Advent 2024

Day 15 Scripture: Isaiah 55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,     come to the waters; and you who have no money,     come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk     without money and without cost. Why spend money on what…

Day 14 Scripture: Haggai 2:6-9 "This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is…

Day 13 Scripture: Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had…

Day 12 Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Story from the Blue Seats: If Mary had known the full…

Day 11 Scripture: Ruth 4:14-17 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in…

Day 10 Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone…

Day 9 Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:12-16 "When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the…

Day 8 Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:15-19 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the Lord your…

Day 7 Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born,     to us a son is given,     and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called     Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,     Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.…

Day 6 Scripture: Ezekiel 34:11-16 "The days are coming," declares the Lord,     "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel     and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant     I made…