Isaiah Christmas

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Written By Trillia Newbell

Every year since Tony Reinke introduced his Isaiah Christmas online reading club, I’ve taken up reading the wonderful book through the month of December. This year is no different. Although I’m terrible at remembering to use the hashtag associated with it, you can follow along via Twitter (and possibly Facebook) following the hashtag #IsaiahChristmas. And by all means, join us!

You can learn more about it and download the Isaiah Christmas reading plan here: https://tonyreinke.com/2019/11/20/isaiahchristmas-2019/.

There’s so many wonderful Advent books and studies. If you aren’t going to join us in reading through the book of Isaiah, I’d love to know what you are reading. Feel free to comment.

I pray that you enjoy this Advent season, a season of longing and waiting. A season of anticipating the dawning of unspeakable joy! I’m eager to fix my eyes on Jesus this season.

 

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