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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…
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December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020 Matthew 1:21—Joseph “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 Matthew 1 gives us the genealogy of Jesus and tells the story of Joseph learning that Mary was pregnant. Imagine all the emotions…
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December 15, 2020
December 15, 2020 Matthew 1:20—Joseph “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit’”. Matthew 1:20 Today’s society seems…
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December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020 Matthew 1:18-19—Joseph “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her…
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December 13, 2020
December 13, 2020 Matthew 1:1-17—Joseph “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” Matthew 1:1 If you are like me, when you see a Bible genealogy, your first inclination may be to skim through it quickly or maybe even skip over it entirely and go immediately…
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December 12, 2020
December 12, 2020 Luke 2:1-7—Mary “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 It is hard to read the verses from Luke 2:1-7 and not think about my own experience…
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December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020 Luke 1:46-55—Mary “He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.” Luke 1:52-53 When I signed up to write the devotion on Mary’s Song of Praise, also known as Mary’s Magnificat, it was…
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December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020 Luke 1:39-45—Mary “In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.” Luke 1: 39-40 As one of our few sacred stories where women are the protagonists, this one always stirs emotion and wonder…