<\/a>). Why is it important for us to submit to the Lord\u2019s will? How can we become more humble and submissive?<\/li>\n<li>How does Mary&#8217;s example help you see the Savior\u2019s greatness and increase your faith in him?<\/li>\n<li>How does Mary&#8217;s example increase your vision of who you are and how much the Lord favors you?<\/li>\n<li>How does Mary&#8217;s example give you confidence to do the great, seemingly impossible, things God has asked you to do?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1245\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus-christ","category-mission","category-new-testament","category-vision"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}