Recent Devotions from Centreville UMC
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 6STAR They had not fallen asleep, and just when all seemed lost, and not a moment before, in the east they saw a star. And it all came flooding back. All the years of study and the books of the prophets. The Lord was to come and pitch his tent
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 5STAYING AWAKE Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar built their houses on sand, did not have enough oil, and had been wise in their own eyes. And now their foolish darkened hearts were weighed down with worries. They had even fallen asleep while waiting. While Melchior tried to stir up the gift
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 4Prepare Nobody knows who yawned first, but yawning is contagious. Caspar yawned second, and blamed Balthazar, who pointed at Melchior who was already snoring. By the time they woke up, all their lamps were dimmed. Scripture Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 3Building Houses So perhaps they had professed themselves wise and became fools. Perhaps they sought to become wise by becoming fools. Whatever their reasons, they became fools. Not only had they forgotten who they had been waiting for, they forgot the things he had told them to do, and so
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 2Futility Nobody really knows how they became foolish but legend has it that one day, Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar were walking in the futility of their own mind, trying to determine who was the wisest among them with a Cracker Barrel IQ Test. They became so obsessed with their wisdom
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 1Today is the first day of our Wandering Wise Men devotion series, which runs from December 1 - 25. Gaspar, Balthasar, and Melchior are about to embark on a journey in search of the King whose star they see in the night sky. Each day in our devotion series will
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