
The Promise of Spring
Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.—Zechariah 10:1 (NIV)
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.—Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
TODAY, THE SECOND Sunday of Advent, reflect on a favorite Christmas song, listen to it, sing it to yourself, or simply go to a favorite memory where the song first found its way to your heart. Thank God for working in your life—for preparing moments and situations that have led you to this exact moment. Rejoice! You are an instrument of His grace.
Dear Lord, thank You for the joy in my heart and the song in my soul.

Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.—Zechariah 10:1 (NIV)

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”—Isaiah 43:18–19 (ESV)

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?—Isaiah 43:19 (ESV)
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