We are thrilled to share that our Christmas Devotional for Teenagers is now available for preorder! Purchase your copy of Longing for Christmas today at New Growth Press or wherever you buy books. Don’t miss the opportunity to buy in bulk for a discount on the New Growth Press website — a perfect gift for your youth ministry students, or all the kids or grandkids in your family! Enjoy this small excerpt from the devotional, available in full in Longing for Christmas.
I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. (Daniel 7:13-14)
Imagine yourself in Daniel’s shoes. He’s been shipped from his home, separated from his family, alienated by a culture he doesn’t fully understand, and controlled by a power who is happy to either indoctrinate or destroy him. While you might not be a political exile, refugee, or immigrant, I’m sure you’ve felt disgusted by politics, alienated from your family, out-of-place among your friends, and just plain alone. You sense you’ve been displaced by a culture hostile to your faith and dangerous to your body… To read the rest of this devotional and all 25 entries, purchase our advent devotional, Longing for Christmas.
