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Fifth Day of Christmas: Psalm 43 Send the Light ————— Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. ————— Christmas has […]

Fourth Day of Christmas: Luke 2 Looking for Hope —————– Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before […]

Christmas Devotion, John 3:16-17 God’s Gift ———- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. ———- […]

Advent Devotion, Luke 2 The Greatest Story Ever Told —————————– In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also […]

Advent Devotion, John 3 You Must Be Born Again ———————— A Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus, was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing […]

Advent Devotion, Genesis 2:7 Back to the Plan —————- Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. —————- Remember that Logos we’ve been talking about for a couple of weeks? The Idea–the Plan–the Concept–that God […]

Advent Devotion, John 3:19 Happy Solstice! ————— This is the judgment: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light ————— On this day the longest shadows of the year will be cast. The light will be most visible today as well, precisely because the shadows are deep. Spread the light! […]

Advent Devotion, John 1:12 The Right to be Heirs ——————— Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. ——————— God has no grandchildren–but lots of adopted kids. We were once nobodies, but Christ has given us the right to become […]

Advent Devotion, John 1:11 Receiving What God Offers ————————— He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. ————————— It’s easy to take a cheap shot here. The Word became flesh, and “THEY” missed it! How could “THEY” be so stooooh-puhd? But the Gospel of John is kinda specific […]

Advent Devotion, John 1:10 Among the beasts? ——————- He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ——————- A Savior on a cross? A Messiah in a barn? The Lord in a manger? No wonder the world had trouble recognizing him. The Word that spoke […]