--- title: "advent devotion 2017" slug: advent+devotion+2017 date: author: "" original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2017 section: news-notes images: ["images/58fc2695-Advent__1_.png", "images/f6787301-Advent__1_.png", "images/56ee96b1-Advent__1_.png", "images/d37182e9-Advent__1_.png", "images/c7963bde-Advent__1_.png", "images/94df6120-Advent__1_.png", "images/a86c628d-Advent__1_.png", "images/e2985eeb-Advent__1_.png", "images/99ee74a5-Advent__1_.png", "images/9a6c50a5-Advent__1_.png"] --- * [devotion](/news-notes/tag/devotion) * [This Week in the News](/news-notes/tag/This+Week+in+the+News) * [Ministry Update](/news-notes/tag/Ministry+Update) * [fnv](/news-notes/tag/fnv) * [thirsty (for knowledge) thursday](/news-notes/tag/thirsty+%28for+knowledge%29+thursday) * [lent devotion 2018](/news-notes/tag/lent+devotion+2018) * [lent devotion 2017](/news-notes/tag/lent+devotion+2017) * [lent devotion 2016](/news-notes/tag/lent+devotion+2016) * [lent devotion 2019](/news-notes/tag/lent+devotion+2019) * [lent devotion 2020](/news-notes/tag/lent+devotion+2020) * [what to watch](/news-notes/tag/what+to+watch) * [advent devotion 2020](/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2020) * [advent devotion 2018](/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2018) * [advent devotion 2019](/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2019) * [advent devotion 2016](/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2016) * [advent devotion 2017](/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2017) * [advent devotion 2015](/news-notes/tag/advent+devotion+2015) * [video](/news-notes/tag/video) * [faith for the reservations](/news-notes/tag/faith+for+the+reservations) * [being used by god](/news-notes/tag/being+used+by+god) * [generosity](/news-notes/tag/generosity) * [live by faith](/news-notes/tag/live+by+faith) * [spiritual guidelines](/news-notes/tag/spiritual+guidelines) * [god our hope](/news-notes/tag/god+our+hope) * [gerhard & prayer](/news-notes/tag/gerhard+%26+prayer) * [my redeemer lives](/news-notes/tag/my+redeemer+lives) * [truth for the world](/news-notes/tag/truth+for+the+world) * [baptism](/news-notes/tag/baptism) * [a new you devotion](/news-notes/tag/a+new+you+devotion) * [live like job](/news-notes/tag/live+like+job) * [making spiritual warriors](/news-notes/tag/making+spiritual+warriors) * [spiritual warriors prayer](/news-notes/tag/spiritual+warriors+prayer) * [i am](/news-notes/tag/i+am) * [dangerous prayers](/news-notes/tag/dangerous+prayers) * [what do lutherans believe](/news-notes/tag/what+do+lutherans+believe) * [what is hope](/news-notes/tag/what+is+hope) * [fruit of the spirit](/news-notes/tag/fruit+of+the+spirit) * [unholy trinity](/news-notes/tag/unholy+trinity) * [things that matter](/news-notes/tag/things+that+matter) * [starting conversations](/news-notes/tag/starting+conversations) * [confessionandabsolution](/news-notes/tag/confessionandabsolution) * [encountering jesus heart](/news-notes/tag/encountering+jesus+heart) * [after the bunny](/news-notes/tag/after+the+bunny) * [everybody always](/news-notes/tag/everybody+always) * [sacred mysteries](/news-notes/tag/sacred+mysteries) * [volunteer](/news-notes/tag/volunteer) * [giving tuesday](/news-notes/tag/giving+tuesday) * [suicide](/news-notes/tag/suicide) * [trunk or treat](/news-notes/tag/trunk+or+treat) * [augsburg confession](/news-notes/tag/augsburg+confession) * [prayer](/news-notes/tag/prayer) [![NU OLI — Glad Tidings (Advent) - Sunday, December 31](images/58fc2695-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/nu-oli-glad-tidings-advent-sunday-december-31) [Hawaii/O'ahu](/news-notes/category/Hawaii%2FO%27ahu) Guest