Tag Archives: advent

Wrapped

Posted on Monday, December 28, 2020 by MW

Luke 2:12 “’This will be a sign to you:  You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.’” Luke 23:52-53 “Going to Pilate, [Joseph of Arimathea] asked for Jesus’ body.  Then he took it down, wrapped … Continue reading →

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Heavenly Hosts

Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2020 by MW

Job 38:1, 6b-7 “Then the Lord answered Job…’Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundations?  Tell me if you understand…Who laid its cornerstone—while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?’” Luke 2:13-14 “Suddenly a … Continue reading →

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Enemy

Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 by MW

Exodus 1:12b, 22a “…so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites…Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: ‘Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile…’” Matthew 2:16 “When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by … Continue reading →

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Virgin

Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 by MW

Genesis 2:8-9 “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.  And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out the ground—trees that were pleasing to … Continue reading →

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Honour

Posted on Monday, December 21, 2020 by MW

Genesis 38:15-16, 24 “When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.  Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, ‘Come now, let me sleep with … Continue reading →

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Champion

Posted on Friday, December 18, 2020 by MW

1 Samuel 17:15, 20, 23b “…David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem…Early in the morning David left the flock with a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed.  He reached the … Continue reading →

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Room

Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2020 by MW

Luke 2:7b “She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Mark 2:1-4 “A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come … Continue reading →

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Lamb

Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 by MW

1 Samuel 16:11-13 “So [Samuel] asked Jesse, ‘Are these all the sons you have?’  ‘There is still the youngest,’ Jesse answered, ‘but he is tending the sheep.’…Then the Lord said ‘Rise and anoint him; he is the one.’  So Samuel … Continue reading →

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Shadow

Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 by MW

Isaiah 9:2 “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” Luke 9:28-29 “…after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with … Continue reading →

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Morning Star

Posted on Monday, December 14, 2020 by MW

Amos 5:7-8 “…he who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night…the Lord is his name…” Matthew 2:1b-2 “…Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born … Continue reading →

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