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FUMCFW Prayer Ministries offers many ways to get connected with our praying community. Recognizing that every person has unique gifts and callings, many of which emerge out of times of struggle and pain, we are here to encourage individual spiritual formation and disciplines that can become powerful influences on all aspects of the life-long faith journey.
Looking to spend more time with God? Our Daily Bread Devotionals are written by people of faith and include messages of instruction and inspiration. We invite you to take a few moments to read and reflect upon today’s scripture selection and to carry these thoughts with you into your day. Join us on this daily journey of faith!
Much of the book of Acts is about the missionary journeys of Paul. His life and ministry can be summed up in the verse above. “God did extraordinary miracles through Paul.” Advent and Christmas remind us that God can and does do extraordinary things through each of us.
Have you ever left a present under the Christmas tree? Forgotten it was there and inadvertently left it there only to discover it when taking the tree down and getting it ready to stow away until next year? Linus asks, “What did you want . . . a chance to warm up first?”
In a “Peanuts” comic, good old Charlie Brown tells Linus, “Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re thrown into life too fast. We’re not really prepared.”
Linus asks, “What did you want . . . a chance to warm up first?”
Ah, Advent, the season of Preparation, Expectation and Anticipation.
In particular, this verse speaks of the role of the priests and Levites in worship.
The promise of a descendant for David, who will sit on the throne of the house of Israel, is one of the many prophecies in the Scriptures about the Messiah, the Son of God.
The message of this verse is a promise of salvation, protection, and divine justice for those who trust in God.
In the Jewish culture of the time, the term “Branch” referred to a descendant of the royal family of David.
Something I remember a lot as a child was that in my church, the pastor used to organize events at least twice a year, inviting a guest preacher for a weekend, which he called “Night of Miracles,” and also inviting a Christian band to attract young people and children through music.
The Upper Room is a well-recognized resource and model of practical Christianity, accessible in varied formats to help people feel invited and welcomed into God’s presence each day.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
