This devotional was adapted from a service that Mari wrote in 2023, created to honor the thrum of sorrow and loss that undulates beneath the largely cheerful Christmas songs sung throughout November and December.
“Songs for a Savior” Advent Devotions
Advent comes right after Thanksgiving! This new Advent Devotional will begin the end of next week, and is written in an "evergreen" way, so that it may be reread each Christmas season.
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HER STORY: Exodus Pioneers, Hannah
Has there ever been a time when you found yourself in a group of people enjoying themselves and you felt utterly alone? Maybe unseen, certainly not noticed, no one knew what you were feeling, there was no one to relate to. It’s like going to a party, that for you ends up being a test … Continue reading HER STORY: Exodus Pioneers, Hannah
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Advent Meditation: Light of the World
You are the Light of the World, the Life that is the Light of all people. Your Light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot grasp You, nor overcome You (John 1:4-5)
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Advent Meditation: Eternal Judge of the Living and Dead
. Strengthen our inner being with the power of Your Spirit that Christ will dwell in our hearts through faith. Ground us in love, fill us with Your fullness.
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Advent Meditation: Deliverer
Your promises are trustworthy and Your faithfulness is forever. Keep our hearts steadfast in the confidence that You will indeed rescue Your people.
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Advent Meditation: Living Water
Zechariah’s prophesy of salvation foreshadowed Jesus’s proclamation on the temple steps, “Let anyone who believes in me drink … out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.”
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Advent Meditation: Savior
Hannah knew from personal experience that God guarded the faithful. And she had lived through times of war when the enemies of God and God’s people “perished in darkness.”
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Advent Meditation: Bright Morning Star
You are the Light of the World, the Life that is the Light of all people, Light that shines in darkness and the darkness cannot grasp You, nor overcome You (John 1:4-5).
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Advent Meditation: Lion of Judah
Zechariah praised God for remembering this ancient covenant in a fresh way, for now the true Lion of Judah was about to be born.
