Angels: Messengers of Good News
Melissa Spoelstra
“Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God …” Luke 2:13 (NLT)
“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:18 (KJV)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding…” Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
“Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by gettingto know, personally and intimately, the One [Jesus] who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received!” 2 Peter 1:3 (Message)
“God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.” I Corinthians 1:9 (NIV)
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
“… I have calmed and quieted myself like a little weaned child with its mother …” Psalm 131:2a (HCSB)
“Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai: ’Go and gather together all the Jews of Shushan and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day; and I and my maids will do the same; and then, though it is strictly forbidden, I will go in to see the king; and if I perish, I perish.’” Esther 4:15-16 (TLB)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (NLT)
"What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ" Philippians 3:8-9 (NIV)
“Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.” Proverbs 31:31 (NLT)
“Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God …” Luke 2:13 (NLT)
“… the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” Romans 4:17 (ESV)
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory...
Heavenly Father, as we enter this second Sunday of Advent, kindle within us the flame of peace that only Your presence can bring. Prepare our hearts to receive Christ with stillness and trust, even...