DayLight Scripture – The Word was with God in the beginning. Everything came into being through the Word, and without the Word nothing came into being. What came into being through the Word was life, and the life was the light for all people.John 1: 2-4

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I always think of the light of the world when I look at Christmas cards. So many of them show you and your mother with halos of light. I look for the day when the whole world is lit by your divine light and when all men and women, boys and girls see you in you divine glory. Come Lord Jesus.  Amen. 

DayLight Scripture –    When the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to Bethlehem and see what’s happened. Let’s confirm what the Lord has revealed to us.”

Luke 2:15

DayLight Prayer – Lord, You came for all of us, even the poor, the weary, the grief-stricken and the ones who are least noticed. Because of that knowledge, we can all rejoice, because all of us are broken at some point. Amen. 

DayLight Scripture –  Mary gave birth to her firstborn child, a son, wrapped him snugly, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the guestroom.

Luke 2:7

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear not…for you are with me. Praise be to God for the birth of Jesus Christ the Lord. He is our eternal gift. Amen. 

DayLight Scripture –  While they were there, the time came for Mary to have her baby.

Luke 2:6

DayLight Prayer – Lord, The waiting for the celebration of your birth is almost over. Emmanuel is the good news to be announced once again. I pray that at some time in this day that all people on earth will stop for a moment and grasp that they are not alone. I pray that they remember that you have come into the world, you created, to save it and them. Hallelujah! Amen. 

DayLight Scripture – The Lord’s spirit will rest upon him (the shoot of the stump of Jesse), a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of planning and strength, a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 11: 2

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Today I pray for all who are filled with wonderful over this season of Advent. Help those who are struggling to believe that you came to be one of us, to know us, and to show us who you are in a tender and dramatic season. Help me to open my heart to receive you fully into my life. Help us all to trust in the truth that God is with us. Amen. 

DayLight Scripture – And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2: 8-11

DayLight Prayer – Lord, In this world where fear takes hold of so many hearts, where any hope for a better future seems unrealistic, where men, women, boys and girls struggle for identity, security, and love…I give you thanks that you have given us a way to know life without fear. I thank you for Jesus, our Christ, our Savior.  Amen. 

DayLight Scripture – Look! A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son,

        And they will call him, Emmanuel.[a]

(Emmanuel means “God with us.”)

Matthew 1: 23

DayLight Prayer – Lord, God bless me today. Give me the abundance of your presence. Look into my heart and show me any unnecessary thing that I keep there, and help me to empty it of any unloving, unwilled, unneeded, thing. Make me an open, clean, fruitful vessel for Emmanuel. Amen. 

DayLight Scripture – Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary—of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Christ.

Matthew 1:15

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Today I give thanks for all the good men there are in the world. Those men who quietly and faithfully carry their families along through the storms of life, men who honestly give all they can to make others happy, who safeguard and support people…even strangers, those who love you, those who pray and those who week after week commit to living the life you call them to…Thank you Lord for fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, husbands, and friends, those men in our life.  Amen. 

DayLight Scripture – The paths of all who forget God are vague. Hope perishes for the godless, whose confidence is a fragile thing, their trust, a spider’s web.

Job 8:3-4

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Who hasn’t forgotten you at times? I can’t say that I never have. Forgive me. Teach me through your word, and your loving presence to remember you, and to remember that my trust in you fills me with all hope that is real. Amen. 

DayLight Scripture – When the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to Bethlehem and see what’s happened. Let’s confirm what the Lord has revealed to us.”

Luke 2:15

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Today I pray for anyone in the world who is attempting to confirm that you are who people say you are: Almighty God, Emmanuel. Place the confirming signs within their grasp! Amen.