Almost Christmas Devotions for the Season

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Ingrid McIntyre. Almost Christmas Devotions for the Season

ALMOST CHRISTMAS

CONTENTS

Introduction

1

Do I so far practice justice, mercy, and truth, as even the world requires?

2

Do I even appear on the outside to be a Christian?

3

Do I practice godly behavior?

4

Do I refrain from doing evil things, as is described in the Bible?

5

Do I do good with all my might?

6

Do I seriously follow God’s commandments whenever I can?

7

Hymn Reflection: “Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus”

8

Do I do everything with a sincere plan and desire to please God in every way?

9

Am I, at the very least, observing the qualities of an “almost” Christian?

10

Am I willing to go a step further and be an “altogether” Christian?

11

Is the love of God shed abroad in my heart?

12

Can I cry out, “My God, and my All”?

13

Do I desire nothing but God?

14

Hymn Reflection: “Peace upon earth be restored”

15

Am I happy in God?

16

Is God my glory, my delight, and my source of joy?

17

Is this commandment written in my heart: “That he who loves God loves others also”?

18

Do I love my neighbor as myself?

19

Do I love everyone, even my enemies, even the enemies of God, as my own soul?

20

Do I love others as Christ loved me?

21

Hymn Reflection: “And God Himself is born!”

22

Do I believe that Christ loved me and gave himself for me?

23

Do I have faith in Christ’s blood?

24

Do I believe that Jesus has taken away my sins and cast them as a stone into the depth of the sea?

25

Hymn Reflection: “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”

26

Do I believe that Jesus has blotted out the handwriting that was against me, taking it out of the way, nailing it to his cross?

27

Do I feel the assurance that I have been redeemed of my sins?

28

Do I feel the assurance of the Spirit that I am a child of God?

29

Can I lift my hand up to heaven, and declare to him that lives forever and ever, “Lord, You know all things. You know that I love You”?

30

Hymn Reflection: “Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue”

31

“I am no longer my own”

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A WESLEYAN ADVENT EXPERIENCE

MAGREY R. DEVEGA INGRID MCINTYRE APRIL CASPERSON MATT RAWLE

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As you begin this Advent journey, pay attention to the ways that God shows up in your life. Today at every possible moment do justice, practice mercy, and reveal truth in the most basic, easy, and human way. It is in this small step that our souls find renewal, that our hearts prepare to receive the Christ Child, and that others can see a star in the east.

Maybe this year Christ will be born in a Starbucks instead of a stable!

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