Advent Devotional by Julie Williams
Psalm 125 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore. The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then […]
Advent Devotional by Amy Duncan
I Kings 18:1-18 . . . the Lord said to Elijah, ‘Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!’ So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. (1 Kings 18:1-2 NLT) Our family likes to plan. We make lists. We research. We create spreadsheets. Greg and I are both […]
Advent Devotional by David Fulk
Ecclesiastes 9 …eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart… ( Ecclesiastes 9:7) Thoughts when I first read this chapter: How depressing. Death? Meaningless life? The human heart is full of evil? Don’t use this writer for a marketing campaign! A second look changed my thinking. Spoiler alert. We’re all going […]
Advent Devotional by Andrew Nash
Matthew 21:28-32 Which of the two did what his father wanted? (Matthew 21:31) Dad knew his sons didn’t want to clear the brush from the backyard. It would take all afternoon whether he worked alone or with his sons’ help. The work must be done, after all. Dad asked the boys to get gloves and […]
Advent Devotional by Melissa Bryson Dowling
Habakkuk 3:2-6 … in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2b) The stage was set, the audience was seated, and after many hours of practice, my five-year-old sister and my nine-year-old self were ready for our annual interpretive dance performance to Amy Grant’s Christmas classic “My Grown Up Christmas List.” The […]
Advent Devotional by Jennifer Dilts
Philippians 3:7-11 But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless … I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ. (Philippians 3:7-9) I started tap dancing again this fall. Ridiculous, right? Every Wednesday night, […]