Category: Christmas
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What Does It Mean? (Christmas Advent Series, Intro.)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? The world comes into focus as we discover Christmas. Each year God peels back a layer, rich with newly appreciated memories and formative ones of the present. I look forward to it more and more …and begin to celebrate, decorate, and sing carols earlier and earlier with each passing year …in anticipation of…
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10 Gifts That Speak from the Heart
Christmas presents quickly become fruitcake cheesy and impractical unless we plan ahead to give heartfelt gifts this season. The point of Christmas is to move beyond materialistic lists that are advertised to us each year. When we rush to grab a limited quantity item or a deeply discounted product, we can end up with an…
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10 Practical Tips for Family Devotions This Christmas
When looking to reflect and celebrate the Advent Season as a family, it’s important to keep some key elements of our devotional activities front and center. Christ is sole reason for Christmas; everything we do reminds, or causes us to reflect upon Him. If we can accomplish daily focus on Jesus, then our Christmas is…
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Lost Your Christmas Spirit? 10 Easy Ways to Get it Back
It’s not hard to lose our zeal for Christ and Christmas alongside the commercialism that capitalizes off the holiday season. In the busyness of the season, it’s possible for the Creator of Time to stretch our minutes to spend a moment with Him. Often, we run through life, especially around the holidays, convinced we don’t…
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The Christmas Dolphins
Welcome to the #recall12 series, where we are memorizing a little bit of God’s great Word each month! This month’s verse is: “God will take care of the hidden things …” Deuteronomy 29:29 MSG “Mom!!!!” My seven-year-old screeched as she took off into the depths of the house, “I have the BEST idea for Christmas…
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