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    Journey to the Star
    Journey to the Star
    Journey to the Star
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    Journey to the Star

    By Julia White

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    Join the journey as we follow the star this Advent season. These Once-A-Day devotionals will help you prepare your heart for Christ to enter. Along the way we will explore how your daily activities point your eyes and mind to the true meaning of Christmas and how we can live in the light of God’s most precious gift. Each devotional offers select Scripture passages that demonstrate God’s promises and how they apply to our lives today. Relive the joy of Christ’s birth over and over as you draw closer to God through prayer and make our blessed Savior the center of your Christmas experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulia White
    Release dateNov 22, 2015
    ISBN9781310255922
    Journey to the Star
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    Julia White

    Julia White has been the author of many short stories, various works of fiction, and encouraging devotionals she shares on her Facebook blog page. In her spare time she loves to read, watch movies, run around with family activities, and share stories with friends.

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      Journey to the Star - Julia White

      Journey to the Star

      2015 Advent Devotionals

      Julia White

      Published by Julia White at Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 Julia White

      Edited by Brandy Frederiksen and Cindy Siira

      Cover Design by Becky Hoschek.

      Becky Hoschek Photography + Branding Design

      Daily Scriptures in this work are from The Revised Common Lectionary, a service of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library. Daily Readings for Year C.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for our enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Week 1

      Week 2

      Week 3

      Week 4

      Week 5

      Continuing the Journey

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Introduction

      The word ‘advent’ is most generally defined as the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. As the Christmas season approaches, most of us in the Christian community, know what that notable ‘event’ is…It’s the birth of Christ. The fulfilling of years of prophecy and the star that flooded the earth with hope. Advent is about the birth of a baby in a manger…a baby that would one day strip us of the sins we could no longer bear.

      And certainly Advent is that very thing. However, just as I tell my children on long trips, travel is so much more than just the end destination. Many times it’s the JOURNEY that matters. The spilled drinks, the laughter about what someone said, the rest stops and the hotel’s freezing swimming pool that was awesome fun anyway! Journeys are the true moments that take us from here to there. They are the marshmallows in our hot chocolate…the ones that melt slowly through the entire mug and bring us to the bottom with only a gooey mustache to show for it. Journeys require work in order to reach our destination unharmed, but if done well, we arrive a little better off than when we left.

      Matthew 2: 9-11 tells us that the wise men saw a star in the sky and began a journey. They knew the star signaled the advent of the King of the Jews, so they traveled until the star led them to the home of Jesus. Scripture says, They could hardly contain themselves. They were in the right place! They had arrived at the right time! After all that searching and travel, the wise men had come to their resting place.

      No matter where our paths have gone during the year, Advent allows us to follow the light so that we too may hardly contain ourselves because we have found our resting place. Each Advent season we have the opportunity to experience that moment over and over again. May our advent journey together be just as joyous. This is the right place and THIS is the right time. So now take a deep breath, sit down, and let’s follow the star together.

      Week 1

      November 26, 2015

      Psalm 25:1-10; Nehemiah 9:6-15; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

      The first stop in our journey is already close by…our home and our hearts. In all the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season we must consciously make room for God and welcome him in. Like many, my family gets excited about decorating for Christmas. As soon as Thanksgiving is over, we hit the ground running to pack up the fall and bring out the sparkle. But first things first. The center of our Christmas decorating is always the Christmas tree. In the past few years we have opted to get a real tree so there is the added adventure of going out to the Christmas tree farm and finding the perfect tree that

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