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260 Devotional: December 9, Luke 1:26-38
Dec 9 Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent Luke 1:26-38 (ESV) Birth of Jesus Foretold 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came…
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260 Devotional: December 8, Luke 1:1-25
Dec 8 Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Luke 1:1-25 (ESV) Dedication to Theophilus 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed…
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260 Devotional: December 7, Psalm 89:1-37
Advent Week 2: Preparing the Way Dec 7 Monday of the Second Week of Advent Psalm 89:1-37 (ESV) I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord 1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be…
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260 Devotional: December 4, Zephaniah 3
Dec 4 Friday of the First Week of Advent Zephaniah 3 (ESV) Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city! 2 She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord; she does not draw near to her God.…
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260 Devotional: December 3, Isaiah 40:1-11
Dec 3 Thursday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah 40:1-11 (ESV) Comfort for God’s People 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice…
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260 Devotional: December 2, Isaiah 9:1-7
Dec 2 Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah 9:1-7 (ESV) For to Us a Child Is Born 1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has…
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260 Devotional: December 1, Jeremiah 31:27-40
Dec 1 Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Jeremiah 31:27-40 (ESV) 27 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that as I have…
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260 Devotional: November 30, Psalm 130
Advent Week 1: Prophecy & Longing – the Old Testament Story Nov 30 Monday of the First Week of Advent Psalm 130 (ESV) My Soul Waits for the Lord A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice…
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260 Devotional: November 27, Mark 16
Mark 16 English Standard Version (ESV) The Resurrection 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll…
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260 Devotional: November 26, Mark 15
Mark 15 English Standard Version (ESV) The Death of Jesus 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold,…