Daily devotional
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203December 28 – Departure & arrival announcements
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where...
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257December 27 – Enjoying the Savior’s presence: blessings flow far as the curse is found
“The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the...
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204December 26 – Celebrating the Savior’s coming (2) with gentile Wise Men
“And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening...
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234December 25 – Celebrating the Savior’s coming (1) with Jewish Shepherds
“And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for...
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205December 24 – A frequently forgotten advent figure: John the Baptist
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” – John1:29 “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Bear...
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221December 23 – Prophets promise Christ’s coming (2): A backwater birthplace
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for...
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215December 22 – Prophets promise Christ’s coming (1): A Christmas stump
“There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.” – Isaiah...
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212December 21 – The exile: The end?
“Thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: ‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the...
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223December 20 – Picture #6: The Promised Land
“On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that...
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4362December 19 – Picture #5: The Tabernacle
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt (tented, tabernacled) among us.” – John 1:14 Scripture reading: Exodus 26:1,6-7,14; 29:43-46; 40:33-35 Pictures of...
