Posts with the category “advent”

Sunday, December 25, 2022“Grace Has Appeared!” – Read Titus 2:11-14"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all," (vv. 11, NRSV)Merry Christmas! ......  Read More

Saturday, December 24, 2022“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” – Read Luke 2:1-20 “Suddenly a great assembly of the heavenly forces was with the angel praising God. They said, ‘Glory to God in heaven, and...  Read More

Friday, December 23, 2022“It’s All About the Baby” – Read Genesis 17:15-22“[Abraham] laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age o...  Read More

Thursday, December 22, 2022“We All Start from the Same Place” – Read Luke 1:46b-55[And Mary said,] ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, / and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, / for he has looked with favo...  Read More

Wednesday, December 21, 2022“Letting Go and Letting God” (Hannah, Part 2) – Read 1 Samuel 2:1-10In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almig...  Read More

Tuesday, December 20, 2022“Speaking to One Who Loves Us” (Hannah, Part 1)” – Read 1 Samuel 2:1-10Then Hannah prayed and said:“My heart rejoices in the Lord;                  in the Lord my horn (my st...  Read More

Monday, December 19, 2022“A Perfect Peace” – Read Matthew 5:38-48 “But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as ...  Read More

Sunday, December 18, 2022“It is Well with My Soul” – Read Matthew 1:18-24 “ . . . Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy...  Read More

Saturday, December 17, 2022“A Father’s Joy” – Read Luke 15:11-32 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this ...  Read More

Friday, December 16, 2022“A New Christmas Carol” – Read 2 Corinthians 5:17  “So, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” (NRSV...  Read More

Thursday, December 15, 2022 “Bouncing with Joy” – Read Galatians 3:23-29 “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one ...  Read More

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 “Every Tear is Precious” – Read Psalm 30 You turned my wailing into dancing; / you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. (v. 11, NIV)My grandmother and I were sitt...  Read More

Tuesday, December 13, 2022“God’s Abiding Care” – Read Jude 1:17-25 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s lov...  Read More

Monday, December 12, 2022“The Parenthesis of Joy” – Read Psalm 42As the deer pants for streams of water, / so my soul pants for you, my God.My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. / When can I go...  Read More

Sunday, December 11, 2022 “Be Truly Glad. There is a Wonderful Joy Ahead!” – Read Isaiah 35:1-10 The desert and the parched land will be glad; / the wilderness will rejoice and  blossom. / Like the cr...  Read More

Saturday, December 10, 2022“A Repentance of Love” – Read Luke 3:1-18    “A voice of one calling in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord . . .” (v. 4, NIV)Advent is a time of preparing for the...  Read More

Friday, December 9, 2022 “God’s Love Song to You” – Read Zephaniah 3:14-17 The Lord will take great delight in you; / in love the Lord will no longer rebuke you, / but will rejoice over you with singi...  Read More

Thursday, December 8, 2022“The God of Second Chances” – Read 2 Peter 3:1-10 “God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End...  Read More

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 “The Game with Stars” – Read Genesis 15:1-6The Lord took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “...  Read More

Tuesday, December 6, 2022“The Family that Loves Together Learns Together” – Read Romans 15:14-21 “I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with ...  Read More

Monday, December 5, 2022“A Meditation on Love, inspired by the Ancients” – Read 1 John 4:19-21 We love because he first loved us. (v.19, NIV)O Lord, your servant St. Basil once said in the 4th century...  Read More

Sunday, December 4, 2022“Love is the Model” – Read Matthew 3:1-12“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. H...  Read More

Saturday, December 3, 2022“A Merciful Hope” – Read Isaiah 40:1-11“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. (v. 1, CEB)Recently I journeyed through a great grief, and I am here today to bear witness...  Read More

Friday, December 2, 2022 “A Hope that Overcomes” (Ps. 72, Part Two) – Read Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Let him judge your people with righteousness / and your poor ones with justice. (v. 2, CEB)I have had sev...  Read More

Thursday, December 1, 2022 “A Hope for Today” (Ps. 72, Part One) – Read Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19  The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. / [The king] shall j...  Read More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022“The Final Word” – Read Matthew 24:23-35“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” (Matt. 24:35, NIV)It’s hard to fight against our human tendenc...  Read More

Tuesday, November 29, 2022“The Rainbow’s Gift” – Read Genesis 9:1-17God said, “This is the symbol of the covenant that I am drawing up between me and you and every living thing with you, on behalf of ...  Read More

Monday, November 28, 2022“What if?” – Read Psalm 124If the Lord had not been on our side
   when people attacked us,
they would have swallowed us alive
    when their anger flared against us;
the floo...  Read More

Hope is viewed as a powerful feeling, even an attitude, that enables us to face any life circumstance and excel despite challenges. ...  Read More

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