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My Twelfth #PrayerofChristmas

Let us not be so busy doing church that we forget to be the church. Continue reading

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My Eleventh #PrayerofChristmas

We pray that the floodgates would open for Your people… Continue reading

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My Eighth #PrayerofChristmas

As we rise in a new year, we pray that we will also rise to the occasion of being Your disciples wherever we go. Continue reading

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My Sixth #PrayerofChristmas

Let Your love flow in such a way that it produces joy in our homes, peace in our communities and justice in the world! Continue reading

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My Fourth #PrayerofChristmas

Let someone else’s testimony of morning joy, of renewed hope, of peace that passes all understanding, saturate their very souls so that they can know that difficult circumstances are not the end of their story. Continue reading

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My Third #PrayerofChristmas

Gracious God, Thank You for Your grace that sustains us and is sufficient for us. Thank You for not leaving us to our own devices but instead showing us again and again Your love for us. We recognize that it … Continue reading

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A Real Christmas Perversion

And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget Herod at Christmas, Terror and All

[W]hile Christ’s birth is a romance about God’s great love for God’s people, it is also a story about a decree, a massacre, about principalities and powers and rulers of wickedness in high places. Continue reading

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