Holiday Devotions Archives

Advent Awakening

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.—Romans 15:13 (NIV)

New Heart for the New Year

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.—Romans 8:18 (NIV)

Celebration

For his anger is but for a moment and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.—PSALM 30:5 (ESV)

Woman reading a bible while drinking coffee

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift…—2 CORINTHIANS 9:15 (KJV)

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay.”—Matthew 28:5-6 (ESV)

The Great Silence of Holy Saturday

“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”—Matthew 27:65 (NIV)

Good Friday: The Message of the Cross

Forgive, and you will be forgiven.—Luke 6:37 (NIV)

Saint Patrick’s Dreams

And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.”—Mark 16:15 (NLT)

Renew Your Life This Lent

God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.—Psalm 62:1-2 (ESV)

A table set for a 'Little Easter' dinner

Celebrate Little Easters

Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath.—Exodus 16:29 (NIV)

Ash Wednesday

I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.—Job 42:5-6 (NLT)

Happy Valentine’s Day

…So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.—Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)