User 12/31/17 [Hawaii/O'ahu](/news-notes/category/Hawaii%2FO%27ahu) Guest User 12/31/17 # [NU OLI — Glad Tidings (Advent) - Sunday, December 31](/news-notes/nu-oli-glad-tidings-advent-sunday-december-31) Lord, remind me often that You have been exceedingly generous to me. Help me to extend that generosity toward those around me, so that they may know who You are and have this “Good tidings of great joy," a Nu Oli in You! [Read More](/news-notes/nu-oli-glad-tidings-advent-sunday-december-31) [![Hope When it Seems Hope is Lost (Advent) - Saturday, December 30](images/f6787301-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/hope-when-it-seems-hope-is-lost-advent-saturday-december-30) [New Mexico/Navajo](/news-notes/category/New+Mexico%2FNavajo) Guest User 12/30/17 [New Mexico/Navajo](/news-notes/category/New+Mexico%2FNavajo) Guest User 12/30/17 # [Hope When it Seems Hope is Lost (Advent) - Saturday, December 30](/news-notes/hope-when-it-seems-hope-is-lost-advent-saturday-december-30) It is not unusual for people of faith to have very serious trials in their earthly pilgrimage. At the same time, we rejoice that God doesn’t abandon us, that we have a Savior who has come to us and restored our hope and our future. [Read More](/news-notes/hope-when-it-seems-hope-is-lost-advent-saturday-december-30) [![How Jesus Enters My Life (Advent) - Friday, December 29](images/56ee96b1-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/how-jesus-enters-my-life-advent-friday-december-29) [Alaska/Fairbanks](/news-notes/category/Alaska%2FFairbanks) Guest User 12/29/17 [Alaska/Fairbanks](/news-notes/category/Alaska%2FFairbanks) Guest User 12/29/17 # [How Jesus Enters My Life (Advent) - Friday, December 29](/news-notes/how-jesus-enters-my-life-advent-friday-december-29) Oh, how thankful I am that He became incarnate of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. He appeared, radically entering the family systems of the human race. And together, with all the other families, my family is awaiting His second advent. [Read More](/news-notes/how-jesus-enters-my-life-advent-friday-december-29) [![The End of the World is Here! (Advent) - Thursday, December 28](images/d37182e9-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/the-end-of-the-world-is-here-advent-thursday-december-28) [New Mexico/Navajo](/news-notes/category/New+Mexico%2FNavajo) Guest User 12/28/17 [New Mexico/Navajo](/news-notes/category/New+Mexico%2FNavajo) Guest User 12/28/17 # [The End of the World is Here! (Advent) - Thursday, December 28](/news-notes/the-end-of-the-world-is-here-advent-thursday-december-28) We often get stuck between yesterday and tomorrow, either looking back or looking forward. We need to be reminded God comes to us in the here and now, and all we need to focus on is our life in Christ today. [Read More](/news-notes/the-end-of-the-world-is-here-advent-thursday-december-28) [![Fatherhood (Advent) - Wednesday, December 27](images/c7963bde-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/fatherhood-advent-wednesday-december-27) [Nebraska/Winnebago](/news-notes/category/Nebraska%2FWinnebago) Guest User 12/27/17 [Nebraska/Winnebago](/news-notes/category/Nebraska%2FWinnebago) Guest User 12/27/17 # [Fatherhood (Advent) - Wednesday, December 27](/news-notes/fatherhood-advent-wednesday-december-27) As Jesus came into the world not to be served but to serve and lay down his life as a ransom for many, so too a Christian father serves his family, his wife, and their child(ren). [Read More](/news-notes/fatherhood-advent-wednesday-december-27) [![God’s Protection: In Teepee, Stable, or House (Advent) - Tuesday, December 