Advent windmills
These are the verses for each day in December leading up to Christmas Day
Day 1. John 3:16 NTE
This, you see, is how much God loved the world: enough to give his only, special son, so that everyone who believes in him should not be lost but should share in the life of God’s new age.
Day 2. Zechariah 9:9 MSG
“Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! A good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey.
Day 3. Isaiah 7:14 NKJV
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
SUNDAY Day 4. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Day 5. Luke 1:26-27 NIV
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
Day 6. Luke 1:28 NIV
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Day 7. Luke 1:30-31 ESV
And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
Day 8. Luke 1:32-33 ESV
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Day 9. Luke 1:34-35 NIV
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Day 10. Romans 15:13 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
SUNDAY Day 11. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Day 12. Matthew 1:18-19 NTE
This was how the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place. His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph; but before they came together she turned out to be pregnant – by the Holy Spirit.
Day 13. Matthew 1:18-19 NTE
Joseph, her husband-to-be, was an upright man. He didn’t want to make a public example of her. So he decided to set the marriage aside privately.
Day 14. Matthew 1:20 NTE
But, while he was considering this, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream.
Day 15. Matthew 1:21 NTE
‘Joseph, son of David,’ the angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid to get married to Mary. The child she is carrying is from the Holy Spirit. She is going to have a son. You are to give him the name Jesus; he is the one who will save his people from their sins.’
Day 16. Matthew 1:22-23 NLT
All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
Day 17. Galatians 4:4-5 NLT
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
SUNDAY Day 18. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Day 19. John 1:10-12 GNT
The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him. He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him. Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.
Day 20. John 1:14 MSG
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.
Day 21. John 14:6 NTE
‘I am the way,’ replied Jesus, ‘and the truth and the life! Nobody comes to the father except through me.
Day 22. Isaiah 9:6 NIV
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Day 23. Isaiah 9:7 GNT
His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The Lord Almighty is determined to do all this.
Day 24. Zechariah 9:9 MSG
“Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! A good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey.
SUNDAY Day 25. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
This, you see, is how much God loved the world: enough to give his only, special son, so that everyone who believes in him should not be lost but should share in the life of God’s new age.
Day 2. Zechariah 9:9 MSG
“Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! A good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey.
Day 3. Isaiah 7:14 NKJV
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
SUNDAY Day 4. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Day 5. Luke 1:26-27 NIV
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
Day 6. Luke 1:28 NIV
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Day 7. Luke 1:30-31 ESV
And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
Day 8. Luke 1:32-33 ESV
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Day 9. Luke 1:34-35 NIV
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Day 10. Romans 15:13 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
SUNDAY Day 11. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Day 12. Matthew 1:18-19 NTE
This was how the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place. His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph; but before they came together she turned out to be pregnant – by the Holy Spirit.
Day 13. Matthew 1:18-19 NTE
Joseph, her husband-to-be, was an upright man. He didn’t want to make a public example of her. So he decided to set the marriage aside privately.
Day 14. Matthew 1:20 NTE
But, while he was considering this, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream.
Day 15. Matthew 1:21 NTE
‘Joseph, son of David,’ the angel said, ‘Don’t be afraid to get married to Mary. The child she is carrying is from the Holy Spirit. She is going to have a son. You are to give him the name Jesus; he is the one who will save his people from their sins.’
Day 16. Matthew 1:22-23 NLT
All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
Day 17. Galatians 4:4-5 NLT
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
SUNDAY Day 18. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Day 19. John 1:10-12 GNT
The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him. He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him. Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.
Day 20. John 1:14 MSG
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.
Day 21. John 14:6 NTE
‘I am the way,’ replied Jesus, ‘and the truth and the life! Nobody comes to the father except through me.
Day 22. Isaiah 9:6 NIV
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Day 23. Isaiah 9:7 GNT
His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The Lord Almighty is determined to do all this.
Day 24. Zechariah 9:9 MSG
“Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! A good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey.
SUNDAY Day 25. 2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!