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.
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Gen. 12:1-3).
An influencer I follow on social media recently shared about being left out. It startled me to think of this person I admire feeling excluded from the cool kids’ group (adults have these, too, I’m sorry to say). I thought of times when I’ve felt on the outside of things, and I remembered I’m not alone. In reality, every human being experiences feeling left out at times—even the people who seem to have it all together… To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
