Here is today’s devotion to start your day.
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Christmas is not over.
It never was meant to be.
The story doesn’t end when the decorations come down, when the final devotional is read, or when the calendar flips to a new year. The birth of Christ was not a single event to celebrate—it was the beginning of a new way to live.
Because He came, we walk with Light.
Because He stayed, we are never alone.
Because He still comes, we live each day with wonder.
The manger was not the finish line. It was the doorway. The same God who entered a womb, who grew in obscurity, who cried in the night and fled from danger—that God is with you now.
In your home.
In your labor.
In your waiting, doubting, hoping, and wondering.
Not just during Christmas—but always.
So, carry the story with you.
Let the Spirit guide you like it did Simeon.
Let your prayers rise like Anna’s.
Let your worship look like Mary’s surrender
and Joseph’s obedience
and the shepherds’ wonder
and the Magi’s pursuit.
And most of all—
Let your life shine with the quiet truth
that Emmanuel has come…
and He still comes.
God with us. Still. Always. Even now.
Closing Benediction
Go now in the light of Christ,
who came not to impress the world,
but to transform it—one surrendered heart at a time.
Let His story be your story.
Allow wonder lead you.
Let love ground you.
Let courage rise within you when the path is unfamiliar.
Speak like the prophets,
wait like the wise,
run like the shepherds,
and rejoice like the angels.
You are not alone.
The God who came still comes.
And He comes through you.
Be light. Be love. Be ready.
God is with us. Now go—live like it.
