Prayer

December 30, 2025 Christmas • Day 6

Redefinition of power

Psalm 148 never describes the horn’s form — only its effect.

Luke 1 supplies the form:

• The horn is not a weapon.

• Not an army.

• Not political revolt.

It is a child in a widow’s arms in the temple.

Vulnerable upon vulnerable.

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INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the

2026.01.05 Christmas • Day 12

Genesis

God brings order out of chaos
tohu va-bohu → habitation, meaning, fruitfulness (Gen 1:2)

• Humans created as divine image-bearers ṣelem (image) + demût (likeness) royal language, vice-regents

• Mandate “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth” → not population growth only, but expansion of God’s character into the world

Go

December 29, 2025 Christmas • Day 5

Simeon waited his whole life not for control, safety, or vindication — but to see.

And when he finally held salvation, it was not triumphal — it was a baby who would fracture the world and his own mother’s heart.

• Joy begins in surrender, not certainty.

• Light heals by first exposing.

• And every household becomes a

My God, may I return, return, return to the one true God. The distractions of my mind are endless, my attention fleeting, my heart’s desires lead me astray. Again and again you call me back to you YHWH, to return to the ‘oneness’ of God, to rest, to bring my distraction and division and anxiety to you, reintegrating back into oneness modeled after

Today, I’m deeply wrestling with DPC’s lack of follow through and care for Camille in the Eowyn situation. I’ve been feeling this building over the last days and weeks.

I’m questioning whether we should continue there as members and participants in a community that has allowed a situation to fester for over 2 years (Late 2022/Early 2023 to today,

Lord Jesus, Shepherd and Warrior, carry me as your lamb.

Break me where I am proud like a king.

Teach me to shepherd those entrusted to me — gently, patiently, faithfully.

Teach me to fight as your warrior — resisting idols, confronting injustice, laying down comfort for your kingdom.

Let my small strength foreshadow your great justice,

until the day