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Christmas Quiet: DAY 20

Christmas Quiet: DAY 20

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 19

Christmas Quiet: DAY 19

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 18

Christmas Quiet: DAY 18

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 17

Christmas Quiet: DAY 17

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 16

Christmas Quiet: DAY 16

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 15

Christmas Quiet: DAY 15

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 14

Christmas Quiet: DAY 14

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Christmas Quiet: DAY 13

Christmas Quiet: DAY 13

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 12

Christmas Quiet: DAY 12

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 11

Christmas Quiet: DAY 11

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 10

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 9

Christmas Quiet: DAY 9

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 8

Christmas Quiet: DAY 8

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 7

Christmas Quiet: DAY 7

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 6

Christmas Quiet: DAY 6

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 5

Christmas Quiet: DAY 5

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 4

Christmas Quiet: DAY 4

Are you looking for a simple way to invite Christ into your Christmas? Join us between now and December 25. I will be publishing brief, daily readings so we don’t fail to use this sacred Christmas season to be still and reclaim the quiet. Today, my family is reading...

Christmas Quiet: DAY 3

Christmas Quiet: DAY 3

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Christmas Quiet: DAY 2

Christmas Quiet: DAY 2

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A Moment with the Messiah: Day 13

No matter how you choose to celebrate Christ this season, let the Messiah–not the mayhem–reign in your heart. May you be richly blessed in Him!

Read: Matthew 1:22—25

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. 

Reflect: Warren Wiersbe talks about the names of Jesus in The Wiersbe Bible Commentary: “The name Jesus means “Savior” and comes from the Hebrew name Joshua (“Jehovah is salvation”). There were many Jewish boys with the name Joshua (or, in the Greek, Jesus), but Mary’s Boy was called “Jesus the Christ.” The word Christ means “anointed”; it is the Greek equivalent of Messiah. He is “Jesus the Messiah.” Jesus is His human name; Christ is His official title; and Emmanuel describes who He is—“God with us.” Jesus Christ is God! We find this name “Emmanuel” in Isaiah 7:14 and 8:8.”

Respond: Mighty God, thank you for sending this world Your own self, wrapped in flesh. Thank you for Jesus Christ–our Salvation and Emmanuel.

Tot Time: God is with us each minute. The Bible tells us in Deuteronomy 31:6 that God will never leave us and that we don’t need to be afraid of what goes on around us. What are some ways you can remember that God is with you at all times?