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Advent: Week 4, Day 2

Light Breaking Forth 7 Where could I go to get away from your spirit?    Where could I go to escape your presence?8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there.    If I went down to the grave,[a] you would be there too!9 If I could fly on the wings of dawn,    stopping to rest only on the far side of… Continue Reading→

Advent: Week 4, Day 1

Immigrant Children with Special Needs Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the One who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?” Genesis 16:13 (NLT) You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and… Continue Reading→

Advent: Week 3, Day 5

“A Starting Place” 3 The Lord proclaims: Do what is just and right; rescue the oppressed from the power of the oppressor. Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow. Don’t spill the blood of the innocent in this place. Jeremiah 22:3 Common English Bible (CEB) Every morning I find myself in the same struggle. My… Continue Reading→

Advent: Week 2, Day 6

Seeing teaming masses of humanity, yearning to be free, has a way of cutting through the sinful lenses and labels to which we addict ourselves. Seeing ones made in the image of God in person, and seeing them as persons, challenges us to remember…

Advent: Week 2, Day 3

Children on the Borders “You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.” — Psalm 51:16-17 (NLT) “In his grace, God has given us different gifts for… Continue Reading→

Advent Week 2, Day 2

“Don’t you have a saying, ‘Four more months and then it’s time for harvest’? Look, I tell you: open your eyes and notice that the fields are already ripe for the harvest. Those who harvest are receiving their pay and gathering fruit for eternal life so that those who sow and those who harvest can… Continue Reading→

Advent: Week 1, Day 7

What Causes God’s Heart Hurt? 36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,… Continue Reading→