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.
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts. (Haggai 2:6-9)
With the buzz of her cell phone alarm, Susan woke up to another dreaded day. The one thing on her schedule—school—was enough to make her want to throw her phone across the room, pull up the covers over her head, and block out the world. Due to Susan’s dad’s job in the U.S. Army, her family had moved more times than she could count, and each time making friends became more difficult. She dreaded going another day to that new school where she would walk the halls unnoticed and completely alone.
We all want to be accepted and welcomed to join the group. In the Old Testament, the people of Israel were God’s chosen people—but unlike a clique, God’s heart was to rescue all people through Jesus the Messiah, not just the Jews… To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
