An Advent Prayer

A beautiful poem and simple prayer for your Advent season. May you have the most blessed and Christ centered Advent and Christmas season.

To us a child was born. 

Wonderful Counselor. Mighty God. Everlasting Father. Prince of Peace.

This gift of God incarnate, he came for you, and for me.

 

Born in a stable. Laid in a manger filled with hay. 

The anticipated Savior came in an unexpected way.

 

Make room. In your hurry. In your busy. In your mess.

He comes to humble places.

 

His invitation is your redemption. Your restoration. Your salvation.

He is hope, love, joy and peace.

His gift is light in a world of darkness. 

 

To us a child was born. Immanuel. God with us.

He came and he is coming again. 

Hallelujah. Amen.

 

Open up your bible and dive deeper into these verses:

  • Micah 7:7

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

  • John 1:14

  • Isaiah 7:14

  • Matthew 1:21

  • Zechariah 9:9

  • John 1:9

  • John 8:12

  • Colossians 1:19

  • Luke 1:78-79

 

Heavenly Father,

In this season of Advent, remind us to make room for you.

Help us to remember that you are the greatest gift.

Use us to shine your light and to share your love, hope, joy and peace with the world around us.

Amen

 

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Why Ornaments and Evergreens For Christmas?

I always wonder how things got started. How certain things began. Or why they are the way they are. I found the start of using evergreen trees, lights and ornaments very interesting. Makes me want to always incorporate red ornament bulbs on my tree.

How Do We Respond to the Impossible

comparing Abraham, Zechariah, and Mary.


In scripture we read about Sarah and Abraham and the miraculous story of conception. God promised this faithful couple, the Father of a Nation, the man who God gave the unconditional covenant to, a baby in their old age.

What was their response?

They laughed.

Then God sends the Angel Gabriel to Zechariah, a man who God sees as righteous - 1:6, a priest who had the divine privilege of entering the sanctuary of the Lord. The Angel Gabriel tells him he was also conceive a baby.

What was his response?

Doubt.

Then we see Mary. A humble teenage girl in the town of Nazareth. She was to deliver the Savior as a virgin. A miraculous conception.

What was her response?

“I am the Lord’s servant.”

May our response to God’s will and impossible circumstances not be laughter and doubt but a willing acceptance and yes.


Christmas Truth - Awe and Wonder Surrounding the Womb

Today we start our Christmas Truths. Why do we do these? This season as glorious and wonderful as it is, can tend to get busy. And sometimes the word busy is and understatement. So we’ve created small Christmas Truths that will be sent to your inbox each morning. They are meant to refocus our thoughts on why we celebrate. Why there is a Christmas in the first place. Why we find joy and hope in this season.

They refocus our attention back to God and his plan for salvation through His Son. A baby.

Some days they are just a quote. Other days a small writing like this. But our goal is that you take a hot second and sit in the wonder of His word, story, and grace for humanity. Christmas is truly amazing. Don’t let it pass by without gazing at the True Star.

“He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.”

Luke 1:15.

This is part of the Angel Gabriel’s proclamation to Zechariah when he was in the temple. We know by reading later in the story that the Holy Spirit entered Elizabeth upon meeting Mary, Luke 1:41. The child leapt inside Elizabeth and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Just think about that for a second.

Elizabeth and Mary, standing next to each other, Elizabeth with the Holy Spirit and Mary with Jesus. Two of the three Trinity. Two of the three Trinity inside a woman’s womb. One consuming and igniting a fetus causing it to leap at the presence of another. Two of the 3-in-1. The 3-in-1 that are the Creators, All-knowing, Holy, Infinite and Eternal in the inner-most parts of these women. So many thoughts whirling in my mind about this picture yet awe and wonder are the only words adequate to write on a page for you.

Sit for a few minutes and take this part of the Christmas story in.

And remember… it’s not just a story.

It’s The Story.

 

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