071223-1030-Loran Livingston - Chosen and Highly Favored

December 23rd, 2007 in the 10:30 service.Scripture Ref: Luke 1:26-38Topic: PurposeNotes: - God has a plan already in motion- The Word became flesh- Everyone "highly favored? suffers affliction, failure, danger- You have to lose everything, decrease that He may increase- He made Himself of no reputation- We are put into situations to reach others in situations- When a woman gives birth, her body is never the same, just as we are never the same after coming through spiritual trials- In a marathon, the point is to finish- We deserve hell, death; we face death daily for Jesus. "I die daily."- Why am I here and they are there? Childhood friends in prison- He's done for us so that we can do for somebody else