Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge — even as the …
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Day 2 – Monday, December 4, 2023
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,you who lead Joseph like a flock.You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,stir up your mightand come to save us! Restore us, O God;let your face shine, that we may be saved! O LORD God of hosts,how long will you be angry with …
Day 1 – Sunday, December 3, 2023
Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,that the mountains might quake at your presence—as when fire kindles brushwoodand the fire causes water to boil—to make your name known to your adversaries,and that the nations might tremble at your presence!When you did awesome things that we did not look for,you came down, the …
Welcome – Advent 2023
Welcome to Hope College’s third annual Advent devotional! The theme for this year’s devotional is Come & Cheer, taken from a line in one of the best-known Advent hymns, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: “O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheerOur spirits by Thine advent here;Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,And death’s dark shadows put …
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Hope College is pleased to announce its third annual Advent devotional, Come & Cheer! Beginning on December 3, 2023, faculty and staff from Hope will guide us on a devotional journey to Christmas Day. Every day of Advent, you will find a new meditation on a scripture passage adapted from the Revised Common Lectionary. If you …
Day 28 — Saturday, December 24, 2022
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”Revelation 1:8 During the fourth century, A.D., orthodox theology was fighting for its life against attacks by heretical perspectives. One of the most prominent heresies was propagated by Arius (c. 250–336), who claimed …
Day 27 — Friday, December 23, 2022
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of …
Day 26 — Thursday, December 22, 2022
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice …
Day 25 — Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit …
Day 24 — Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Oh sing to the LORD a new song,for he has done marvelous things!His right hand and his holy armhave worked salvation for him.The LORD has made known his salvation;he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulnessto the house of Israel.All the ends of the earth …