1. Hope is Never Lost
Luke 1:5-26

2. What Would it take, to Take God at His Word?
Luke 1:5-26

3. Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
1) The Mess Around Us vs 5
Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.

4. Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
1) The Mess Around Us vs 5
2) Unanswered Prayers and Broken Dreams. Vs 7, 13
Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

5. Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
1) The Mess Around Us vs 5
2) Unanswered Prayers and Broken Dreams. Vs 7, 13
A Promise that was slow to occur Malachi 4:5 Luke 1:16-17
Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
. 5"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. 6"He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse."…

6. Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
1) The Mess Around Us vs 5
2) Unanswered Prayers and Broken Dreams. Vs 7, 13
A Promise that was slow to occur Malachi 4:5 Luke 1:16-17
Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
16, “He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

7. Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?
1) The Mess Around Us vs 5
2) Unanswered Prayers and Broken Dreams. Vs 7, 13
A Promise that was slow to occur Malachi 4:5 Luke 1:16- 17
Why is it Hard to Take God at His Word?