Monday, December 11th Day 12-The Time Has Come Luke 2:6-7 “Honey, it’s time!” These words have brought both fear and joy all at once for fathers since Adam and Eve and the birth of Cain and Abel. Joseph must have bolted upright from his bed of hay. The scripture provides no details of what happened […]
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Thursday, December 7th Day 11-The Best Laid Plans Luke 2:7 Finally, after days of exhausting travel, Bethlehem appears on the horizon. Mary and Joseph pick up the pace as they hurry on towards their final destination. After cold nights under the stars, they would find a warm fire and soft bed for Mary to get
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Wednesday, December 6th Day 10-Passing the Time Matthew 1:21-23 No mention is made of their conversation along the way in their journey to Bethlehem, but it isn’t hard to imagine Mary and Joseph passing the time talking about their shared experiences and what the future held for them and their family to come. Maybe they
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Tuesday, December 5th Day 9-What a week! Luke 2:4-5 Despite Mary being nine months pregnant with Jesus, Joseph answered the call for the census and travelled with Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The Gospel writer Luke relays this information in just a few short verses… So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth
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Week 2-Love The Bethlehem Candle Today, we light the second Advent candle, the candle of Love. This candle is also known as the “Bethlehem Candle” as it reminds us of the experience of Mary and Joseph in the “little town of Bethlehem”. In most traditions, the candle is purple symbolizing royalty and the coming of
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Sunday, December 3rd Day 7-Before the Beginning Read Ephesians 1:4-6 As we come to an end of this first week of Advent, let’s look back on this first week and review the prophecies that were fulfilled with the birth of Jesus. • 4 centuries before the birth of Jesus, Malachi told us that God would
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Saturday, December 2nd Day 6-A Birth Like None Other Read Isaiah 9:6 The birth of Jesus is the single most important event in human history. History is divided into two time periods: before the birth of Christ and after the birth of Christ. While skeptics may argue whether or not Jesus was the son of
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Friday, December 1st Day 5-A Not So Grand Arrival Read Micah 5:2, Luke 2:1-7 When Jesus, the King of Kings and creator of the universe, willingly chose to step down from His throne in heaven to walk among His most beloved creation here on Earth, it would not be far-fetched to assume that He would
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Thursday, November 30th Day 4-A Unique Conception Read Isaiah 7:14 When Jesus made the choice to step down from heaven, one big mystery remained. How would He come to earth? God’s plan of redemption for His people was not a random set of choices born from desperation. Though it is hard to wrap our minds
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Wednesday, November 29th Day 3-Stepping Down Read Philippians 2:5-8 The concept of the Trinity is a mystery that scholars have wrestled with for 2000 years. God isone in three persons: God the Father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Spirit. In the same way thatwater can exist in three states (ice, water, and steam) and
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