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.
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days. (Micah 5:2)
The prophet Micah shares a very unique prophecy which holds a very unique promise. Read the above scripture again and see if you can find it…Anything (more specifically, any place) sound familiar?
This is the first time we hear that our King Jesus, “ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from old,” will be born in Bethlehem specifically.
This is big news! The hearers at the time would remember that their beloved King David was also from Bethlehem, a clan that was “too little” to have anything good come from it. To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
