ADVENT 2024

This world is full of beginnings—a baby's first cries, the light of sunrise, new habits formed, love singing your name, and hope breaking into our day-to-day. However, before a new beginning, there is always waiting. This Advent, we wait for the birth of the Messiah—our unfailing light. We’ll seek a love that pushes against the shadows of night. We’ll follow a star and trust it to show us the way. We’ll proclaim that God has the power to make us new each day.

 

We hope this devotional might awaken you to this daily promise of newness. Each day, we invite you to carve out time with your family to wonder, pray, and explore your way through this season. In a world where light often seems dim, we encourage you to see the world through the lens of hope, naming where God’s light shines and how you are working to share that light more abundantly.

As you walk through this Advent season, may you find the light that shines all around us.

 

This Advent, let there be darkness. Let there be peace. Let there be new beginnings. Let there be light—as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.

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★ Where is light missing in the world?

★ Where is light breaking in?

Pray: May the light shine in the darkness, for even darkness cannot overcome it. Amen.

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★ How have you seen or felt light?

★ How have you shared light with others?

Pray: Arise, shine, for our light has come. The radiance of God has risen upon us. Amen.