Devotionals about Waiting

Read: Luke 2:1-20 Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior. (v. 11) Merry Christmas! As you read the familiar story of Jesus’s birth today,

Read: Micah 5:1-9 And he shall be their peace. (v. 5) Micah’s prophecy took place in an age of empires. Micah was a prophet in the 700s BC, a time

Read: Luke 1:67-79 He has visited and redeemed his people. (v. 68) Zechariah was an old man when he received the fulfilment of God’s outrageous promise. Zechariah had spent most

Read: Isaiah 9:1-7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end. (v. 7) For believers in Jesus, the Christmas season can bring a sense

Read: Numbers 6:22-27 Thus you shall bless the people. (v. 23) In the novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis introduces us to Narnia—a cursed world in

Read: Hebrews 12:1-11 For the joy that was set before him [he] endured the cross. (v. 2) When I was young, my two favorite days of the year were my

Read: John 16:16-24 Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. (v. 24) Nearly a third of John’s gospel is devoted to “the Farewell Discourse”: Jesus’s final

Read: Luke 1:39-55 My spirit rejoices in God my Savior. (v. 47) Mary and Elizabeth had tremendous adversity ahead of them. As an older woman, Elizabeth faced a risky pregnancy

Read: Psalm 30 . . . but joy comes with the morning. (v. 5) Advent is a season of waiting. Waiting can be difficult, but it can also be infused