Matthew 1:18-19
New International Version (NIV)
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Matthew 1:19
New Living Translation (NLT)
Joseph, to whom she was engaged,
was a righteous man and did not want
to disgrace her publicly, so he decided
to break the engagement quietly.
Matthew 1:20-23 (NIV)
But after he had considered this [quietly divorcing Mary], an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people
from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”
(which means “God with us”).
Yeshua = Jesus = God saves
Matthew 1:24-25 (NIV)
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son.
And he gave him the name Jesus.
What happens when God interrupts your life?
When God interrupts your life, whose plan will you follow?
The Wesley Covenant Prayer
I am no longer my own but yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing, put me to suffering;
let me be employed for you,
or laid aside for you, exalted for you,
or brought low for you;
let me be full, let me be empty,
let me have all things, let me have nothing:
I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things
to your pleasure and disposal.
And now, glorious and blessed God, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, you are mine
and I am yours. So be it.
And the covenant now made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven.