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[melissa]

I would appreciate any devotional topics for Christmas. I plan to do a short (5 minute) devotion and wanted to incorporate of course something to do with Christmas but something to apply to our lives as ladies during the holiday season. If anyone could help, I'd greatly appreciate. I am not too creative but once I get a thought I can run with it. God IS So Good!

[creativ4]

Good Morning Melissa,

There is one devotional I put up on the website last year that many of my visitors used. It's about ornaments and several ladies wrote and told me how they brought in the different type of ornaments for their meetings and used them for illustrations. For example there's, 'tarnished', 'broken', etc. You'll find the devotional here.

An Ornament for Christ
https://www.creativeladiesministry.com/ornamentdev.html

Also there is a list of Christmas 'themes' on the website which if you took any of them and made it for a devotional topic, I think you could come up with something.

Christmas Themes
https://www.creativeladiesministry.com/christmasthemes.html

Hope this helps you to get started.

Have a great day
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Joy and blessings,
Julia

[melissa]

Thank you so very much for your help. I love your site. It's the best. Appreciate all the hard work you put into it. Thanks again

[Prov31wannabe]

I haven't looked thru all of Julia's Christmas topics....so this might be there.
One devotion I did....
I began with a well-known visual called "Is It Full".
Take a good sized, clear container (I used a cafeteria sized mustard jar, emptied and cleaned).
Begin by filling with rocks (I used some about the size of my closed fist). Ask, "Is it full?"
Some will say yes, some will say no.
Tell them, "No..." and pour small rocks --I used the type they use on playgrounds...pebble size. Shake the container so they fill the gaps between the big rocks.
Ask, "Is it full?"
No....now pour in sand. Shake.
Ask again, "Is it full?" (They catch on here and say..."No?!?!?")
No...Carefully pour in water till it reaches the brim.
NOW, it's full.

The point is the process. If you had put in the same amunt of sand and water, then the exact same amount of pebbles, and put the big rocks in last, would they fit?
No.....The big rocks had to go in first or some would have to be left out.

Tell the group, "It's nearly Christmas and I'd like to talk about Mary."
Tell them to turn to Luke....no, not chapter 2. Go to chapter 10, beginning with verse 38.
This is the familiar story of Mary and Martha.
Read quickly thru and then explain that the "big rocks" represent the true reason of Christmas.
The pebbles and sand and water represent the family traditions and decorations and shopping and food and all the little "whatnots" that can consume our holiday season.
Just as Martha's duties ARE important and necessary, it is vital to have perspective and priorities.

Make time for the "big rocks" and all the other stuff will fall into place!!
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Colossians 1:27 ...."Christ in you, the hope of glory."

[melissa]

Thank you so very much for that idea. I was trying to lean toward keeping our focus right during the holiday season. Thank you so very much for sharing that idea with me. Have a great day.