Advent Week 3: What Have You Stopped Praying For?

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Advent Reading Plan: Luke 1:5-25

“What have you stopped praying for?”

That’s the question that comes to mind when I read the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in Luke 1:5–25.

In verse 13, an angel appeared to Zechariah and said, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John” (NIV).

We don’t know exactly how long Zechariah and Elizabeth ...