Our hope is that this Advent devotional will be a daily reminder of why Christians choose to celebrate the holiday in honor of Christ. Jesus is worthy of our worship, worthy of our praise. We will look at some of the names given to Jesus and remember the extraordinary gift we received through the birth of Christ. Each day we will study the name that is above every name, bow our knee, and confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
I wrote this book for those who have a personal relationship with God but want to walk with him on a higher level of Christian maturity. Spiritual growth can be like physical growth. Children mature naturally and rapidly. One day we are reaching down to tie a shoe and soon we find ourselves reaching up to adjust a mortarboard or wedding veil. The changes from youth to adulthood are easy to measure and natural to expect. Maturity becomes more of a choice in our adult years.
The world teaches kids to get attention by what they do. God teaches kids to do things that bless others. Felix Navidad is the story of a boy and his donkey who have an exciting Christmas adventure. Children love Christmas and this story will bring them joy while teaching them that the greatest gifts are often what they do for others.
Theologian Wayne Grudem wrote a wonderful definition for the miraculous. He said, “A miracle is a less common kind of God’s activity in which he arouses people’s awe and wonder and bears witness to himself” (Systematic Theology, chapter 52). Christmas is a season to remember a miraculous, unique moment in human history, when God chose to express his love for mankind in an unnatural and uncommon way. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14 NIV). God became man that first Christmas and the world was forever changed.