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December 17, 2020
December 17, 2020 Matthew 1:22-23—Joseph “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’ (which means, God with us).” Matthew 1: 22-23, ESVNames are incredibly important in the Bible. They provide us with wonderful symbolism of promises…
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December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020 Matthew 1:21—Joseph “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 Matthew 1 gives us the genealogy of Jesus and tells the story of Joseph learning that Mary was pregnant. Imagine all the emotions…
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December 15, 2020
December 15, 2020 Matthew 1:20—Joseph “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit’”. Matthew 1:20 Today’s society seems…
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December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020 Matthew 1:18-19—Joseph “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her…
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December 13, 2020
December 13, 2020 Matthew 1:1-17—Joseph “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” Matthew 1:1 If you are like me, when you see a Bible genealogy, your first inclination may be to skim through it quickly or maybe even skip over it entirely and go immediately…
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December 12, 2020
December 12, 2020 Luke 2:1-7—Mary “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 It is hard to read the verses from Luke 2:1-7 and not think about my own experience…
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December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020 Luke 1:46-55—Mary “He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.” Luke 1:52-53 When I signed up to write the devotion on Mary’s Song of Praise, also known as Mary’s Magnificat, it was…
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December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020 Luke 1:39-45—Mary “In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.” Luke 1: 39-40 As one of our few sacred stories where women are the protagonists, this one always stirs emotion and wonder…
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December 9, 2020
December 9, 2020 Luke1:36-38—Mary “. . . Elizabeth in her old age . . . conceived a son . . . Then Mary said, Here I am . . .” Luke 1:36, 38a This passage, highlighting the promise of a child to a young woman, Mary, and to an older woman, Elizabeth, reminds me that…
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December 8, 2020
December 8, 2020 Luke 1:34-35—Mary “Mary asked the Angel, ‘How can this be since I am a virgin?’ The angel replied to her, ‘the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called Son of God.’” Luke 1:34-35 As…