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Excellent News (Luke 2:10)

Published by victor caleb on February 20th, 2023.

Fear not, for I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people, the angel reassured them.
– Luke 2:10
Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth is one of the most well-known Christmas texts, and a lot of people read it.

Luke 2:10 recounts the culmination of the account of Jesus’ birth.
As a family or by yourself on Christmas Day, this announcement from the angels, “Fear not, for behold I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people,” is sort of the climax. This is why we pray for unreached people on this podcast almost every day. There are over three billion of them who have never even heard the good news of great joy, which God intended and still intends for them to hear. This angel from heaven declares in Luke 2 that “This is the good news of great joy for everyone, for every single person in the world.”

And if there are 3 billion people who haven’t even heard it, they haven’t been touched by it, then we must constantly pray for this, think about it, and live for it. Not just a few people here and there, but 3 billion people without the gospel, without the good news of great joy in Jesus, should be on every Christian’s mind and should be the motivation behind all of our daily prayers.

We ought to be discussing this constantly as individuals, families, and congregations as we work to reach unreached people groups with the good news of Jesus Christ. Why? Because Heaven declared from the beginning that this was not just for some people but for everyone, and if three billion people haven’t even heard, then we work together and give our lives to reach them. Therefore, in light of Luke 2:10 and this angelic announcement of great joy for all people, we now pray and thank you for this good news of joy in our lives. We thank you for the joy you have given us in Christ today—joy that nothing in this world can take away, joy that surpasses our circumstances, joy that will never fade, joy that is found only in you.

A report of the Good News of Great Joy is found in Luke 2:10
Jesus, we thank you that as believers in you, we don’t have to worry about what will happen to us today or tomorrow because we know that death is simply a gateway to eternal happiness and life with you. Accordingly, we pray to God for the three billion plus people, even though our minds are unable to comprehend it. However, you know every single one of their names and you love them because you have created them in your image and have established that relationship with them. Jesus, you gave your life for them. You came to give them great joy.

In order to share this good news of great joy with them, we pray to God for assistance. Help us to spread the good news of great joy and bring people to life in Jesus by going and proclaiming what this angel said in a way that we actually have the privilege to do those angels don’t even. Help us, God, to be obedient stewards of this responsibility you have entrusted to us. Help us spread the good news to all the nearby individuals and communities where we live. God, we thank you for the opportunities you have given us to share the gospel with people outside of our homes, in our neighborhoods, and in our cities. God, grant us the ability to spread the good news to both nearby and distant nations.