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2 - Read Psalm 130. What does it mean for you to wait on the Lord?
3 - Read I Samuel 1. What was Hannah waiting for? What made her waiting so painful? Where can you go to pour out your soul?
4 - Read Isaiah 30:18. What do you do when the Lord doesn’t rise up to show you compassion?
5 - Read Zephaniah 3:17. Picture in your mind the Lord holding you, quieting you as a mother quiets her baby. What lullaby is the Lord singing to you right now?
6 - Read Isaiah 40:1-5. In Isaiah’s day, they leveled the mountains and filled up the low places to make a new highway for the king. How are you preparing for the King’s arrival?
7 - Read Luke 3:1-20. How does John suggest people prepare the way for the King?
8 - Read Psalm 40. Which verse in this chapter do you most clearly identify with today?
9 - Read Judges 13. What part of this story intrigues you the most? Who’s the mysterious angel in your life right now?
10 - Read Matthew 1:18-25. What special meaning does your name have?
11 - Read Philippians 2:5-11. Christ made himself nothing. The one who was God became a defenseless infant.
12 - Read Jeremiah 31:15-17. For what are you weeping? Where is the hope for your future?
13 - Read Matthew 2:16-18. Why don’t we talk much about this part of the Christmas story?
14 - Read John 1:1-13. They missed their own creator. Can we? Do we?
15 - Read Exodus 33:7-11. The presence of the Lord, represented in the pillar of cloud and fire, tabernacled or dwelt among the people. Does the Lord speak to you face to face, as a friend?
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