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Advent Devotion 12-13-19

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…

Advent Devotion 12-12-19

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…

Advent Devotion 12-11-19

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?…

Advent Devotion 12-10-19

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…

Advent Devotion 12-9-19

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…

Advent Devotion 12-8-19

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…

Advent Devotion 12-7-19

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…

Advent Devotion 12-6-19

Friday, December 6, 2019     Genesis 8:6-12 6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made 7and sent out the raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. 8Then he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters…

Advent Devotion 12-5-19

Thursday, December 5, 2019                                                          Isaiah 25:6-9 6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear. 7 And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the…