SEEK GOD:

• PrayfortheHolySpirittoworkintheheartofyourfriend.

• PrayfortheHolySpirittoblessallinteractionswithyourfriendsandfamily.

BE CREATIVE:

• ExchangestoriesoffamilyChristmastraditions.You’lllearnaboutothers’ current spiritual situation and be able to share what Jesus means to you.

• Inviteyourfriendstomakenewtraditionsthisyear,especiallyiftheChristmas season is stressful or depressing. Invite them to read the devotions with you, go to Advent services or participate in a servant event.

• Bringyourfriendorfamilymembertohelpworkatachurchactivitybefore Christmas. Getting to know people in a non-threatening way makes them more likely to attend future worship.

FOLLOW UP:

Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries can help keep your faith conversations going. Read, listen, e-mail or print at www.adventdevotions.net.

SEEK GOD:

• PrayfortheHolySpirittoworkintheheartofyourfriend.

• PrayfortheHolySpirittoblessallinteractionswithyourfriendsandfamily.

BE CREATIVE:

• ExchangestoriesoffamilyChristmastraditions.You’lllearnaboutothers’ current spiritual situation and be able to share what Jesus means to you.

• Inviteyourfriendstomakenewtraditionsthisyear,especiallyiftheChristmas season is stressful or depressing. Invite them to read the devotions with you, go to Advent services or participate in a servant event.

• Bringyourfriendorfamilymembertohelpworkatachurchactivitybefore Christmas. Getting to know people in a non-threatening way makes them more likely to attend future worship.

FOLLOW UP:

Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries can help keep your faith conversations going. Read, listen, e-mail or print at www.adventdevotions.net.

Advent Devotions 2012

Christmas Memories Advent Devotions

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Memories What’s your favorite part of Christmas? Was it the lit Christmas tree and the ornaments and all the decorations? Was it family coming over, and all the songs and stories that arrived with them? What about the smell of baked chocolate chip cookies? Maybe it was the carefully laid out Christmas village, with miniature houses, sidewalks, ponds, metal figurines, and fake snow. Was it the presents?

This year Christmas Memories captures the essence of Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Advent Devotions for 2012.

Written by LHM’s Theological Editor and Writer Wayne Palmer, these meditations draw from the biblical account of Luke chapters one and two and, in particular, Mary’s observations. “Just as we all have cherished memories of Christmases past, Mary shares her treasured memories of the first Christmas, relating the events to Luke to include in his Gospel,” according to Palmer.

What’s your favorite part of Christmas? Was it the lit Christmas tree and the ornaments and all the decorations? Was it family coming over, and all the songs and stories that arrived with them? What about the smell of baked chocolate chip cookies? Maybe it was the carefully laid out Christmas village, with miniature houses, sidewalks, ponds, metal figurines, and fake snow. Was it the presents?

This year Christmas Memories captures the essence of Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Advent Devotions for 2012.

Written by LHM’s Theological Editor and Writer Wayne Palmer, these meditations draw from the biblical account of Luke chapters one and two and, in particular, Mary’s observations. “Just as we all have cherished memories of Christmases past, Mary shares her treasured memories of the first Christmas, relating the events to Luke to include in his Gospel,” according to Palmer.

WITNESSING: Lighting the path for friends and family

WITNESSING: Lighting the path for friends and family