EXODUS 6:7 (CEB)
I’ll take you as my people, and I’ll be your God.
1 JOHN 3:1 (NTE)
Look at the remarkable love the father has given us—that we should be called God’s children!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Our loving God includes us in his family.
DAILY FODDER
How is Christmas an expression of God's love for us? How do we know more about him because of the events of Christmas?
PRAYER
Loving God, thank you for sending Jesus into the world as a means of including us in your family. Help me to more completely grasp the extent of and implications of that gift. Christmas really IS all about family—your family! Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
