Christmas From Cover to Cover: 25-Day Advent DevotionalSample

How would you define the grace of God? Christians throughout history have usually explained it as unearned and undeserved favor of God.  Though our lives have only ever earned us God’s wrath, we are radically offered eternal life instead. God’s grace is most clearly seen in the person of Jesus Christ. This grace first appears in the little town of Bethlehem, but it has plans to impact the world. God’s grace comes to Mary and Joseph in a manger, is seen by Israel and the shepherds, and its proclaimed to the wise men and the nations. God’s grace does not distinguish between race, ethnicity, or gender. Christmas comes as the grace of God extended to the furthest corners of the earth for all who believe.

Reflection Question: Who can you pray for, perhaps from a different culture, that needs to experience the grace of God this Christmas?