Week 50 Day 5 – Until You Grasp the Problem of Sin

by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 19, 2025 | Weekly Devotions

… for he will save his people from their sins. – Matthew 1:21 We love the gentle scenes of Christmas. We admire the quiet stable, the sleeping baby, the wondering shepherds, the starlit sky. Yet if we linger only there, we miss the reason heaven broke into our...

Week 50 Day 4 – Until You Hear His Name

by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 18, 2025 | Weekly Devotions

… And you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. – Matthew 1:21 The name Jesus means “He shall save.” From the very beginning, before the baby draws His first breath, heaven announces that this Child has come for one great...

Week 50 Day 3 – Until You Lay Down Your Plans

by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 17, 2025 | Weekly Devotions

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your...

Week 50 Day 2 – Until You Feel the Cost in the Cradle

by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 17, 2025 | Weekly Devotions

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. – Matthew 1:18 To be the mother of the Messiah was unspeakable honour, but it...

Week 50 Day 1 – Until You See the Scandal

by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 17, 2025 | Weekly Devotions

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. – Matthew 1:18 The Christmas story we love to tell is full of angels, stars,...