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.
Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
Sometimes it is hard for us to feel God’s presence and see His hand at work in our lives. Maybe this Christmas, you know this feeling all too well; everything around you is merry and bright, but you can’t seem to connect to Jesus at all. In today’s passage, King Ahaz wants a sign from God. You may have been in such a moment, when you felt like the overwhelming nature of your circumstances and situation had blocked out your view of God, your sense of his nearness and love… To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
