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December 21 Luke 1:26-38 Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. -Luke 1:38 “Mary, Did You Know?” is a lovely song we hear at the Christmas season. We hear in the refrain, “Mary, did you know of the miraculous things Jesus would do on earth,” concluding with, “did you know…the sleeping Child you’re holding is the Great I Am!" It causes us to reflect on Mary, the young Jewish girl who had

December 20 John 4:13-14   Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.” -John 4:13-14 The Message   This scripture is buried inside the story of the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well.  Prior to these verses, she is surprised that a Jew would even stoop to talk to her, much less ask her for a drin

December 19 Matthew 1:18-25   Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from th