“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
-Jeremiah 29:11

A Time to Think… “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident

 A Time to Act… What happens at the Christmas holiday that makes us feel like we are stuck in a prison and can’t get out? It is the sad embrace we have of our culture rather than the hope we have in Christ Jesus. Determine this year to toss the counterfeit joy that society deems makes a good holiday. The only thing good is Jesus, and Jesus is all you need.

 A Time to Pray… One Child, One Solitary Life…that is you my Jesus, Savior and Friend. I want to follow you more this Christmas. Help me to be dazzled once again with your coming to earth rather than looking for decorations that don’t last. Give me the peace I need to rest in You this Christmas, AMEN.