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Monday in The Message.

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Attack of the Killer Paragraphs! “The truth is that often we are not looking for God; we are looking for outcomes. When we shout, ‘God, where are You?’ from the hospital bed, is it because we truly want God to sit with us or because we want to be healed?” www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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“Until this moment, no one had ever seen God, ‘not so much as a glimpse’ (John 1:18). . . . Jesus’ invitation to would-be disciples then and now is ‘Come, follow me. . . . You haven’t seen anything yet!’ (John 1:43, 50).” —The Message Women’s Devotional Bible #christmasbonus

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“The world needs the love, faithfulness, and light of Christ. You are a light for Christ that shines his Spirit into the darkness and invites others to experience God’s love and care. What a gift.” —With God in Every Breath, by Whitney Simpson #christmas

As we hold Jesus’ stories in quiet stillness, listening for his Spirit to illuminate them and weave them into our own stories, their truths shape our thinking, transform our living, and inform our engagement with others. Praying the Parables of Jesus, by Stephen A. Macchia and S. K. Skinner #advent

When we live quietly, we live differently. We live with the volume of life dialed down, the pace of life slowed down, the desires of life restrained. We show up differently to work and relationships. … We speak simple, clear, powerful words born of silence. —The Speed of Soul, by Tommy Brown #advent

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What would our world look like today if we, as the Kingdom community of Jesus, stopped looking to win the arguments, to impose our beliefs and preferences on each situation, and instead aimed to sprinkle the salt of grace and shine the light of love? —Choosing the Opposite, by Tammy Melchien #advent

“When our identity is rooted in who we are in Christ, … we establish our worth and value on the right foundation. We are free to take ownership of mistakes along the way because they don’t affect our personhood or identity.” —Motherhood Is Not Your Highest Calling, by Vicki Courtney #advent

“Jesus is God’s own self becoming homeless to bring us back Home. . . . Jesus is the long-promised Child of a woman, who absorbs the sting of evil to overcome it, who dies for us to live.” —You Can Trust a God with Scars, by Jared Ayers #advent

“Loving others generously is the outcome of brimming with God’s sacrificial, parental love. Because God is generous, he gave up the one thing that he only had one of: his Son. That’s how valuable you are. That’s how much God loves you.” —Easy to Follow, by Lyle Wells with Kat Armstrong #advent

“In a spiritual family, we don’t hide from each other. We do life together and help each other along the way. We remember that we are not perfect and that we walk the road with other imperfect people. That’s what it means to be in the family of God.” —The Power of Together, by Jim Putman #advent

“We celebrate Immanuel, God with us, and compassion means ‘to suffer with.’ . . . If my faith paradigm creates a life that avoids sacrifice and discomfort and standing with those who suffer, I’m not fully living in God’s story.” Homegrown Disciples, by David Sunde #advent

“We are people who have been brought out of death and into life, out of darkness and into the marvelous light. Our whole selves have been radically transformed. That means we live and move through the world with the Kingdom of God as our compass.” —Lit Up with Love, by Derwin Gray #advent

God’s redemptive plan culminates in the giving of His Son, Jesus Christ, who is the embodiment of God’s grace and truth. The apostle John opens his Gospel with how “the Word became flesh . . . full of grace and truth” (John 1:14) —Parables of Grace, by Joyce Koo Dalrymple #advent

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“The Lord invites us to know him….Knowing him happens when his Word meets us in our places of deepest need…when we’re filled with wonder and delight in his presence…when he instructs us on how to live life well, guiding us on the path of obedience.” —Holding the Word, by Bill Mowry #advent

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“Tears of mourning, longing, sadness, and grief. Tears of gratitude, response, joy, and laughter. The Son of David taught us what David knew: There’s a place for the entirety of who we are in our secret place with God.” —Befriending God, by Tanya Godsey #advent

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“God adopts us into his family and knits us together by his Holy Spirit, weaving us into his new Kingdom family culture. But we still need to unlearn the social divisions and hostilities we carry with us.” —Kindred, by The Navigators #advent

“When the earliest Christians talked about one another as ‘saints,’ . . . [m]any of them had been cut off from their own families because of their faith, but they found themselves surrounded by other believers who said, ‘You are one of us.’” More Than Christians, by Norman Hubbard #advent

“I hated that I knew for almost a year that Jenn would die before Christmas this year. But I will also remember that I heard God, specifically and accurately, and that means that God is real and God speaks to his children.” What We Find in the Dark, by Aubrey Sampson #advent

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“The blessed … recognize their neediness, grief, and pain, … desire more of God but … won’t take up power to try and get it, … extend mercy to others, … exhibit purity and pursue peace, and … will probably face criticism for all of the above.” Stop Trying to Be Successful, by Pete Portal #advent

“In heaven faith will not be needed. Every pain will be explained, every mystery solved. My faith will become sight. But today I’m stuck here on earth, and I see only dimly as through a dirty glass . . . yet I see Him.” Hope for My Hurting Heart, by Linda Dillow #advent

“ ‘The Way isn’t a road or a path or a trail,’ Dad tells me. ‘The Way is a person: Jesus, God’s Son. Jesus left heaven and came to earth to be the Way for us.‘” How Do I Get to God’s House? by The Navigators #advent www.navpress.com/p/how-do-i-g...

“We can take comfort in knowing that God’s love for us will never fade. Let’s make the most of every opportunity we have to serve God and keep ‘telling the world [God’s] wonders’ until we’re ‘old and gray’ (Psalm 71:17-18).” —The Message Student Devotional Bible: Psalms #advent

“Because of who [Christ] is, I can have peace no matter what the world throws at me. . . . When we abide in the wrong thing, we get the wrong kind of spiritual fruit. Abiding in Christ gives us stability and hope.” —The Disciple’s Journey, by Jim Putman #advent www.navpress.com/p/the-discip...

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“London’s mom said, ‘God likes you just the way you are. God made every part of you. God is always with you. With God, you are never alone. God loves you, and God likes you.” —Can I Sit Here? by Heather Thompson Day and London Marie Day #advent

“Advent counteracts the shallow sentimentality that reduces Christmas to cheap entertainment and a cultural commodity. It reminds us that not all is well with God’s good world.” Incarnation, a God in the Neighborhood Bible study, @derekvreeland.bsky.social #advent www.navpress.com/p/incarnatio...

"The garden stories of the Bible create all kinds of tension in us: between good and evil, life and death, exile and relationship. But the final garden in the Bible … resolves every tension. … Until then, we are waiting in hope." Gardens, by Kat Armstrong #advent

"You are not a burden to Christ. It is God's joy to give you good gifts. That's why Jesus says to come to him even when we are weary--because he wants to give us the rest we need." From Deserts, a Storyline Bible study by Kat Armstrong #advent www.navpress.com/p/deserts/97...

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Lovely to hear the great Pete Greig speak of and pray from the words of the great Eugene Peterson. Today on Lectio 365 lectio365.24-7prayer.com/share/devoti...

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