Advent Day 24 – Love
Love Bible Project For the last four days of Advent, we will focus on four key themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. We...
Advent is the season of preparation for Christ's coming in the flesh at Christmas. Members of DSBC have provided our daily Advent reflections, including reflections on specific scriptures, drawings from children in Adventure Kids, and recommended pieces from church history. We invite you to engage in these daily reflections to draw you nearer to Jesus in this season of expectation and preparation for Christmas.
Note: Reflections will be posted from Dec 1st - Dec 25th.
Advent Day 23 – Joy
Joy Bible Project For the last four days of Advent, we will focus on four key themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. We invite...
Advent Day 22 – Peace
Peace Bible Project For the last four days of Advent, we will focus on four key themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. We...
Advent Day 21 – Hope
Hope Bible Project For the last four days of Advent, we will focus on four key themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. We...
Advent Day 20 – God in the Manger
II Corinthians 9:15 Christine S. “Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” —- The book God is in the Manger is by...
Advent Day 19 – Joy in Giving
II Corinthians 9:15 Melissa K. “Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” —- It’s the season of gift giving. I love...
Advent Day 18 – Holy Night
O’ Holy Night Isaiah 61:1-2 The stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth Long lay the world...
Advent Day 17 – Between Advents
N.T. Wright I Corinthians 11:26 “As often as you break the bread and drink the cup, you proclaim,you announce, the death of the...
Advent Day 16 – Sharing God’s Generous Love
I John 2:7-8 Rebecca B. “Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from...
Advent Day 15 – O’ Come Emmanuel
Selected Verses Peter J. Perhaps the most familiar hymn of Advent, O Come O Come Emmanuel has an ancient but obscure origin....
Advent Day 14 – The Shoemaker
Matthew 25:35-40 Caleb C. One of my favorite Christmas stories is an old tale by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, called “The...
Advent Day 13 – A Great Surprise
John 1:45 Winfree B. “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of...
Advent Day 12 – Born a Child and yet a King
Isaiah 9:6-7 Kelly T. For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He...
Advent Day 11 – Longing for Heaven
Lauren S. Philippians 2:5-11 Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality...
Advent Day 10 – For God So Loved
John 3:16 Jay K. “For God so loved the world that he …” Chances are, you can finish the line without a second thought. John 3:16 is...
Advent Day 9 – The Faithfulness of Jesus
Isaiah 11:1-5 Robin P. Isaiah 11:1-5 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of...
Advent Day 8 – A Light in the Darkness
John 1:1-18 Carolyn A. 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the...
Advent Day 7 – Nothing is Impossible with God
Luke 1:26-38 Rebecca H. In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin...
Advent Day 6 – A King of Peace
Isaiah 11:6-9 Jeff B. As Christmas draws near, a word that comes to mind is “anticipation”. While growing up, I remember...
Advent Day 5 – New Life
John 1:10-13 Sonja S. He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him. He came...
Advent Day 4 – The King of Life
Revelation 19:4-21 Glenn P. The grad student dialoguing with me was heavy with questions posed by her agnostic friends about hell...
Advent Day 3 – Prince of Peace
Isaiah 9:6 Janys B. … and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. –...
Advent Day 2 – Raising the Valleys of Despair
Isaiah 40:3-5 Robin C. Isaiah 40:3-5 A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the...
Advent Day 1 – O’ Little Town
O’ Little Town Micah 5:2 Ryan B. When you read the Bible, it does not take long for humanity to make a mess of things. By the third...