Posts from December 2023

1 Peter 2:1-5  Therefore rid yourselves of all evil, all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all slander. Like newborn babies, crave the pure milk of the word so that by it, you may grow up with the result being salvation. Certainly, you have tasted that the Lord is good! As you come to him, the Living Stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious, you also, like living stones, are being built as a spiritual house to be a…

Matthew 28:20 [Jesus said] “Surely I am with you always until the end of the age.” Dear Lord Jesus, As we end another year, we thank you for this reminder that you will always be with us. With all that happens in our lives, being separated from family members, sickness, diseases, conflicts, and then there is the national and global stuff, we can start to feel lonely and depressed. You have given us this promise to be with us until…

Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is dawning upon you. Look, darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness covers the peoples, but the Lord will dawn upon you, and his glory will be seen over you. Nations will walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for giving us the dawning of new days when the light begins to emerge across the landscape, bringing the radiance…

Galatians 4:4-7  But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son to be born of a woman, so that he would be born under the law, in order to redeem those under the law, so that we would be adopted as sons. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to shout, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son. And if you are a son,…

Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. It trains us to reject ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope, that is, the glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. He gave himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are his own chosen people, eager…

John 1:14  The Word became flesh and dwelled among us. We have seen his glory, the glory he has as the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. Dear Heavenly Father, Then, at the right moment in history, Your Son, Jesus, took on human flesh to live among us. We celebrate His birth each year, and perhaps we do not consider the gift that first Christmas delivered—that baby boy lying in a manger. Jesus was conceived with the…

John 1:4-5 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. The light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Dear Lord Jesus, We all desire life; we were brought into this world to live. Yet each of us will ultimately face our end, which death is a part of our lives, a transformation from this world into the next. So, is the purpose of this life only to die? Thankfully, life…

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him, everything was made, and without him, not one thing was made that has been made. Dear Heavenly Father, If someone makes a particular item, it only makes sense to ask that person how to repair it if it breaks. Jesus was not only the builder but the creator of the universe, so…

Micah 5: 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, from you, will go out the one who will be the ruler for me in Israel. His goings forth are from the beginning, from the days of eternity. Dear Heavenly Father, Throughout history, You have taken what was small and seemingly insignificant and brought great things from them. As Jesus told Paul, “My power is made perfect in weakness.” You promised a Savior to…

Isaiah 7: 14 Therefore, the Lord himself will give a sign for all of you. Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and name him Immanuel. Dear Heavenly Father, Many might call this event the great miracle of Christmas, how a child would be conceived without a father. Jesus’ conception was challenging for the religious leaders; they judged him unfit for duty because they did not know who his father was. Mary went to visit Elizabeth…