Archive for December 2014

More Loving

2014-12-08 Devotional with Hymn No comments

This Christmas, Father, help me to be more loving.
Reshape me by the Spirit of Christ.
Make me more like You.

Add or subtract from me.
Edit and revise me as You see fit.
Tune me up, Lord.
Challenge me,
teach me,
inspire me by Your example.

I am listening, Father.
Lead, and I will follow.

Open my eyes to the needs all around me.
Help me to see You standing among us,
eager to supply each need from Your great abundance.

This Christmas,
make me as humble as the newborn Christ.
Keep me as patient as You, my Father,
and as faithful as Your unfailing promises.
Help me to share the good news about Jesus
as naturally and eagerly as the shepherds.
With the magi, may I bow in worship and
offer You only my very best.

Bring your love to life, O kind, compassionate Father.
Make it flesh and blood in me.

Listen and sing:
Hymn: Christmas Love
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In Someone Else’s Skin

2014-12-04 Devotional with Hymn No comments

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:32, NASB)

The next time you have a headache or are tired or have a sore throat, look at the people around you and ask yourself this:

What would it feel like to be in their skin? How would it be to deal with their discomforts,

  • to be their size, shape, and weight?
  • to wake up every day in their home, to their family, with their concerns, temptations, and weaknesses?
  • to see the world through their eyes, as colored by their memories?

We are frail, physical creatures. Everyone around you is a frail, physical creature. Today each of them could use a little patience, a little understanding…a little compassion.

Listen and sing:
Hymn: Love One Another
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I Work for You

2014-12-02 Devotional with Hymn No comments

Obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people. (Ephesians 6:5-7, NIV)

Father, I do not work for my employer.
I do not work for my boss.
I do not work for money.
I work for You.

As long as I am on this job,
I will do it for You.
When I quit,
it will be for Your reasons, not mine.

Until then, I will do what pleases You:
I will persevere;
I will be faithful;
I will be Christlike.
I will work to serve and glorify You
out of gratitude for all You have done for me.

Father, all I am is Yours completely,
purchased by the blood of Your dear Son.
I work for You.

Listen and sing:
Hymn: I Am Your Servant
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