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December 26, 2020
December 26, 2020 Luke 2:17-20—Shepherds and Angels “But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 Mary must have been filled with unimaginable joy. To have been chosen, to become the mother of Jesus. All that she didn’t know, yet she chose to receive it in faith. With this…
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December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020 Luke 2:15-16—Shepherds and Angels “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Luke 2: 15b “That was unbelievable!” said one. “I’ve never seen or heard anything like it,” said another. “We have to go to Bethlehem and see this thing that God…
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December 24, 2020
December 24, 2020 Luke 2:13-14—Shepherds and Angels “Suddenly there was with the angel a company of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, and good will toward men.’” Luke 2 13-14 How do we receive news in 2020? Technology provides us with a never-ending stream…
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December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020 Luke 2:12—Shepherds and Angels “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:12, NRSV As a new parent, one of the most important things I tried to learn was swaddling. I knew this was a comforting technique that calms…
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December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020 Luke 2:10-11—Shepherds and Angels “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.’” Luke 2:10-11 In Luke 2:10…
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December 21, 2020
December 21, 2020 Luke 2:9—Shepherds and Angels “An angel of the Lord stood before them and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terrified.” Luke 2:9 Because I am “a country boy” who grew up among farms in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, I can identify with shepherds. In Jesus’ time…
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December 20, 2020
December 20, 2020 Luke 2:8—Shepherds and Angels “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.” Luke 2:8 While this verse in Luke is the introduction to the next section of the birth narrative, we can glean a lot from this one verse. In Luke, we see…
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December 19, 2020
December 19, 2020 Matthew 2:13-21—Joseph “Now after they had left, 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 remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’” Matthew…
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December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020 Matthew 1:24-25—Joseph “When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus.” Matthew 1:24-25 As I think back to my children’s toddler years,…
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December 17, 2020
December 17, 2020 Matthew 1:22-23—Joseph “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’ (which means, God with us).” Matthew 1: 22-23, ESVNames are incredibly important in the Bible. They provide us with wonderful symbolism of promises…