Scripture Verses Isaiah 11:1-5 Revelation 5:5 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections After the days of King David, the prophets told the Israelites of destruction that would come to them. It would be devastating. Life would seem cut-off, like a tree that had been chopped down leaving only a stump. No…
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December 8 – Jesus was born in Bethlehem
Scripture Verses Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1-6 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Have you ever felt too little? Too little to stay up late with the older kids? Too little to ride the exciting rides? Too little to…. Bethlehem was too little. Too little to be as important or significant as…
December 7 – Jesus is the Redeemer
Scripture Verses Ruth Isaiah 59:20 Luke 1:68-79 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Ruth was a Moabite (from the land of Moab) and a widow. She followed her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Naomi’s people (the Israelites). Ruth was a foreigner, and she didn’t have anyone to take care of her. She…
December 6 – Jesus is the King Forever
Scripture Verses Genesis 49:10 Isaiah 9:7 Luke 1:33 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Abraham’s son Isaac had a son Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel. Jacob had twelve sons who became the tribes of Israel. Judah was one of the twelve sons. At the end of Jacob’s life when…
December 5 – Jesus is the Willing Sacrifice
Scripture Verses Genesis 22:1-18 John 3:16 Hebrews 11:17-19 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections We enjoy giving gifts this time of year. Gifts can be in many forms. They can be in the form of presents wrapped under a tree – a treasure carefully selected and packaged with care to be…
December 4 – Jesus is the Promised Blessing
Scripture Verses Genesis 12:1–3 Acts 3:24-26 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections God called Abram to go to a land He would show him, and God gave him the promise of blessing. Not a blessing for possessions, but a blessing for people. Abram would become Abraham and have a son. That…
December 3 – Jesus is the Promised Rescuer
Scripture Verses Genesis 3:15 Matthew 1:21 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections God created the world, and everything in it was very good. When the first man and woman believed the lie of the snake instead of believing God, sin entered into the world – and death through sin. The entire…
December 2 – Jesus is the Author of Creation
Scripture Verses Genesis 1:1 John 1:3 Colossians 1:16-17 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections Jesus is the Author of Creation. In Him all things hold together. He was before all things. Everything we know in creation came after Him. He was first. He was before. Whatever we know, Jesus was before…
December 1 – Jesus is the Light in the Darkness
Scripture Verses Isaiah 9:2 John 8:12 Matthew 4:13-16 Read the context around these key verses when possible! Reflections We live in a dark time and a dark place. This was also the case when Isaiah penned the words we just read in the Bible. The darkness he referred to isn’t a darkness in the sky,…
Celebrate Advent with Us
Follow along with us on this blog. Every morning in December, I will post links to Scriptures and songs along with a few thoughts or discussion questions for each day.