Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Alison Johansen
Advent Festival, Advent Devotional, Summer Children’s Chapel

Listen to this Devotional.

Philippians 2:5-11

Let the same mind be in you that was* in Christ Jesus,
6 who, though he was in the form of God,
   did not regard equality with God
   as something to be exploited,
7 but emptied himself,
   taking the form of a slave,
   being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
8 he humbled himself
   and became obedient to the point of death—
   even death on a cross.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him
   and gave him the name
   that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
   every knee should bend,
   in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue should confess
   that Jesus Christ is Lord,
   to the glory of God the Father.

Devotional

God gave us his only Son
To see us through 'til night is done.
In our hearts we hold Him high,
Shining brightly in our skies.
Blessed be the little ones
As humbly we await the Sun.
Amen.

Additional Readings

Psalm 89:1-29; Isa. 59:15b-21