Tragedy arrives as innocent victims suffer, and an inner voice whispers, “Be afraid!” We need your peace, Jesus. Lord, in a season when every heart should be happy and light, many of us are struggling with the heaviness of life-burdens that steal the joy right out of our stockings. Thank you, Father, for your immeasurable gift. That first Christmas, you gave us the gift of hope wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Jesus came to give us the gift of eternal life through the salvation that only you, our Heavenly Father, can give when we believe on your Son, repent of our sins, and confess Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Nothing is too difficult, too messy, or too dirty for you.
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The Christmas story wasn’t the beginning of that message of hope because the old testament is full of glimpses of your plan to redeem your people and restore them into a relationship with you, but we are able to truly begin to see and understand just how great your love for us is when we read the story of Jesus’ birth in scripture. We've assembled these Advent prayers from throughout our archives to help you ensure there's "room at the inn" of your heart this year! 8 Prayers for Adventįather God, every word in scripture points to the gift of hope that we have because of Christ Jesus. Ask the Father to use this time during Advent to leave behind the distress and to fill your life with hope, peace, joy, and love. Not only is Advent a precious time to rest and find peace, it is a time to repent and remember the gift of salvation. They’re clearly stated in Exodus and Deuteronomy of the Hebrew Bible in the form of the Ten Commandments.In prayer, we can access God's world and ask Him to ready our hearts the way He prepared all of history to receive the gift of His Son. The commandments of the Lord aren’t abstract rules scattered across the pages of the Bible. All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God.” “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. If you feel you aren’t receiving enough of God’s gifts, ask yourself, are you being righteous? In what ways can you bring yourself closer to Christian ideals? This Corinthians verse is a sobering reminder of God’s power and ability in blessing His creations. As it is written: ‘They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor their righteousness endures forever.’” “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you’ll abound in every good work. Remember to be grateful for our existence. Earth’s creation and our redemption is a blessing of the Lord, without whom we wouldn’t be here. The opening line of Ephesians reminds us that, in reality, we’re already blessed. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
In this sense, you’re already blessed if you’re forgiving, kind, just, joyful, and peaceful.Īnd by inhabiting a kindly Christian nature, you open yourself up to more spiritual blessings, like forgiveness of sins, the Holy Spirit, the power to do God’s will, and ultimately, salvation - the greatest blessing that will bring you to heavenly places.
Matthew 5:5-12 lists those who are blessed, which includes the meek, the righteous, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and the persecuted.įrom this, we can understand that a blessing isn’t a simple stroke of good fortune but rather a state of being that exemplifies Christianity’s compassionate principles. Most people talk of being blessed with reference to good health, family, wealth, happiness, status, and material goods.īut if we look to the Bible, we can see that being blessed means something different entirely - and those who are truly blessed aren’t the ones you might expect. To be blessed is to have a share in the glory of God’s grace.
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