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Advent 2022
Day 18 – The Lord Has Done Great Things
There are numerous memories in our marriage where we were so silly and just couldn't stop laughing. You have those stories? The ones where you can't really share in public because no one would even laugh, but two hours earlier you had tears streaming down your face...
Day 17-The Joyful Birth
Many times when we reflect on advent, we have a tendency to just run through the motions of the story of the birth of Christ. Maybe, it is that we have been taught the story for decades and we believe we know it. We pray this year that you have a fresh awakening to...
Day 16 – God is With Us
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 This verse is a favorite to send to friends and family when they are...
Day 15 – Joy to the World
Joy to the world, the Lord is come;Let earth receive her King!Let every heart prepare him room And heaven and nature sing!And heaven and nature sing!And heaven … and heaven ... and nature sing. Isaac Watts Watts published “Joy to the World” in a book of poetry in...
Day 14 – Peace to You
There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is itself the great venture and can never be safe. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand guarantees is to want to protect oneself. Peace means giving oneself completely to God's...
Day 13 – Glory to God in the Highest
Each Christmas, a church that I used to work at had displays of nativity scenes. There were scores of them, all different sizes and styles. Some were fairly simple, others were incredibly ornate. But all of them had the same basic elements: baby Jesus and his parents,...
Day 12 – Peace that Surpasses Understanding
I grew up in a house full of boys. Four to be exact. The first time I brought Laura home to meet my family, the four of us got in a wrestling match in the middle of the living room floor (as boys often do). For us it was normal, but for Laura it was a whole new world....
Day 11 – Covenant of Peace
Living on the Gulf Coast, we’ve become well acquainted with mosquitos. They’re big, plentiful, and merciless. And as the climate continues to change and winters become milder, they don’t seem to ever go away. The worst is when one sneaks into your car while you’re...
Day 10 – David’s Throne
Imagine you’re David. You’re the newly anointed king of Israel. Times are good, you’re thinking about building a temple for God. And God makes a covenant with you where He tells you: “And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne...
40 Days of Prayer
Day 31-His Glory Shines through Us
Introduction Living under the New Covenant allows us to experience more freedoms living with the Holy Spirit through the salvation of Christ. Freedoms such as freedom from condemnation, guilt, sin, death, the old covenant, and blindness to the gospel. It also includes...
Day 30-Jesus is Better
Introduction For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his...
Day 29-Christ the Solid Rock
Introduction The beauty of the faithful promises of God can never be understated. The God of the universe fulfilled in the New Covenant a way for us to have hope in a reconciliation to Him. It makes you want to sing, "How Marvelous, How Wonderful, Is my Savior's Love...
Day 28-Perfected for All Time
Introduction The beauty of the New Covenant is that it is the covenant to end all covenants. As we move towards Easter, we can rest in knowing that through Christ's ultimate sacrifice and resurrection, God provided a way for us to keep the new covenant. We no longer...
Day 27-Forgotten Sin
Introduction The New Covenant“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them...
Day 26-Jesus is the Christ
Introduction Since we now know that the early church loved to quote Psalm 110, it is only fitting today to look at Peter's words as he preaches that Jesus is King. Peter stresses the time has come to repent and be saved. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all...
Day 25-Jesus Sits At The Right Hand
Introduction Yesterday in our journey, we ventured into the beauty of Psalm 110, the most quoted Psalm of the Bible. Today we are going to pause on the beauty of the first verse and imagine ourselves listening as Jesus, himself quotes it. Sit at My Right HandA Psalm...
Day 24-Jesus Fulfills
Introduction In times of devotions or meditations, we often look to the Psalms. The Psalms offer us so many beautiful aspects of scripture conveniently all located in one book, which often makes it easy to see the glorious redemptive plan of God. Today's Psalm is no...
Day 23-There is None Like God
Introduction In 2 Samuel 7:11-17, we read how God, through the prophet Nathan, instructs David that salvation will rise from an heir through his line. It is a beautiful section of scripture in which God reminds David that his steadfast love will last forever, that God...
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