Category: Advent

To know this story of Christmas is to know that darkness need not be a worry any longer because light has come.

We can attend Christmas Eve services for every single year we’re alive, yet if Christ is never born in our hearts, we’ve missed the story completely.

At just the right moment, through the birth of Jesus, we’re reminded that the good news of God’s plan and redemption has come into our story.

For a lamb to be worthy of sacrifice in the temple, there were certain conditions that had to be met. The lamb had to be spotless and unblemished.

Where are we looking to find our hope and assurance amidst the uncertainties and storms we see raging in the world?

Security and comfort aren’t always found in what we’re holding on to; it’s found in what’s holding us—the good news of this Christmas story, Immanuel, Christ with us.

Perhaps you feel unseen, overlooked, and stained from whatever sin that’s still sticking to you, or maybe you have been given a label from the world. Hear this: you have value.

God of wonder, just as a GPS guides our earthly journey, we thank you for being our Divine Navigator, leading us on the path of righteousness.

When you realize the lengths God has gone to reach you through the gift of Jesus, it’s more about what he desires to do within you and through you that matters most.

That is the power of light; it helps us find our way in the darkness.

God is not a God who plays hide-and-seek with his creation. The season of Advent serves as a reminder for us all that no matter how lost or on the outside we may feel, not only have we already been found, he’s with us this very moment.

Illumination minimizes the darkness, and the world is just a little less scary as a result.