Category: Uncategorized

Day 7: The Silence StopsReading: Luke 1:5-17  After the prophet Malachi, there was no prophetic word from God to His people until an angel appeared to Zechariah to announce the birth of John the Baptist.  As Zechariah served as a priest in the temple, the day came for him to go into the temple to burn Read more

Day 6: Immanuel Reading: ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ To confirm His promise, God gave His people a sign to know that their Messiah had come. Isaiah 7:14 says: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” (‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭7‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬) The sign was 3-fold: Read more

Day 5: A Shoot from JessieReading: ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ God promised King David that his offspring would rule on the throne of Israel forever. How could this be? This promise is fulfilled because Jesus Christ would be in the lineage of David, and Jesus would rule God’s kingdom for eternity. Isaiah 11:1 says: “Out of the stump Read more

Day 4: A Promise FulfilledReading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 The hope Jesus brings is a righteousness that reconciles us with God. No one can live the righteous life God desires, so He promised to send Jesus to live that life for us. Jeremiah 33:15 says: “In those days and at that time I will raise up a righteous Read more

Day 3: Start Small. Finish Strong.Reading: ‭‭Micah‬ ‭5‬:‭2‬-5 Around 700 years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Micah foretold that Jesus would be born in a town called Bethlehem. Bethlehem was a small town that could easily be overlooked as insignificant. All that would change with the coming Messiah. Micah 5:2 says: “But you, O Read more

Day 2: A Child is BornReading: Isaiah 9:6-7 Isaiah prophesies that Jesus will come to the world born as a child. Like you and I, He will know what it’s like to be human. What a gift! Our Savior knows what it’s like to be like us: to hunger, to be tempted, to struggle, and yet Read more

Day 1: Where Advent BeganReading: Genesis 3:13-15 Advent, the season where we celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ, doesn’t start in the New Testament but in Genesis. It’s here where we learn of our need for the Messiah. At the fall of man, everything changes, and we are no longer close to God. However, as Adam Read more

As I pulled a bright green apple out of the refrigerator for my daughter, I noticed that it was cool to the touch and looked like an appetizing snack. But when I cut into the apple, I saw it was rotten with brown spots on the inside. As beautiful as it was on the outside, Read more

Everything in life seems to run out on us. We use up gas in our car and need to go to the gas station. We use up energy throughout the day and need to sleep at night. We use up calories and need to eat more food. When we’re running empty, there are usually clear Read more

We can believe and know that where there is praise to God, there is God’s presence. He inhabits the praises of His people. When I attended my friend Kim Cash Tate’s conference a few years ago, I was a little late. As I walked through the hotel hallways, navigating my way to the ballroom, I Read more