Posts with the category “advent-devotional-collection-2024”

By Jana M. Fraley This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and se...  Read More

By Daniel Pettyjohn “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for G...  Read More

By Magnolia Copeland “Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14For many of us, the Christmas season is by far one of the most exciting and fun times of the year, if not the most! With ...  Read More

By Veronica Cangiamilla “Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.’” Luke 12:15A few years ago I went with a ...  Read More

By Jana Fraley “For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Is...  Read More

By Samantha Satchell-Smith “For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5I was recently using a set o...  Read More

By Hannah Fraley “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11As a little girl, I was known to stop at a...  Read More

By Jan Edwards “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting ...  Read More

By Dee Davis “Be joyful always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16.In trying to better understand God’s will f...  Read More

By Sonja Caywood “…You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent…” Psalm 30:11-12It’s easy to assume that a Christian is joy-filled because Go...  Read More

By John Horsley Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now...  Read More

By Samantha Satchell-Smith “For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5-6The psalms are a c...  Read More

By Sonja Caywood “I am the Lord’s servant.  May it be done to me according to your word.”  Luke 1:38Nativity scenes illustrate the “Silent Night” peace after the birth of our Savior, but when I imagin...  Read More

By Nancy Stephens “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”   John 14:27On any given day, our hous...  Read More

By Christina Pettijohn “I have told you these things so that in me, you may have peace.  In this world you WILL have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome the world!” John 16:33 (KJV)“But even mor...  Read More

By John Baggett “I have told you these things so that in me, you may have peace.  In this world you WILL have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome the world!” John 16:33 (KJV)In the King James Ve...  Read More

By Hannah Fraley “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27Peace… an elusive thing. Mos...  Read More

By Emily Barker “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18As I was tucking my 4-year-old into b...  Read More

By Cora Wood “Why, my soul are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will praise Him, my Savior and my God.” Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast? If I were asked this ques...  Read More

By Veronica Cangiamilla "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned." Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)As Advent begins, we're invited into ...  Read More

By Dustin Stephens “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23 A few years ago in Haiti, a man came to our gate, looki...  Read More

By Joy Copeland “So we do not become discouraged. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light distress is producing for us an eterna...  Read More

By Jan Edwards “I am a voice from the barren wilderness, shouting as Isaiah prophesied, ‘Get ready for the coming of the Lord!’” John 1:23Advent signifies the period of anticipation for the arrival of...  Read More

By Jana Fraley “Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from t...  Read More