The Gift No Credit Card Can Buy
Christmas joy isn’t found in gifts or spending; it’s found in God’s presence and genuine connection. Slow down, breathe, and rediscover the joy that can’t be bought.
Friday, December 19, 2025
Joy is the serious business of Heaven.
C.S. Lewis
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
Daily Vitamin: Give presence over presents.
Inspirational Story: What makes Christmas meaningful has never been for sale.
Fruit of the Spirit: Psalm 33:22
DAILY VITAMIN
Give presence over presents.
The gifts people remember aren’t wrapped; they’re felt. Your attention, your love, and your presence carry more weight than anything money can buy.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to renew your joy.
Write down three blessings from this season.
Replace one purchase with one act of kindness.
INSPIRATIONAL STORY
The Gift No Credit Card Can Buy
Let me take you into a familiar December scene.
You’re standing in a store, holding two gifts, comparing prices, wondering if either one will be “good enough.”
Your cart is full, but your heart feels strangely empty.
And somewhere between the checkout lines, the ads, the pressure, and the deadlines, Christmas starts to feel less like joy and more like… a scoreboard.
Joy is never found in what you buy, only in what you behold.
The world keeps shouting, “Buy more. Spend more. Bigger gifts. Better gifts.”
But God whispers something entirely different:
“In My presence there is fullness of joy.” (Psalm 16:11)
Joy doesn’t come from presents. Joy comes from presence.
What makes Christmas meaningful has never been for sale.
This year, refuse to measure Christmas by receipts and boxes.
Measure it by the moments you slow down long enough to feel joy again.
Laugh with someone you love.
Write a letter instead of buying a gift.
Share a meal.
Call the person you’ve been missing.
Give generously; not from your wallet, but from your heart.
Because at the end of your life, you will not remember what you wrapped.
You’ll remember who you loved and the joy you shared.
And joy is the gift Jesus brought with Him, the one no credit card can buy.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“Let your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.” (Psalm 33:22)
Devotion: Stillness makes space for renewal. In quiet trust, hope begins to rise again.
Action: Set aside five minutes to sit quietly and ask God to fill you with hope.
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