Monday, December 16, 2019                                                                                      Psalm 130:1-6 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. 2   Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. 5 I…

Sunday, December 15, 2019                                                             Luke 1:39-45 39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42and exclaimed with…

Saturday, December 14, 2019                                                           Isaiah 30:18 18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. The Incredible Journey In 1963 Sheila Burnford’s book The Incredible Journey was made into a movie.  In…

Friday, December 13, 2019                                                               Titus 2:11-14   11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, 12training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, 13while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our…

Thursday, December 12, 2019                                                          Isaiah 26:7-9 7 The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous. 8 In the path of your judgements, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul’s desire. 9 My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks…

Wednesday, December 11, 2019                                                Psalm 31:23-24 23 Love the Lord, all you his saints. The Lord preserves the faithful, but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily. 24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. More Than You Would Think How many of us can claim that we wait on the LORD?…

Tuesday, December 10, 2019                                                             James 5: 7-8 7 Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. 8You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is…

Monday, December 9, 2019                                                             Psalm 62:5-6 5For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. 6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress: I shall not be shaken.  Waiting and Learning in the Presence of Jesus  Everyone waits for something or someone; at times the wait is…

Sunday, December 8, 2019                                                               Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David.  The virgin’s name was Mary.  28 And he came to her and…

Saturday, December 7, 2019                                       Lamentations 3:22-26 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. 26 It is…