Advent Devotional

Advent is a time to reexamine where you are on your journey with Jesus.

Our Advent Devotional guide, Navigating our Salvation, was written in 2019 by members of our congregation to help you on that journey.

Prepare your hearts and set apart time to take this journey with us with the resources below. There is a reflection and scripture for each day of the Advent season.

Introduction & Preparation

• 2019 Advent Devotional TeaserSeptember 18, 2019
  “Advent…helps us to understand fully the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in a little village of Judea…The whole of our life must be an ‘advent,’ a vigilant awaiting of the final coming […]
• Getting ReadyNovember 22, 2019
  In the Western secular calendar, the New Year begins on January 1st. You may observe the start of that new calendar with a late night of celebration and a mini fresh start to your life, with new goals and personal disciplines. In contrast, the Christian year starts on December 1st with […]
• Preparing Your HeartNovember 22, 2019
  The habit has been engrained in us since childhood: making a Christmas list. Maybe we wrote letters to Santa, asking for some of the toys we’d been seeing in advertisements. As we grew up, we addressed our Christmas Lists to our parents. In adulthood, we spend more time making sure […]
• Using the DevotionalNovember 22, 2019
  Breath Prayer: Notice your breathing. Breathe in the breath of God and breathe out the sins, worries, and hurts of the day. Slow your breath. Breathing in, say to yourself, “Come.” Exhaling, breathe out, “Lord Jesus.” Opening Scripture: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was […]

Newsletter

• Dec 1 – An Unexpected HourDecember 1, 2019
• Dec 2 – Remember Your BaptismDecember 2, 2019
• Dec 3 – Faith of our AncestorsDecember 3, 2019
• Dec 4 – Distant from GodDecember 4, 2019
• Dec 5 – Do One ThingDecember 5, 2019
• Dec 6 – Everlasting CovenantDecember 6, 2019
• Dec 7 – Prepare the Way!December 7, 2019
• Dec 8 – Repent!December 8, 2019
• Dec 9 – The Fruit of RepentanceDecember 9, 2019
• Dec 10 – Sharing RepentanceDecember 10, 2019
• Dec 11 – Careless WordsDecember 11, 2019
• Dec 12 – The End of WarDecember 12, 2019
• Dec 13 – Living with the End in MindDecember 13, 2019
• Dec 14 – Dedicated to GodDecember 14, 2019
• Dec 15 – Standing for the TruthDecember 15, 2019
• Dec 16 – Inner HealingDecember 16, 2019
• Dec 17 – DoubtDecember 17, 2019
• Dec 18 – Misplaced ConcernDecember 18, 2019
• Dec 19 – Belonging to GraceDecember 19, 2019
• Dec 20 – Managing the EstateDecember 20, 2019
• Dec 21 – All Things NewDecember 21, 2019
• Dec 22 – The In-BetweenDecember 22, 2019
• Dec 23 – The KeyDecember 23, 2019
• Dec 24 – Sharing the Greatest GiftDecember 24, 2019