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Christian Devotional – December 22, 2023
Waiting Here For You, Advent Day 3 Adversaries. Read Psalm 27:1-6. As I read through day 3 of the Waiting Here for You advent devotional on YouVersion.com, we see that sometimes waiting is about adversaries. We have enemies that are seeking to do us harm and to keep us from fulfilling God’s purpose for our lives. Sometimes they even try to keep us from giving God glory. These enemies and adversaries require us to be patient and wait on God. As we think about his coming and his birth this Christmas, we are reminded that he faced many adversaries as he was going through his time here on Earth. Our…
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Christian Devotional – December 21, 2023
Waiting Here for You Advent, Day 2 Patience has a purpose. Read Lamentations 3:26. As we read through day 2 of the Waiting Here For You advent devotional on YouVersion.com, we continue to see the emphasis on waiting. God waited for exactly the right time to send Jesus. There was purpose in the waiting. There was opportunity for growth in the waiting. We can experience difficulties and struggles, but our understanding and faith in God grow as we patiently endure these struggles. God never leaves us and he always proves himself faithful. Will we continue to grow as wait on God patiently this Christmas season?
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Christian Devotional – December 20, 2023
Waiting Here For You Advent, Day 1 As we come to the Christmas season, I am reading through the devotion on YouVersion.com entitled Waiting Here for You, written by Louie Giglio. The verse today is Galatians 4:4-5. Waiting is so difficult. When God sent Jesus to earth, it may not have been at the time we expected, but it was at the exact right time. As we think about the Christmas story, we can be reminded of the importance of waiting on God’s perfect timing.
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Christian Devotional – December 19, 2023
Revelation, Day 22 Coming soon. Read Revelation chapter 22. As we draw to the close of this amazing book of the Bible, which also happens to be the last book of the Bible, we end with this chapter. This chapter goes through in details the final end result of all things that we will know, and that is that Jesus Christ is Victor and Lord over all. Everything that happens, happens to bring us to this point. We can rest assured that God is over everything that we go through, even when we don’t understand it and it doesn’t feel good. We can rest in the knowledge that Jesus is…
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Christian Devotional – December 18, 2023
Revelation, Day 21 The day is coming. Read Revelation chapter 21. As we read this chapter we see the final wedding of Jesus and his bride the church. God’s ultimately wins un the end and all the things that were a result of sin will be wiped away. As I look around our world now, I see so much sin and pain and death. All those will be gone when Jesus finally reigns victorious. I can’t wait for that day!
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Christian Devotional – December 17, 2023
Revelation, Day 20 A harsh sentence. Read Revelation chapter 20. As we come to the time of the victory of Christ and the end of all things, we see a judgment take place. All the dead will be raised and everyone who has ever lived will go through this judgment. This verse is at the end. Regardless of what a person’s life consisted of, the question becomes, did they accept Christ’s gift of life, or did they not. Many other religions teach that you can do enough to earn your way to heaven, or that you can’t ever really know whether or not you are going to heaven. Understanding the…
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Christian Devotional – December 16, 2023
Revelation, Day 19 Faithful and True. Read Revelation chapter 19. Jesus returns triumphant. After all of the judgment and all of the pain that the world has gone through in the last few chapters, we finally see the return of Jesus Christ. He appears on a horse and his name is faithful and true. What a beautiful picture of just how faithful God has been to all of us. No matter what we go through no matter the dark times and difficulties that we may experience, Jesus Christ is faithful and true in everything that he has promised that. God is holy and worthy of all of our praise, and…
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Christian Devotional – December 14, 2023
Revelation, Day 18 Final judgment. Read Revelation chapter 18. As we continue to read through this judgment, we see that it is ultimate and final. There is no chance of recovery for this situation. There will come a point when God’s grace and mercy will no longer be available. There is judgment that will come on all those who have not accepted him. We all must make the decision to accept Jesus’s perfect gift. When we do, we can experience God’s mercy and grace. Will we make that choice or will we experience God’s judgment?
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Christian Devotional – December 13, 2023
Revelation, Day 17 Triumph. Read Revelation chapter 17. When we read all the prophecies about the prostitute and the dragon, it can be easy to get confused and overwhelmed. Lots of commentaries have been written discussung exactly what those all refer to. Still, for me, I find this verse to be the one that I don’t have any difficulty interpreting. God is triumphant over all. No matter what we look to understand about all of the prophecies through the book of revelation, the overall theme is the same, God wins. The Lord will triumph over every single plot and ploy of Satan. God and his followers are going to be…
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Christian Devotional – December 12, 2023
Revelation, Day 16 True judgment. Read Revelation chapter 16. As the difficult judgments start to pour out on the people of earth, we see that there is still the focus on the glory of God. Even the altar calls out the importance of the glory of God. While we are not typically excited about God’s judgment, because of his holiness, God’s judgment is true. Because of our sin if we haven’t accepted Jesus Christ, we deserve judgment. Have we accepted his gift or are we facing judgment?