Posts from December 2024

Isaiah 12:1-2 In that day, you will say: I will give thanks to you, Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you comfort me. Surely God is my salvation. I will trust him and will not be afraid, because Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for all the blessings you have provided us throughout our lives, especially this past year. You have diverted…

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 light begins to emerge across the landscape, bringing the radiance of…

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…

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,…

Matthew 1:18-25 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother, Mary, was pledged in marriage to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her. So, he decided to divorce her privately. But as he was considering these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son…

2 Corinthians 4:6 For the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” is the same one who made light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ. Dear Heavenly Father, We hear these words in preparation for the day we celebrate your Son’s birth. The world was trapped in the darkness of their sins, but Jesus restored us to you through his holy…

John 1:1-5 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. 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 Heavenly Father, Please be with us this Christmas as we…

Isaiah 61:10-11 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord. My soul will celebrate because of my God, for he has clothed me in garments of salvation. With a robe of righteousness he covered me, like a bridegroom who wears a beautiful headdress like a priest, and like a bride who adorns herself with her jewelry. For as the earth produces its growth, and as a garden causes what has been sown to sprout up, so God the Lord will cause righteousness and praise…

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, You did give us all that miraculous sign: Mary giving birth to Jesus, your Son. In the first century, many refused to believe and questioned how Mary became pregnant; even Joseph was about to divorce her quietly with the notion that she had been unfaithful. Yet You remained…