Cornerstone Church of Alpena
  • Home
  • About
    • contact
  • Community
  • Media
    • bible study >
      • the minor prophets
      • story of the bible
      • galatians
      • who we are (the story of the church)
    • 2015 >
      • winter
    • 2016 >
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2017 >
      • winter
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2018 >
      • winter
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2019 >
      • winter
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2020 >
      • winter
      • summer
    • video messages
  • Devotionals
    • thoughts from pastor barry
    • the story of christmas 2018

The Story of Christmas 

a word of welcome

11/25/2018

0 Comments

 

The season of Advent invites us to focus on the first coming of Jesus. This special season is a time of waiting, anticipation, and worship. At Advent, we celebrate what God did long ago – and we celebrate what God continues to do today.

Advent is a glorious time. For the next few weeks, we prepare our hearts for the arrival of Jesus, God’s Son. Yes, Jesus has already come; He was born in Bethlehem a long time ago. But in another way, we receive Him over and over again. In fact, receiving God’s gift of Jesus is the focus of Advent every year. Again this year, we can choose to receive Him – if we are prepared and ready.

Good preparation includes remembering. Good preparation includes telling and retelling the story. Good preparation involves listening and learning. Good preparation requires that we watch and wait. And good preparation also calls for confession and prayer and worship. This is a season set aside for the holy task of good preparation.

This Advent season, we are all invited to do what needs to be done – to spend time with God, to spend time in prayer, to spend time with His Word. Hopefully, these devotionals will help us. As we read and pray, let’s listen for the movement of God’s Spirit. Let’s watch and discern where God is at work in our lives. Let’s look for ways to share His grace with others. And having done all of that, we will indeed be ready for Christmas.

Each day, we will post a Bible reading and a devotional. We sincerely hope that these devotionals will be a source of joy and encouragement to you. May God fill you with His love and surround you with His grace!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Pastor Barry reflects on parts of the Christmas story

    Archives

    December 2018
    November 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Cornerstone Church of Alpena is a family of faith in Jesus Christ dedicated to worship, Bible study, prayer, and spiritual growth that leads to evangelism, ministry, and missions

obedient to the call of Jesus, Cornerstone Church of Alpena exists for those who do not know him yet

meets every Sunday at 10:00am for worship at the Alpena mall

© COPYRIGHT 2019 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Website design by Molly Stricker.
  • Home
  • About
    • contact
  • Community
  • Media
    • bible study >
      • the minor prophets
      • story of the bible
      • galatians
      • who we are (the story of the church)
    • 2015 >
      • winter
    • 2016 >
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2017 >
      • winter
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2018 >
      • winter
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2019 >
      • winter
      • spring
      • summer
      • fall
    • 2020 >
      • winter
      • summer
    • video messages
  • Devotionals
    • thoughts from pastor barry
    • the story of christmas 2018