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Advent Day 14: He Gives Us Confidence

In order to have the confidence to flee from a situation that was bad news for me I first had to come to the realization that nothing will ever separate me from Christ’s love for me. It’s difficult to be confident enough to let go, and remove yourself from a situation, that if you are […]

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Advent Day 13: He Gives More Grace

Throughout life we can lose a lot of things that we value. Whether it be we lose our loved ones, or our carefree spirit is lost to trauma, or our security caves under the pressure of an illness. Loss is apart of our life. It’s what gives life it’s value. If we can’t lose something […]

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Advent Day 12: He Gives Us Joy

Preparing for the cross was one of the most difficult times in Jesus’ life here on earth. In Hebrews chapter 12 it says that he was able to endure the cross because he kept his focus on the joy that was to come. Although we may not be going to a literal cross to be […]

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Advent Day 11: He Gives Us a Reason to Live in the Moment

I can think of a lot of circumstances that will always prevent me from ever being the same person again. Sad circumstances and happy circumstances. If we aren’t growing then we aren’t living. But growing is hard and sometimes we can see people who are where we were and we might wish we could go […]

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Advent Day 10: He Gives Mercy

I guess if we feel we are entitled to life, or another day, or we feel we can give life and freely take it away. Then I guess we would never realize that every day is a testimony to God’s great mercy & grace. Every day, with every breath, we have the opportunity to accept […]

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Advent Day 9: He Gives us Peace

Sometimes I will sit and wonder when some things in life will be made right. When will God make sure that the wrong that has been done to me, my family, or anyone close to me be made better and fair. Getting over an offense is not easy. If there is a conflict in your […]

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Advent Day 8: He Gives Goods Gifts

This morning, as I was sitting in the drive-thru at Starbucks, I was not in a really great place with my thinking. The anger had subsided and all I could think about was regret. I regretted something that I feel wasn’t a regret at all, but it has caused a lot of pain and I […]

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Advent Day 7: He Gives Life

In my previous devotional I wrote about our choices and that we have an opportunity every single day to choose how we are going to live our life. From spending our time on Facebook to getting that college assignment done that might be looming over our head, we always have a choice on how we […]

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Advent Day 6: He Gives us a Choice

I’m sitting here trying to decide what to do with my time. From college homework, to writing, to wanting to go to bed because it’s been a long day, I can often be found looking at my to do list thinking more about how I don’t want to do something. Typically it takes more time […]

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Advent Day 5: He is Accepting

I think a lot of people can admit there are a lot of things they don’t like about themselves, myself included. For me, I often find myself embracing moments of guilt and shame especially when I am feeling down or depressed. There are just some facets of my life and my personality that I’d rather […]

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