“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.

HER STORY: Birth of Christ, Elizabeth

What fascinated Luke, the scientist and doctor, was Jesusโ€™ special emphasis on prayer, the activity of the Holy Spirit, and joyfulness and in his account of Jesusโ€™ birth he highlighted the Holy Spiritโ€™s activity in the lives of five people in these first two chapters. Lukeโ€™s chronicle of Jesusโ€™ life is the longest of the … Continue reading HER STORY: Birth of Christ, Elizabeth

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)

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.

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.

Advent Meditation: Living Water

Zechariahโ€™s prophesy of salvation foreshadowed Jesusโ€™s proclamation on the temple steps, โ€œLet anyone who believes in me drink โ€ฆ out of the believerโ€™s heart shall flow rivers of living water.โ€

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 Godโ€™s people โ€œperished in darkness.โ€

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).

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.

Advent Meditation: King of Kings

Now, as King, Christ commands us to know salvation through Him, and to love one another as He loves us.