26](images/94df6120-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/gods-protection-in-teepee-stable-or-house-advent-tuesday-december-26) [Manitoba/Canada](/news-notes/category/Manitoba%2FCanada) Guest User 12/26/17 [Manitoba/Canada](/news-notes/category/Manitoba%2FCanada) Guest User 12/26/17 # [God’s Protection: In Teepee, Stable, or House (Advent) - Tuesday, December 26](/news-notes/gods-protection-in-teepee-stable-or-house-advent-tuesday-december-26) Whatever your house may look like, be reminded in the coming year that true protection comes only from faith in King Jesus. Build your life and home on faith, hope, and love. [Read More](/news-notes/gods-protection-in-teepee-stable-or-house-advent-tuesday-december-26) [![For You, A Savior is Born (Advent) - Monday, December 25](images/a86c628d-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/for-you-a-savior-is-born-monday-december-25) [Manitoba/Canada](/news-notes/category/Manitoba%2FCanada) Guest User 12/25/17 [Manitoba/Canada](/news-notes/category/Manitoba%2FCanada) Guest User 12/25/17 # [For You, A Savior is Born (Advent) - Monday, December 25](/news-notes/for-you-a-savior-is-born-monday-december-25) He came, born as a tiny baby, helpless and vulnerable. Just like us. This is the message we point to on Christmas Day—the message that a Savior has been born to us all, for we are all image-bearers of God. This is the Good News. [Read More](/news-notes/for-you-a-savior-is-born-monday-december-25) [![No Room in the Inn (Advent) - Sunday, December 24](images/e2985eeb-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/no-room-in-the-inn-advent-sunday-december-24) [Alaska/Fairbanks](/news-notes/category/Alaska%2FFairbanks) Guest User 12/24/17 [Alaska/Fairbanks](/news-notes/category/Alaska%2FFairbanks) Guest User 12/24/17 # [No Room in the Inn (Advent) - Sunday, December 24](/news-notes/no-room-in-the-inn-advent-sunday-december-24) **Many times, God comes to us so well disguised we do not see His image in the sea of humanity that surrounds us.** In so many ways, we are like the innkeeper. He was busy with his job, earning a livelihood. He was stressed by the hordes of people who flooded into his town. His mind was on all of the things he needed to accomplish that evening, and he missed God knocking at his door. [Read More](/news-notes/no-room-in-the-inn-advent-sunday-december-24) [![Getting Down Low (Advent) - Saturday, December 23](images/99ee74a5-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/getting-down-low-advent-saturday-december-23) [Manitoba/Canada](/news-notes/category/Manitoba%2FCanada) Guest User 12/23/17 [Manitoba/Canada](/news-notes/category/Manitoba%2FCanada) Guest User 12/23/17 # [Getting Down Low (Advent) - Saturday, December 23](/news-notes/getting-down-low-advent-saturday-december-23) Remember, it is often the simple and humble things that we do that make us the greatest in God’s eyes.  What humble thing is God calling you to in your life?  It may be the greatest thing you ever do! [Read More](/news-notes/getting-down-low-advent-saturday-december-23) [![Silent Hero (Advent) - Friday, December 22](images/9a6c50a5-Advent__1_.png)](/news-notes/silent-hero-friday-december-22) [Washington/Olympic Peninsula](/news-notes/category/Washington%2FOlympic+Peninsula) Guest User 12/22/17 [Washington/Olympic Peninsula](/news-notes/category/Washington%2FOlympic+Peninsula) Guest User 12/22/17 # [Silent Hero (Advent) - Friday, December 22](/news-notes/silent-hero-friday-december-22) “Who is going to take my place when I am gone? Who will be praying for our people?” [Read More](/news-notes/silent-hero-friday-december-22) [Older Posts](/news-notes?offset=1513940400081&tag=advent+devotion+2017)