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Category: Christmas Devotions
Christmas Devotion: Presents
When the wise men saw the star they shouted joyfully. As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotion: Presents”
Christmas Reflection: Room
And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Doctor Luke, Luke 2:7 On the very first Christmas there was no room… Continue Reading “Christmas Reflection: Room”
Christmas Devotions: Going Home A Different Way
After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, the wise men went back by another route to their own country. The Apostle Matthew, Matthew 2:12 The wise men sought something beyond their experience. They had seen in the stars that God would… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Going Home A Different Way”
Christmas Devotions: Jealousy
When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Jealousy”
Christmas Devotions: Sacrifice
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected. Indeed, as a result of him… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Sacrifice”
Christmas Devotions: Egypt
After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” Angel… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Egypt”
Christmas Devotions: Dream
After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Dream”
Christmas Devotions: Shepherds
When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.” So they hurried off and located… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Shepherds”
Christmas Devotions: Angels
Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified. But the angel said to… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Angels”
Christmas Devotions: Wise
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Wise”