My heart is not proud, O Lord. . . I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. . . . Put your hope in the Lordboth now and forevermore.  (Psalm 131:1–3, NIV) If you have observed a baby nursing at a

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23, NASB) As you begin your reading for today, I encourage you to first read Matthew 1:1–17. Matthew’s Gospel begins with the genealogy of Joseph, which gives evidence of

There was also a prophetess, Anna. . . . She was very old, having been married to her husband for seven years until his death. She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment, she came up

“For nothing will be impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37, NASB) When the angel Gabriel came to visit Mary, he declared, “You will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.” Mary was perplexed by the angel’s words and asked, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” How

“A voice is calling, ‘Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. . . . Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together.’” (Isaiah 40:3, 5, NASB) Over six hundred years before the birth of Christ,

“Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!” (2 Thessalonians 3:16, NASB). As the apostle Paul ends his second letter to the Thessalonian church, he prays they would have peace in the midst of ALL their circumstances. So often, we think of peace