Great Plains Daily Devotional for 12/23/2019

After reading the entire chapter, pause and read the highlighted verses below for further reflection.
 
Today‘s focus is on verses Luke 23:44-49.
 
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
 
The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.”  When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.  But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
 
Meditate

1. Read today’s words in a silent moment of your day.  In the recounting of the crucifixion, we remember Christ’s love. What about today’s Scripture speaks to you?  
2. “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,” Jesus says.  As we remember this story before Christmas, we are reminded of the gravity of the birth of our Savior.  How does reading this Scripture at Christmastime refocus how you see Christmas?

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Prayer for Reflection

Isaiah 7:10-16
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Romans 1:1-7
Matthew 1:18-25