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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Yearly devotions for the Advent season
GETHSEMANE If we were to consider all of Jesus’ Places of the Heart, we would need to include the entire gospels. Each place where Jesus has been is now a place where love has reigned. Today’s place, the Garden of Gethsemane, is actually an… Continue Reading “Places of the Heart- Thursday, December 12th”
THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES This Mount where Jesus preached his radical and revolutionary sermon, including the Beatitudes, is traditionally considered to be a mountain near Capernaum, up from the Sea of Galilee. Today it is our Place of the Heart, as Jesus’ message of… Continue Reading “Places of the Heart- Wednesday, December 11th”
CAPERNAUM Capernaum is a fishing village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. Today it is our Place of the Heart because Jesus healed many people there, showing his loving compassion, help and care for others. Light the Prophecy and Bethlehem Candles.… Continue Reading “Places of the Heart- Tuesday, December 10th”
THE SEA OF GALILEE The Sea of Galilee is actually a freshwater lake near Capernaum. The Jordan River connects the Sea of Galilee (northern end) to the Dead Sea (southern end). Jesus performed many miracles here, but for today this is our Place of… Continue Reading “Places of the Heart- Monday, December 9th”
LOVE: THE BETHLEHEM CANDLE Light the first candle, the Prophecy Candle. Luke 2:1-7 (NRSV) In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All… Continue Reading “Places of the Heart- Sunday, December 8th”
WEEK ONE- HOPE: PERSONAL REFLECTION Light the Prophecy Candle. This week we considered a few of the prophets who foretold of the coming of a Messiah in their Promises of Hope. These prophets were called to first name the disobedience and brokenness of the… Continue Reading “Promises of Hope- Reflection; Saturday, December 7th”
YOU AND I: PROPHETS All of the prophets were courageous, dramatic and vocal, delivering bold messages of criticism, correction, and concern. Several of the prophets were also quite theatrical. John the Baptist wore camel’s hair. Jeremiah wore a wooden yoke for a while. Hosea… Continue Reading “Promises of Hope- Friday, December 6th”
JOHN THE BAPTIST I have always found John the Baptist so intriguing- with his camel hair clothing and his diet of locusts and wild honey! He seems like quite the character. John lived at the same time as Jesus, and his driving purpose was… Continue Reading “Promises of Hope- Thursday, December 5th”
JEREMIAH Jeremiah began prophesying at a young age and continued for over forty years. Several resources call Jeremiah the “weeping prophet” because of his dramatic and emotional pleas, along with his deep compassion for his people. Jeremiah’s prophecy of the coming of Jesus as… Continue Reading “Promises of Hope- Wednesday, December 4th”
MICAH Although Micah came from a small country town (Moresheth), he bravely criticized leaders in the larger capital cities of Samaria and Jerusalem. Micah was critical of the way the people were not only disobeying God’s law, but also terribly mistreating- cheating and robbing-… Continue Reading “Promises of Hope- Tuesday, December 3rd”
Simply Soul Searching 