PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Be born in our hearing, Lord Jesus, and open our lives to you: Our Word, our Light, our Life.
Amen.
Amen.
DAILY READING
- Monday (December 26, 2016): Psalm 148; Wisdom 4:7-15; Acts 7:59-8:8
- Tuesday (December 27, 2016): Psalm 148; Proverbs 8:22-31; 1 John 5:1-12
- Wednesday (December 28, 2016): Psalm 148; Isaiah 49:13-23; Matthew 18:1-14
- Thursday (December 29, 2016): Psalm 20; Jeremiah 31:15-22; Luke 19:41-44
- Friday (December 30, 2016): Psalm 20; Isaiah 26:1-9; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
- Saturday (December 31, 2016): Psalm 20; 1 Kings 3:5-14; John 8:12-19
ABUNDANT HEALTH
Mentors and Coaches
Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand. Philippians 2:4 (The Message)
What do Peyton Manning, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, George W. Bush, and Olympic Gold medalist Apolo Ohno all have in common? Your first thought might be success in their particular field. While that is true, all of them attribute their personal success to one thing: having a buddy, mentor, or coach who brought the best out of them. They each had someone in their lives who instructed, encouraged, pushed, trained, and taught them to pursue excellence, assisting them in reaching their dreams.
—Exercise Physiologist Sean Foy
Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand. Philippians 2:4 (The Message)
What do Peyton Manning, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, George W. Bush, and Olympic Gold medalist Apolo Ohno all have in common? Your first thought might be success in their particular field. While that is true, all of them attribute their personal success to one thing: having a buddy, mentor, or coach who brought the best out of them. They each had someone in their lives who instructed, encouraged, pushed, trained, and taught them to pursue excellence, assisting them in reaching their dreams.
—Exercise Physiologist Sean Foy
—The Daniel Plan brief excerpt from The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life by Rick Warren, DMin; Daniel Amen, MD; & Mark Hyman, MD (Zondervan). © 2013 by The Daniel Plan. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
NIV DAILY
Cast of Characters (Luke 1:40)
If a public relations firm were to plan the introduction of God’s Son on earth, whom would they invite? Certainly not the group Luke introduces. No Roman emperor or Greek philosopher attended. Instead, Luke tells of an obscure priest and his wife, a carpenter and his young fiancĂ©e, a group of shepherds, and two elderly people. Jesus never had much to do with the high and mighty, except during his trial and execution. He would change the world through the lives of ordinary people.Taken from NIV Student Bible ©2017 HarperCollins Christian Publishing
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Great God our Redeemer, we sing your praises. Your glorious love shines
in the face of Jesus, born a babe in this dark world. We marvel that he
generously humbled himself to bring salvation. How precious is your gift
of love! Let the light in our sanctuary and our songs of praise spill
through the windows to neighbors dwelling in darkness. May our gifts and
offerings reflect the light of Christ and, as beacons in the night,
draw people far and near closer to you. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen. (Titus 2)
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