Devotion on Relationship with God, Ephesians 4:32. 1 page.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (Ephesians 4:32).

Being graceful doesn’t come naturally to me. I’m the one who prefers shoes without heels, because honestly, I don’t trust myself not to twist an ankle while wearing them. Dancing, and particularly line-dancing, doesn’t come easily for me either. Although I can usually pick up the rhythm, the quick steps required to stay with the group make me feel clumsy and inept. Needless to say, the art of being a ballet dancer was never on my radar. 

Being a grace-full woman doesn’t come naturally to me, either. I am reminded in Romans 3:23 that … all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. I am sinful and thus an enemy of God. I deserve only God’s wrath and condemnation. I am separated from Him by an insurmountable wall of my sin, built daily – brick by brick, sin by sin.

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Devotion on Advent, Attitudes, Joy in the Journey, Jeremiah 23:5–6. 2 pages.

Unfortunately, people get so caught up in materialism to find happiness, that the one and only “perfect” Gift, Jesus Christ, the Lord Our Righteousness, is squeezed into the end of a busy schedule, if at all.

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Advent Joy-A-Tude
 

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Devotion on Advent, Christmas, Hymns, Luke 2:8-15. 2 pages.

Three readers are needed for this program that could be presented at a group meeting, or used in conjunction with a workshop to make Advent wreaths or as a mid-week congregational service. 

Props: Advent wreath, three purple candles, one pink candle, and a larger white Christ candle for the center of the wreath. The candles are lit during the presentation. An accompanist is needed as are hymnals for attendees. Each reader should have a Bible (ESV).

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Advent, A Time for Preparing

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Devotion on Praise, Relationship with God, Psalm 96. 2 pages.

The Book of Psalms is considered to be the first hymnal and prayer book. It includes hymns of praise and worship, prayers for help and salvation, please for forgiveness, thanksgiving for blessings, and please for removal of enemies. Psalm 96 is a song of praise. It is an urging for all people to praise God for His greatness, His kingdom, and His judgment.

Needed: 12 speakers or speaker parts may be divided between 3-4 people. 

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A Devotion Based on Psalm 96

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Devotion on Comfort, God's Love, Psalm 72:1. 1 page.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1).

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Devotion on God's Love, Relationships with others, 1 Thessalonians 3:12a. 2 pages.

May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all (1 Thessalonians 3:12a).

It is not always easy to abound in love. There are days when it is not easy to abound in like. Abounding in love seems impossible when a spouse has forgotten to take out the trash or the children bicker over a toy or gadget. Yet, Christ says in John 15:12: This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. We don’t have a choice to love or not. 

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Devotional Collection on Stewardship. 6 pages.

Christian Stewardship is concerned with God’s gifts and the way we use them. There are many passages in the Bible that are concerned with a giving God and a receiving people. How the receiving people use all that comes from a giving God is, in my book, what Christian Stewardship is all about. 

Our Missouri Synod has this as their definition of stewardship: “Christian stewardship is the free and joyous activity of the child of God and God’s family, the church, in managing all of life and life’s resources for God’s purposes.”

The Eight T’s are: Time, Talent, Treasure, Testimony, Touch, Tissue, Trash, and Technology. You know the first three; the last four go like this: testimony (Christian witnessing), touch (relationships), tissue (care of our bodies), trash (care of God’s creation), and technology (our use of the electronic devices and tools with which God has blessed us). 

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8 "T"s of Stewardship

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