Join us as we pray, read & meditate, listen, move, and remember this holiday season. And may your joy be complete in Him.
Thank you, Ashley & Abbi, for this prayer! Thank you, Shauna, for this visual reminder of a beautiful phone screen!
PRAY
Lord, we focus in on Your presence today. All through Your Word You remind us that in Your presence, there is fullness of joy. You are our source of joy, and Your joy is the source of our strength.
Thank You for showing us that this whole season is filled with the joy of salvation, the joy of Your birth– none of that joy is dependent on circumstances, or even on how we feel.
Lord, forgive us for being distracted by our feelings, by our busyness, by all of the endless details… Help us surrender the details today and choose, as Mary did, what matters most. We choose to sit at Your feet, Jesus.
Rather than yielding to the overwhelm of the world around us, we stand on the truth of Psalm 94:19 today– “Whenever our busy thoughts are out of control, You comfort us in Your presence and overwhelm us in Your delight.”
We simply focus on Your delight today. With childlike faith and eyes alight with wonder, Lord we believe we will see Your delight all around us this year! Help us carry Your delight in our hearts and cultivate Your delight in our homes, Lord. It is Your Name that we focus on and in Your Name that we pray.
READ & MEDITATE
Whenever my busy thoughts were out of control, the soothing comfort of your presence calmed me down and overwhelmed me with delight.
Psalm 94:19 TPT
By my life, I will praise you. In your name, I lift my hands in prayer. When I sit down to satisfy my hunger, my joyful lips hunger to praise you! I remember you while lying on my bed. I think about you in the middle of the night. That is because you are the one who helps me. It makes me happy to be under your protection!
Psalm 63:4-7
You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You can’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are filled with a wonderful and heavenly joy that cannot be explained. Your faith has a goal, and you are reaching that goal—your salvation.
I Peter 1:8-9
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy the good food and sweet drinks. Give some food and drinks to those who didn’t prepare any food. Today is a special day to our Lord. Don’t be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong.
Nehemiah 8:10
You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.
Psalm 16:11
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God, and faithful love belongs to you, Lord. For you repay each according to his works.
Psalm 62:11-12
LISTEN
MOVE
REMEMBER
Burning Bright! 