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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Devotional thoughts for the Advent season
Tuesday, December 21st(EARS) If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do… Continue Reading “17. LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING LOVE”
Monday, December 20th(EYES) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction… Continue Reading “16. WEEP WITH COMPASSIONATE LOVE”
Sunday, December 12th Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all… Continue Reading “WEEK FOUR: EMBERS OF ADVENT LOVE”
Friday, December 17th(HANDS) Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. Psalm 47:1-2 (NRSV) For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace;the… Continue Reading “15. CLAP WITH APPRECIATIVE JOY”
Thursday, December 16th(NOSE) But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being… Continue Reading “14. SPREAD THE FRAGRANT JOY”
Wednesday, December 15th(MOUTH) I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble.The angel of the Lord encamps around those… Continue Reading “13. TASTE THE FLAVORFUL JOY”
Tuesday, December 14th(EARS) The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their… Continue Reading “12. HEAR THE SIMPLE JOY”
Monday, December 13th(EYES) Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of… Continue Reading “11. TWINKLE WITH INNER JOY”
Sunday, December 12th Light the first and second candles of Hope and Peace, then the third candle of Joy. I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my… Continue Reading “WEEK THREE: SPARKS OF ADVENT JOY”
Friday, December 10th(HANDS) And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth… From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. ~ John 1:14, 16 (NRSV)… Continue Reading “10. PEACEFULLY RECEIVE”
Simply Soul Searching 