Tag: christmas
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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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The Presents (#jammed daily devo, day 355)
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 355: Christmas presents …and limits. “Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2:11b “He came! HE CAME!!!” The piles of presents under the tree and the magical looks on my kids’ faces as they ran down the stairs will be etched into my…
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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 Mom (#jammed daily devo, day 354)
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 354: Aim for average. Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. Luke 2:29 NLT Motherhood is ridiculous. It completely changes us from the inside out. The outside starts falling a part, and the inside grows more rapidly than our emotions can keep up with. Every concern…
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