Welcome to a new week of This Hope is For You - daily readings and reflections to help you pause through this busy advent season. Last week Zecharaih encountered an angel who told him that his wife Elizabeth is going to have a baby. Impossible, or so he thought.

Today's Bible passage: Luke 1:23-25

This hope is for you is a Scottish Bible Society Podcast. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®

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