Series: Waiting with Joy

Read: Luke 1:46-55 My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. (v. 46) Every December when his children were little, pastor and writer Lou Lotz and

Read: Psalm 8 When I look at your heavens . . . the moon and the stars . . . what is man that you are mindful of him? (vv. 3-4) We caught fish all

Read: Luke 1:39-45 Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord. (v. 45) Mary must have smiled. Finally, after

Read: Hebrews 13:1-6 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (v. 2) Strangers can be strange, and we might not choose them as

Read: Isaiah 11:1-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf

Read: Luke 2:25-38 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel. (v. 25) Anna and

Read: Luke 1:5-25 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. (v. 7) The Christmas story abounds with unexpected happenings. Think about it. Zechariah

Read: Matthew 6:25-34 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of

Read: Matthew 6:1-4 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. (v. 3) He was a candidate for public