You Are Carrying Something Great || Gift Wrapped || Empowering Message

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This powerful message takes us deep into Luke 1:26-38, where we encounter Mary's world-changing encounter with the angel Gabriel. At its heart, this isn't just Mary's story—it's ours. We discover that God doesn't wait for us to get our lives together before He moves; He initiates His purpose in us first. The angel's greeting to Mary as 'favored woman' reveals something profound: God establishes our identity before He ever reveals our assignment. Many of us struggle with God's calling not because we lack faith, but because we haven't accepted who God says we are. We're confused and disturbed, just like Mary, when favor shows up at our door. The message challenges us to recognize that we're all carrying something great—a divine purpose planted within us by God Himself. But here's the tension: we won't walk in what God put in us until we're willing to receive it, remember who we are in Christ, and recognize what He's placed inside us. Mary's response of surrender—'I am the Lord's servant'—becomes our model. The question isn't whether God has planted greatness in us; it's whether we'll stop disqualifying ourselves, stop asking 'how,' and start saying 'yes.' Because nothing is impossible with God, and someone's blessing is literally waiting on our surrender. Chapters Chapter 1: God Sends Before We Ask 0:00 - 7:00 God initiates His purpose in our lives before we even seek Him, just as He sent the angel Gabriel to Mary before she prayed or believed. Chapter 2: Receiving and Remembering Your Identity 7:00 - 14:00 Before God gives us an assignment, He establishes our identity, calling us favored and chosen, though this truth often confuses us before it transforms us. Chapter 3: Recognizing What God Has Planted Inside You 14:00 - 21:00 God conceives something great inside each of us that must come out, and what we carry cannot be carried by anyone else. Chapter 4: Surrendering the 'How' to God 21:00 - 28:00 We must stop asking 'how' and start surrendering to God's will, trusting that nothing is impossible with Him. Chapter 5: Unwrapping and Re-Gifting What God Has Given 28:00 - 35:00 It's time to release what God has planted inside us and give it to the world, ultimately leading people into relationship with Jesus Christ. Subscribe here http://www.youtube.com/OfficialSmokieNorful http://www.SmokieNorful.com