Sunday #
Nov. 30
Isaiah
8:17
As you look at your life or the world around you, where does
it seem like God is hiding his face? How do you hold onto
hope in those situations?
Advent - Isaiah 8:17
Monday #
Dec. 1
Psalm
39:7
What are you looking or hoping for in this Advent season?
Consider bringing those things to God.
Advent - Psalm 39:7
Tuesday #
Dec. 2
Psalm
130:7
How have you experienced God’s consistent,
dependable love in the past? How does that ground
your hope for the future?
Advent - Psalm 130:7
Wednesday #
Dec. 3
Isaiah
40:31
Consider the parts of life that feel most exhausting right
now. What could it look like to put your hope in God for
strength and direction?
Thursday #
Dec. 4
1 Peter
1:3
How does Jesus’ resurrection from death shape your hope
for both the future and life today?
Friday #
Dec. 5
Romans
8:20-21
What will life be like in God's fully liberated and healed
world? What will be the best part of that world?
Saturday #
Dec. 6
Romans
8:24-25
What does it look like for you to actively but patiently
wait for God right now?
Watch the Hope Video
DAY VERSE REFLECTION QUESTION
Sunday #
Dec. 7
Isaiah
26:3
What situations of conflict are you currently facing?
Where are you struggling to find internal peace?
Consider inviting God into those situations.
Monday #
Dec. 8
Isaiah
9:6-7
As you reflect on your relationships with others and the
state of the world, how does God’s promise to bring
unending peace among all humankind make you feel?
Tuesday #
Dec. 9
Zechariah 9:9-10
How is God’s promised king different from the rulers of
this world, who often bring “peace” through domination
and violence?
Wednesday #
Dec. 10
John
16:33
What do you think Jesus means when he says that he has
"overcome the world?" How might that understanding bring
peace during times of trouble?
Thursday #
Dec. 11
Colossians 1:19-20
When Paul says “all things” here, he means everything God
created, including you. How does it feel to know that God is
reconciling everything to himself?
Friday #
Dec. 12
Ephesians 2:14-15
Where in your world are peacemakers needed right now?
What might it look like to bring Jesus’ kind of peace to
these places?
Saturday #
Dec. 13
Ephesians
4:3
What might it look like for us to “keep the unity of the Spirit”
as agents of God’s peace today?
Watch the Peace Video
DAY VERSE REFLECTION QUESTION
Sunday #
Dec. 14
Psalm 105:43
The ancient Israelites experienced inexpressible joy when
God brought them out of slavery in Egypt. When in your life
have you experienced moments of inexpressible joy?
Monday #
Dec. 15
Isaiah 51:3
What would it be like for all of the broken-down, desolate
places in your community to be made new, like a
flourishing garden?
Tuesday #
Dec. 16
Luke 2:10-11
How do you think you would feel if your people had been
suffering under foreign rule for centuries and you saw an
angel appear, announcing that your long-awaited king
had finally come?
Wednesday #
Dec. 17
John 15:10-11
What’s the difference between commanding people with a
motivation to control them and commanding people with a
motivation to bless them and fill their lives with joy? How do
Jesus’ commands bring joy?
Thursday #
Dec. 18
Matthew 5:11-12
What’s your first impulse when you’re insulted or
persecuted? Why do you think Jesus tells us to rejoice
when people mistreat us for following his ways?
Friday #
Dec. 19
2 Corinthians
6:10
When we face difficult circumstances, how can we hold
both joy and grief together?
Saturday #
Dec. 20
Romans 15:13
As God fills us with hope, that hope spills out onto others.
What words or actions could you offer in order to give
hope to others?
Watch the Joy Video
DAY VERSE REFLECTION QUESTION
Sunday #
Dec. 21
Mark 12:29-30
What do you think it looks like to love God with everything
you’ve got, including your strength, affection, intellect, and
entire being?
Monday #
Dec. 22
Mark
12:29-31
How does loving your neighbor as yourself relate
to loving God?
Tuesday #
Dec. 23
Luke 6:35
When you read about God being kind to ungrateful and
wicked people, how do you feel?
Wednesday #
Dec. 24
1 John 4:8-9
What do you think it means when the Bible says
God not only acts in love but is love?
Thursday #
Dec. 25
1 John 4:17
How would you describe the difference between Jesus’
way of love and the common understanding of love as
something you can fall in or out of?
Watch the Love Video