My LORD and my God, I am such an insignificant part of Your great creation, here but a fraction of time and space. I am ever amazed how You have orchestrated my life here and now and all that had led up to my birth and life. As You were with Noah, and Abraham, and […]

Dear heavenly Father, thank You for the inexplicable love You have lavished on us…on me. When disappointments come this season, help me remember Who You are. You wanted me to know I am loved with an everlasting and eternal and sacrificial love. Remind me this season to love You like You first loved us. I

Father, as I see in they eyes of my mind how a teenaged Jewish girl birthed Immanuel in a hay trough, I can see through her eyes what it was like to hold Your Son. I can only imagine how she must have felt as she raised this little boy and saw him grow to

Father, God, please do not let me forget that Your Advent was one time for all time. As I meditate on Your magnificent gift sent as a tiny baby, I am overwhelmed. Father, help me make this day and every day about holding Jesus up and making Him visible to others. I want to be

Dear LORD, in our world torn by strife in so many places, I pray for PEACE…not just the cessation of hostilities, but for real Peace from Jesus and His promises of old to be Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father. Bring comfort even now to war torn Gaza and Ukraine even as we pray for peace

Father, my Abba, help me be a Living Nativity today. Wherever I go, let people near me see Immanuel…the With Us God. Whenever I see people today, help them see Jesus in me. I offer me to You today, be Glorified in me today so others will se You…direct me as you will, for His

Dear LORD, my God, slow me down this season. Make me open to investing me in Your Kingdom this Christmas. Please give me Your wisdom and open my mind and heart to receive Your instructions. I am Yours, Father. Speak that my heart may hear. This I pray fervently in the precious name of Jesus.

Dear LORD, my God, everywhere I look and listen I hear foolishness about not only this season of the year, but about where the hope of eternity truly lies. Please keep me from the hype of commercialism, from the focus on commerce, from the reliance on tinsel and lights, and all the other things we

Father, my Father, I ask today in all the humility I can muster for the ability and determination to see Jesus in the same light as the unlearned guys He called to be His special men. Give me the unbridled courage and commitment to follow You even as they did with my life to show