If we are going to follow God, we have to learn how God guides his people. Read on to find 4 ways God guides his people, lessons we can learn from the Christmas story this year! Today, as I ponder the story of Christmas, I can't help but be struck by the ways in which God interacted with all the characters. As I look at the nativity scenes scattered around our home, I ...
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25 Daily Christmas Devotions for the Month of December
It's December 1, and if you're like me, you're already running from one thing to the next, throwing Christmas ornaments on trees as carelessly as your kids and hoping for the best. And what you really need for Christmas is rest. And the ability to focus on the reason for the season. It isn't your family. It isn't their gifts. It isn't perfectly crafted Christmas cookies. It's ...
A Christmas Call to Worship #FREEdownload
This week, we kick off the holiday season, and if you're like me, you can already feel the pressure of where you'll go, what you'll do, what you'll cook….We get so busy that sometimes we forget what Christmas is all about: WORSHIP. It's what the angels did, it's what the shepherds did, it's what the wise men did, and it's what we should be doing, too. With that in mind, I'd like ...
Notes from Nana: Advent Love
Christmas week is love. My post did not send across cyberspace to light the 4th week of Advent and the Christ candle of Christmas. But actually God is love and He enables us to love, even when we can't. We need Christmas all year! My SS class is named Agape'. As we gathered and had food and fellowship, the Christ candle was burning! At Christmas Eve Worship Service In ...