Prayer is one of our greatest gifts and strongest weapons. Bringing our cares to the Lord frees us and enables us to unleash God’s mighty power in our lives and the lives of others. I have so often underestimated and underutilized this power in my life, but as I grow in this area, I am […]
DAY NINE: CHASING JOY Today…I will chase after JOY. Maybe that sounds like my theology is bad. Maybe that sounds like I’ve got my priorities mixed up. But my JOY is my JESUS. They can’t be separated. Psalms 16:22 tells us it is in HIS PRESENCE there is JOY. AMEN! Because there is nothing that […]
DAY EIGHT: UNWRAP YOUR GIFT I have a gift for you, He says. A gift unlike anything you could ever buy in a store; a gift people have sought after for centuries. It’s yours. It’s there, every Christmas. So many times you haven’t seen it. It goes unnoticed amongst the shiny bows and boxes of […]
DAY SEVEN: THE SOUND OF HOPE Hope is one of the most precious things we possess. We need to fiercely guard and protect it because, without it, what we see in front of us is the only page of the book with which to draw our conclusions, when, in reality, there are many […]
DAY 6: THE CHRISTMAS BANQUET Come and sit. There’s a Christmas banquet that’s been prepared for you – a feast like none you’ve ever seen. The white table cloth spreads out before you with bright red cloth napkins rolled up and tied with a red ribbon holding a sprig of holly and shiny […]
DAY 5: LISTEN The sounds of Christmas give us so much to be thankful for, a reminder of His provision, a sacred echo of His grace. Last week we focused on “Come, Let us adore Him” which, hopefully, began to prepare our hearts for this Christmas season. This week, we come […]
DAY FOUR: COME JUST AS YOU ARE We’ve reflected over the last week about what it means to come…Come, let us adore Him. Our study guide on day one taught us that “erchomai,” the Greek word for “come,” is better translated, “to begin something new.” People may feel December winds down the […]
DAY THREE: IN THE DARK STREETS SHINETH The song, “Light of the World,” by Lauren Daigle starts out with these lyrics, The world waits for a miracle The heart longs for a little bit of hope Oh come, oh come, Emmanuel A child prays for peace on Earth And she’s calling out from […]
Christmas isn’t full of tidings of joy and great cheer for everyone all season long. Sometimes our tanks that are already on empty are now pushed to even greater limits, and this holiday ends up having more blahs than fa-la-la-la-las. We will begin a 6 week devotion that will use scripture, stories, worship, & […]
I hate snakes. I try to convince myself they are just part of the animal kingdom so I don’t make my kids scared of them too, but really, they make me uneasy terrified. Ok, more like I feel I need to do deep breathing exercises and keep from throwing up when we see one at […]