The season of Advent begins December 2 this year, leading up to Christmas. I love Advent because it helps us remember how long humanity waited for a Savior. It emphasizes the glorious miracle of Jesus' coming into the world that He created. This ebook collects together the devotional thoughts that I posted during Advent in …
Genesis is the book of beginnings. The first eleven chapters reveal how the world and humanity began and fell into sin, and chapters twelve through twenty-four displayed how God began to enact His plan of global redemption through the family of one man, Abraham. God pulled Abraham from his family, took him to a foreign …
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. Revelation 22:20-21 ESV We now close our season of Advent with the final words of the Bible. Though being created good, the world was devastated by the sin of …
While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up to heaven. Luke 24:51 ESV Especially for the disciples, Jesus’ life on earth must have been quite a bumpy ride. At Jesus’ call to follow Him, each left his previous way of living to follow Jesus around the country side, hoping that He …
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 ESV Christmas means nothing without the cross. Indeed, it is a miracle that Jesus was born of a virgin, fulfilled the Old Testament prophesies, and healed the sick, yet without the …
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. Matthew 4:23 ESV After Jesus’ baptism, He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to fast and be tempted by the devil for forty days. Though the …
SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1 ESV) She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21 ESV) OPENING THOUGHT Millennia passed since the …
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV Isaiah 9 comes closely on the heals of Isaiah 7 for good reason, as this chapter …
Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 ESV Being called by God to the Kingdom of Judah, Isaiah’s ministry began about 350 years after the death of David, and he had a roughly 55-year stint as …
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.” Genesis 4:1 ESV Though the world is ravished by sin, God’s promise of woman’s offspring being the Serpent-Crusher gave hope to humanity. Here Eve displays her hope in God’s promise after …
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