Interlude-Advent Devotionals 2021

Time is of little consequence to God.  He stands outside of it.  A day is like a thousand years and a thousand years no different than a day.  But it is noteworthy that He uses the flow of time in our lives to allow for both action and interlude. 

Why would He do that for us?  Because it enables our growth in faith and maturity.  It creates anticipation.  It helps us to reframe past events for context and process what has happened in the past when it has become complex and overwhelming.  Interludes also prepare us for what will happen next.  From the standpoint of the Bible, an interlude advances the narrative with time for prophecy to be spoken, time to pass, and fulfillment to arrive right on time, a refreshing thought during times of tumult.   

It’s Prophetic Interlude during which God reignites a passion on the part of His people to remember our God, to acknowledge our need for a Savior, to know our Deliverer is coming, and ultimately to receive our King.

The annual celebration of Advent begins on November 28, 2021.  Join me for “Interlude” as preparation to receive our Messiah and King.

Advent 2021 begins Sunday, November 28th and continues to Friday, December 24th as we explore the multi-faceted Interlude between the promise of a Deliverer and the birth of our Messiah and King. By signing up on the sidebar of my Home Page you can receive these daily “Interlude” devotionals. Or they will be reposted on SeminaryGal’s Facebook page as well.

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Acknowledging inquiries about an entire season’s devotionals for your study group’s planning purposes, Seminary Gal’s prior seasons’ Advent devotionals can be accessed via the archives to the right and are as follows: 

• Last year’s Advent 2020 “Divine Intervention” series began Sunday, November 29,2020 and we celebrated the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and looked forward to His Second Coming. 
• Advent Devotional Series God’s Christmas list explored what might be on God’s Christmas list, learning what He wants from us. It began December 1, 2019.
• Storyteller began December 2, 2018 and entered into the Christmas story through its telling.
• The 2017 series Still Christmas, began December 3, 2017 and was the Advent complement to the Lenten series, Be Still and Know that I AM God.
• The 2016 season devotionals were called “Timeless: The Message of Christmas for All Ages” and explored how the message of Christmas is timeless truth, for all ages of people, and for all ages at all times.  Timeless hope, encouragement, grace, peace, and love as we looked into the Word, saw the face of our Lord Jesus, and experienced restoration in His presence.  His goodness and His Gospel are truly Timeless. The 2016 devotionals began November 27, 2016.
• The 2015 season devotionals were titled Incarnation and involved digging deep–and yes, I mean deep– in this important mystery of Christian theology.  They began November 29, 2015.
• Carol Me, Christmas! remains one of my most popular offerings and tells the Christmas story through our most beloved Christmas hymns and carols.  You can access all of the numbered devotionals from 2014 via the archives.  They began November 30, 2014.
• The 2013 series was Emmanuel: When LOVE Showed Up in Person and examined the Prologue to the Gospel of John.  It began December 1, 2013.
• The 2012 series focused on Expecting the Unexpected…the unexpected, unlikely, and uniquely divine qualities of God’s perfect plan outlined in Luke’s account of the Christmas story.  It began December 1, 2012.