Hope For Today Videos

Well, here we are post-Christmas. For some people it’s a day to sleep late, do jigsaw puzzles, get outdoors and play in the snow, go to a movie with family or friends, or even do more shopping!! I wonder what Mary and Joseph felt on the day after Jesus’ birth as they looked at that little baby.  They both knew that this baby was a miracle. He’s here, but now what?  What does life look like going forward?

Christmas -- it really happened!  God came to our planet.  We may never comprehend how or even why He chose to do this but, the fact remains He came. Jesus has been born. Waht does that mean for us? God has come.  God is here. God is with us. 

Well we've arrived at Christmas Eve. We pray for individuals and families to be safe and healthy and in the middle of everything that is going on again this year to experience the great kindness of God shining through and bringing hope and peace.

In our celebration of Jesus earthly birth, how many of us have taken time to understand and give thanks that this same Jesus already existed with God prior to being sent into the world to save it?   Some may be exhausted by the extra demands of the season and others may struggle with loneliness because they are unable to join family gatherings.

Who’s most important?  What a great question to consider with God today as we reflect on our life with Him.

We get to light all the candles on the outside ring today.  A great reminder that the coming of Jesus is getting near – not just the celebration of His birth, but His coming again for us. Today’s candle represents “love” and we pray with others around the world today who open their hearts to be filled with God’s love.

What can we do when the "Christmas blues" show up?

Favor with God is a special blessing of God to us.  It releases an attraction within us that others are drawn to, empowering them to become willing to cooperate with us in those things we are planning to do.  God loves us and wants us to be successful in the plans He has for us.  He has provided favor to help us!

God makes each of us in amazing fashion so we can carry out the incredible life plan He has prepared for us. we see a great example of that in today's story.

In the Christmas story Joseph simply got going and did what God asked of him.  In this Christmas season I wonder how many of us are willing to simply do what’s needed of us even though it might be inconvenient.

As we move ever close to Christmas Day we remind ourselves who is the reason for the season.

Today we begin the third week of Advent and the candle we light today is the pink one – the candle for joy.  We spoke about welcoming joy a couple of days ago but there’s so much more to experience that it’s worth a mention again today.