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God wants to use you to bring Heaven down, here and now, and to share the good news over the holidays with others. In doing so, He will bring new life to your story as you enter another year.

God doesn't play favorites; He isn't fickle, moody, conditional, or inconsistent. He is perfectly and eternally loving, merciful, tender, and kind, and still gathers the outcasts to Himself.

When we feel overcome, when the darkness feels overwhelming, when the news needs to be turned off and ignored for a little bit... we have to just look for that piercing light that's shining through our day.

Dear Jesus, thank you so much for how, by faith, we can understand these truths that are in your Word. Help us, Lord, to seek your truth and a better understanding, and also to rest in you when we don't understand.

The shepherd's story confirms that God's peace is for everyone, meets us in fear, lifts us from insignificance, and invites us into joy. Because of Jesus, we are never overlooked, forgotten, or alone.

Jesus is the only gift that lasts forever and brings lasting peace and eternal security. Discover how to celebrate Jesus as your greatest gift in this heartwarming devotional from Rebecca Barlow Jordan.

Thank you, Lord, that we start out small, and you build us into greatness for Your kingdom. Help us to keep that in mind, to rejoice, and to be willing to be vessels to serve You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Jesus, thank You so much for revealing to Simon Peter these wonderful truths that we can experience in our own lives as You call us to Yourself. Thank You for the way You use flawed people to further Your kingdom.

God's Word is clear that there is a posture of surrender that we have to take to be part of the kingdom of God because we are not wise enough to understand God's whole plan. We must surrender our hearts to Him and say, 'Your way is better.'