We are thrilled to share that our Christmas Devotional for Teenagers is now available for preorder! Purchase your copy of Longing for Christmas today at New Growth Press or wherever you buy books. Don’t miss the opportunity to buy in bulk for a discount on the New Growth Press website — a perfect gift for your youth ministry students, or all the kids or grandkids in your family! Enjoy this small excerpt from the devotional, available in full in Longing for Christmas.
… By the time of the prophet Jeremiah, things are bad for Israel. Their sin is catching up with them as the nation faces threats from without and within. And yet, alongside the woes and warnings, God gives Jeremiah a message of hope:
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness. (Jer. 23:5-6)
Humankind has become like a branch that produces fruit leading to pain and injustice, but God promises a Branch that will bear fruit that leads to life… To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
