Advent 2013 Devotions (Page 3)
This year during the season of Advent, beginning on December 1, we will have (almost) daily Advent devotions available here, and sent by email. We hope you enjoy these devotions written by members and friends of LMLC, and Advent hymns. If you would like to receive emails from LMLC, please send us an email via the contact page. Happy Advent!
December 26, 2013
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison. -Acts 8: 3 This verse from Acts is a reminder to us of the possibility to turn one’s life around. Saul was the greatest persecutor of the church. He regularly killed and imprisoned these early Christ-followers. He…
December 25, 2013 – Christmas Day
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. -Luke 2:8 Of all of the characters in the cast of the nativity story, I wonder the most about the shepherds. After all, they were not like the magi, who were expecting the Messiah to come. And they weren’t like Mary and Joseph who clearly knew that…
December 24, 2013 – Christmas Eve
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders… -Isaiah 9: 6a On this holy night, you come. Not as a mighty warrior, or an earthly king, but as a babe. And yet, all authority rests upon your shoulders. You will bear the weight of all the world, on shoulders small and soft with baby down. We have prayed for…