November 30 - December 25, 2025

Advent Devotionals

Each year, we offer daily devotionals written by our staff for each day of Advent. Subscribe via email to receive these devotionals delivered to your inbox. If you have subscribed using your email address in the past to receive the Advent or Easter devotionals, you will automatically receive the devotionals again this year. 

It is our hope and prayer this Christmas season that you experience the presence of Emmanuel, God with us.

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Out of Nowhere

Hunter House | December 10, 2025



What a relief Joseph must have felt when the angel told him, “Herod has died… You can go back home.” For years he and his family had lived as refugees in a foreign land, and his goal was simple: 
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Hope in Lament

Aaron Parks | December 9, 2025



Lament—a deep and passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
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First Time Obedience

Kerrie Archer | December 8, 2025



When our kids were little, a phrase often spoken around our house was “first-time obedience.” The hope behind the phrase was that our boys would listen and obey the first time we asked them to do something,
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King of Kings

Carrie Tucker | December 7, 2025



The opening chapters of the Gospel according to Matthew offer drama and intrigue, giving us context for the cosmic story of God becoming a man. In today’s passage, we have treasures, angels, dreams, stars, Magi, and kings all coming and going under strange circumstances.
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Christ - Be Welcomed In Our Hearts

Jimmy Cummings | December 6, 2025



I remember, as a child, a daily ritual whenever my dad came home from work. My mother would call out: “Kids! Daddy’s home!” 
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Looking for the King

Doug Raines | December 5, 2025



They have often been called kings, but the title “Wise Men” is more accurate for these visitors from the East. It is not clear how, but through their study of the stars, and perhaps prophecy, they had determined that an important king had been born in Israel.
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It’s Hard to Believe

Margo Bodishbaugh | December 4, 2025



Have you ever heard something that just seems impossible to believe? Has someone told you something that made you think, “There is no way that could happen?”
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The Power of a Name

Michael Summers | December 3, 2025



When I was younger, I remember my mom going through a season of hand-making gifts for people getting ready to have a baby. Sometimes it was a baked good, sometimes it was a gift basket with an array of items; 
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The Government on His Shoulders

Nick Roland | December 2, 2025



Are you tired of politics yet? How many times have we heard empty campaign promises? How much dirt has been slung? How many nasty things have been said?
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Tis the Season

Sam Hannon | December 1, 2025



‘Tis the season. The time has arrived to put up the decorations. The playlist has officially shifted to Christmas music—all day, every day. 
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Greatness Hidden in Smallness

Mark Schatzman | November 30, 2025



As I write this first Advent devotional, acorns are falling from their oaks and littering the lawn. I will rake and gather gallons of these little seeds. It is hard to see it now, but it is no exaggeration to say that one lawn bag contains a whole forest of oak trees. 
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