Laura

My favourite verse for reflection at Christmas is Romans 15:13 (NIV), "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Christmas in today's culture is commonly associated with the custom of giving gifts and this passage reminds me of so many of the wonderful gifts God has given to us all - abundant gifts of hope, joy, peace and the Holy Spirit. God is so generous and doesn’t want us to have just a little tiny bit of hope and joy and peace - He wants to lavish it upon us so that it spills over and out of us, so that everyone can see and experience His goodness! By the power of the Holy Spirit He enables us to freely enter into relationship with Him. What better gift could we ask for?

Each day during Advent we're giving you the opportunity to enter our free prize draw where you could win an iPad Mini 16Gb WiFi in the colour of your choice (silver or space grey) for you or your church. To enter, all you have to do is find the mince pie! Hidden throughout the ChurchApp website are numbered mince pies like the one above. Once you've found the correct mince pie with today's date on it, copy the URL of the ChurchApp website page from your browser address bar, then return to this advent blog page and enter using the Rafflecopter entry form below. You can only enter once each day (but come back to our Advent Blog each day to increase you chances of winning).

The winner will be chosen at random on 28th December and contacted by email. Your contact details will not be shared with third parties. By entering, you agree for us to share your name and church name in our competition winner publicity should you win. All the best!

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