Advent Calendar 2017
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Read daily Advent devotions by friends of College Park!
Advent Devotional – December 25
Advent Week 4: Love December 25 1 John 3.1-2, NRSV See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we …
Advent Devotional – December 24
Advent Week 4: Love December 24 Luke 2.15-20, NRSV When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’ So they went with haste and found Mary …
Advent Devotional – December 23
Advent Week 4: Love December 23 Matthew 19:14-15, NRSV Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.’ And he laid his hands on them and went on his way. Children are exhausting. I spend a lot …
Advent Devotional – December 22
Advent Week 4: Love December 22 Deuteronomy 30. 15-18 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, …
Advent Devotional – December 21
Advent Week 4: Love December 21 Matthew 22. 34-38, NRSV When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘ “You shall love the Lord …
Advent Devotional – December 20
Advent Week 4: Love December 20 John 13.34-35, NRSV I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’ At this point in the season, …
Advent Devotional – December 19
Advent Week 3: Joy December 19 Psalm 131, NRSV A Song of Ascents. Of David. O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvellous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its …
Advent Devotional – December 18
Advent Week 3: Joy December 18 Mark 10:23-27, NRSV Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!’ And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, ‘Children, how hard it is to enter …
Advent Devotional – December 17
Advent Week 3: Joy December 17 1 Corinthians 1.20-25 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through …
Advent Devotional – December 16
Advent Week 3: Joy December 16 John 1:1-5, New English Translation In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. In him …
Advent Devotional – December 15
Advent Week 3: Joy December 15 Matthew 11.28-30, NRSV Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my …
Advent Devotional – December 14
Advent Week 3: Joy December 14 Matthew 6.25-30, NRSV ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; …
Advent Devotional – December 13
Advent Week 3: Joy December 13 Philippians 4.4-7, NRSV Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace …
Advent Devotional – December 12
Advent Week 2: Peace December 12 Psalm 1:1-3, NRSV Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They …
Advent Devotional – December 11
Advent Week 2: Peace December 11 Micah 6.8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Before we can get to our verse today, let me remind you what is going on in Micah …
Advent Devotional – December 10th
Advent Week 2: Peace December 10 1 Timothy 6.17-19, NRSV As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to …
Advent Devotional – December 9th
Advent Week 2: Peace December 9 1 Thessalonians 5. 12-14, NRSV But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labour among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge …
Advent Devotional – December 8th
Advent Week 2: Peace December 8 Ephesians 4.1-6 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in …
Advent Devotional – December 7th
Advent Week 2: Peace December 7 Colossians 3:16-17, NRSV Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the …