Daily Devotional: Tuesday, Dec 8

Speaker: Ben Sigman

Theme: Healing Family Rifts

Weekend Music links on iTunes: The Time Has Come by Hillsong United ; Angels We Have Heard on High arranged by Chris Tomlin; Cannons by Phil Wickham; From the Inside Out by Hillsong United.

Read: Malachi 4, Revelation 22:20, Matthew 24:6

Think: As Pastor Ben reminded us in his Christmas is Forgiving message, healing of family relationships is a sign of the return of the Messiah and the end times - when Jesus Christ returns to the earth to defeat evil and establish His reign of justice and peace!

We think of the end times as wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilence, and earthquakes. However Malachi 4:2 says, "But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings." This promise is for those who are believers in Christ.

Some time before the end of days "He will turn the hearts of the (believing) fathers to their children, and the hearts of the (believing) children to their fathers;" and we will "go out and leap like calves released from the stall."

I know many followers of Christ and families who have undergone the pain of divorce, children who have been abandoned, or adults who have been emotionally crippled because of years of unforgiveness.  But there is good news for all who have withstood the trouble of this life... Among the last words in the Bible are Revelation 22:20 which says, "He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.' Amen. Come, Lord Jesus."  

Let's pray for Jesus to come and restore the many, many families who have experienced rifts and trouble - let's ask the Lord to work a miracle and restore families and turn the hearts of children to their fathers.

Come, Son of Righteousness and bring your healing that we can have the most glorious Christmas celebration ever.

Do: List all the families who you know that need family relationships healed. Pray for them specifically today!

Pray: Come Lord Jesus with healing in your wings and do miracles this Christmas. Amen!

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