Advent Devotionals

Acts 1:4-11 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the…

We can see from these scriptures that we, as believers, have been blessed beyond measure for God’s graciousness to us….

Many things are written about the First Advent of Christ, but what about His Second Advent? As we see here in scripture there is definitely a Second Advent, not as a baby, not as a crucified Lord and Savior, but as our coming Righteous King to rule, judge and reward….

When we begin to talk about Advent what exactly are we speaking of? Usually when we are speaking about Jesus and Advent we are referring to the birth of Jesus, the First Advent….

Have you ever looked forward to taking a long trip, but someone else was making all the plans? You don’t know exactly where you are going, or how you are getting there, but your spouse is handling everything, and you trust them completely….

One Christmas my parents got me a gift I had not asked for, thought of or considered – a chemistry set.  As I opened it, I was amazed! …

I can find myself caught up in the “season of Christmas” unless I intentionally focus on the Christ of Christmas.  I need to listen to Christmas music that talks of Christ….

Titus was a Greek disciple who traveled with the Apostle Paul during his 1st Missionary Journey to Corinth, Galatia, and later Crete, in the capacity of either being a church planter in places Paul did not travel to, or as a traveling elder bolstering the churches Paul started after Paul…

As we walk through this advent season, let us take a look at how we view Jesus in our life. If we truly reflect on our lives and are honest with ourselves, do we see Jesus as a baby still in our life or is He our King Eternal!…

God’s plan is never slow or late; nor is it ever too little or too much.  God’s plan is perfect in timing, amount, means and fulfillment of all He purposes….

I remember when I was a child being raised in a household, where my mother believed in Jesus, but my father did not. Things were so secular like Santa Claus and snowmen….

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”…

I have the family albums from my mom and dad, with pictures before I was even born.  They are on these black pages with the little squares in each corner holding the picture in place, four to a page…

We made great haste to see what the Lord had revealed to us. After we found Mary and Joseph we found the baby lying in a manger just as the angel of the Lord had said….

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified….

In Micah 2:5-7 the Lord God made a proclamation that even though this little town of Bethlehem was of no consequence that the Lord had a plan that she who is given in labor will give birth to a son and he shall be the “Ruler in Israel”….

Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her…

Just imagine Mary’s mindset and life after the angel told her she would become pregnant and give birth to the Son of God….

“For with God nothing will be impossible.”  Such a simple statement from the angel to Mary, yet such a profound statement about the power of God to all of us. …

Mary was chosen by God to bring forth a Son.  Not just any Son, but the Son of God and Son of Man. …

Micah was a prophet of Judah who is considered a ‘minor prophet’ as his Book is small and is seen as a complimentary writing to the more substantial Books of Isaiah and Jeremiah. …

The setting is the Kingdom of Judah, approx. 730 BC, during the reign of King Ahaz. Ahaz learns that the Kings of Israel and Aram had formed an alliance to come against him and his people’s hearts “shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind….

Isaiah was a prophet of Judah who wrote his Book in two parts; the first between 740 BC – 700 BC (Chapters 1-39) and the second between 690 BC and 675 BC (Chapters 40-66)….

Isaiah 9 begins with a world in darkness. The people of Israel, broken by sin, lived under the shadow of death and judgment. But, into that darkness God spoke a promise, not of more rules or better kings, but of a child….

Genesis 3 is where the light of Advent first begins to shine. Right in the middle of the darkness created by man’s first sin….

Advent doesn’t begin in Bethlehem; its very start is at the beginning of all things….