As we close out the Women of Christmas study, I want to share a few final thoughts with you as you prepare in the next few days to celebrate Christmas with your loved ones. We have spent the last several weeks looking at three women in the story of Christmas. All three of them […]
If you are reading the book Women of Christmas, read chapter’s 7 & 8 Luke 2:21-40 In today’s devotional, we meet Anna, a prophetess. What do the scriptures tell us about her? her name means grace her family name means “face of God” she was “very old” – (but you would never know it watching her […]
If you reading the book Women of Christmas, read chapter 6 Luke 2:1-20 Today, the devotion is a bit long as my heart is just full of this story and what God challenged me to apply as I read it. Why don’t you grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some time thinking about […]
If you are reading the book Women of Christmas by Liz Curtis Higgs, read chapter 5 Luke 1:57-80 Excitement and anticipation builds the closer you get to a baby’s arrival and then the moment comes and the baby is born. Oh the joy! I remember all my family and friends filing into the room […]
If you reading the book Women of Christmas, read chapter 4 Bible reading: Luke 1: 39-56 Soon after Mary was told she was going to be the mother of the Messiah, she gathered her things and made her way on a difficult journey to Elizabeth’s house. This journey would have taken approximately nine or ten days across rock […]
If you are reading Women of Christmas Liz Curtis Higgs: Read Chapter 3 – The Virgin Mother Kind Luke 1:26-38 When we meet Mary for the first time in Scripture, she is a young girl, probably between the ages of 12 and 16, and engaged to be married to Joseph. No doubt, this was just an […]
If you are reading the book Women of Christmas by Lizz Curtis Higgs: Read chapter 2 Luke 1:23-25 When Zechariah’s duties as priest ended for the week, he and Elizabeth returned to their home. Upon returning home, Elizabeth became pregnant and remained in seclusion for the next 5 months. We are not told the reason for this isolation, […]
As the story in Luke 1 continues to be told, we hear of a very special day for Zechariah. He was chosen by lot to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. It was his turn to minister before the golden alter – in the Holiest of places – spreading the […]
Book – The Women of Christmas by Liz Curtis Higgs If you are reading the book along with me, read Chapter 1 this week and complete the study guide questions for this chapter. You will find the study guide in the back of your book. If you are not reading the book, open your Bible […]