The Sovereign Love of God

T he B irth of C hrist

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First Sunday after Christmas Day December 27, 2020 - January 2, 2021 Christmas celebrates the birth of Messiah, Jesus, who is the incarnation of the Son of God, Mary’s child. He is the Wordmade flesh, the conqueror who enters this fallen world to reveal to us the Father’s love, to destroy the devil’s work, and to redeem his people from their sins. When the time came for Mary’s purification according to the Law, she and Joseph brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. A righteous and devout man, Simeon, waited for the Messiah, and the Spirit revealed to him that he would see the Messiah before he died. On entering the temple in the Spirit Simeon took the baby Jesus in his arms and blessed the Lord, saying, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” Jesus is God’s salvation for the world, the light of the nations and the glory of Israel. THIS WEEK’S THEME Light of the Gentiles, Glory to Israel, Luke 2.22-40

WEEK 5

Daily Devotional Guide

Preparing Our Hearts

Invocation: Our Prayer of Acclamation Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, to Thy people firmness of faith, that as we confess Thine only begotten Son, the everlasting partaker of Thy glory, to have been born in our very flesh of the Virgin Mother, we may be delivered from present adversities, and admitted into joys that shall abide; through the same Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. ~ St. Leo, A.D. 440 (Fox, p. 214)

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