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.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah 9:9-10)
Have you ever found yourself at the center of attention, lauded with praise, and loved by your peers, only to find their backs turned against you the very next day? One day you hit the walk-off homerun and the next you strikeout to lose? You go from the GOAT to a goat in the blink of an eye. Deep down we all know that human approval never lasts, and yet we still yearn for others to find us funny, put together, and worthy. Of all people, Jesus knows exactly what this feels like… To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
