Christmas for Forty Days

MRS. SAM SORBO (WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA) is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Duke University before opting to travel the world pursuing a successful international fashion modeling career. This led to acting work. Sam performed in many films, like Bonfire of the Vanities andTwenty Bucks, and television, including Jag and Chicago Hope, before guest starring on Hercules, when Kevin Sorbo swept her off her feet. They married in 1998. Kevin suffered three strokes prior to their wedding, which prompted Sam to step back from her active career and tend to him instead. Several years, two boys, and a girl later, Sam became an unlikely but impassioned advocate for home education. In addition to Christmas for Forty Days: A Christmastime Devotional for Families, Sam is the author of Parents’ Guide to Homeschool: Make Home Education Easy and Fun and They’re YOUR Kids: My Journey from Self-Doubter to Home School Advocate to empower parents to reimagine their children’s education standards and accept the responsibility, challenge, and immeasurable joy of personally teaching their own offspring. Sam also wrote Teach from Love, a school-year devotional for families that focuses on instilling godly virtues in our children. Of course, Kevin and Sam home educated their three children, graduating their youngest in Spring 2024. Sam is also the author of Words for Warriors: Fight Back Against Crazy Socialists and the Toxic Liberal Left, Share the Light: 40 World-Changing Devotions and True Faith: Embracing Adversity to Live in God's Light. While she continues acting, producing, writing, and appearing as a guest in the media such as NEWSMAX, Sam hosts The Sam Sorbo Show daily and is a sought-after public speaker. She enjoys engaging her audiences in a new national dialog about how we define education as a nation and a culture. Together, the Sorbos produced and starred in the surprise hit movie Let There Be Light, which Sam co-wrote, Kevin directed, and Sean Hannity executive produced. The film, which featured Dionne Warwick, Travis Tritt, and the Sorbo boys Braeden and Shane, highlighted faith, family, and forgiveness. The Sorbos’ latest film, Miracle in East Texas: A Tall Tale Inspired By An Absolutely True Story, is a romantic comedy about two con men and the biggest oil strike in history. With Sorbo Studios, they seek to elevate Christian values, inspire hope, and restore the Judeo-Christian American culture. The author lives and works in the West Palm Beach, FL metro area. Contact: SamSorbo.com Twitter: @TheSamSorbo FB: The Official Sam Sorbo Page Insta: Sam_Sorbo SorboStudios.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS to CHRISTMAS 40 DAYS DEVOTIONAL: A LOVING CELEBRATION by Mrs. Sam & Kevin SorboFOREWORD


PREFACE


INTRODUCTION Kevin Sorbo


INTRODUCTION Sam Sorbo


Day 1: First day of Advent


Day 2: A Heavy Prophesy


Day 3: The Promise of a Son


Day 4: A Special Gift


Day 5: A Message for the Future


Day 6: Good Things…


Day 7: Angels


Day 8: Love


Day 9: Kindness


Day 10: Faith


Day 11: Peace


Day 12: Constancy


Day 13: Honor


Day 14: Seeking


Day 15: Treasure


Day 16: Praise


Day 17: Endurance


Day 18: Faithfulness


Day 19: Caroling for Christmas


Day 20: Heaven


Day 21: Celebrate


Day 22: Vision


Day 23: Power


Day 24: One Christian Woman


Day 25: Blessing Others


Day 26: Two Roads


Day 27: Slow to Believe


Day 28: Christmas Eve


Day 29: A Patridge in a Pear Tree: "God’s Provision"


Day 30: Two Turtle Doves: “Peace and Unity”


Day 31: Three French Hens: “Faith, Hope, and Love”


Day 32: Four Calling Birds: “Proclaiming the Gospel”


Day 33: Five Golden Rings: “God’s Blessings”


Day 34: Six Geese A-Laying: “Creation and Stewardship”


Day 35: Seven Swans A-Swimming: “Gifts of the Holy Spirit”


Day 36: Eight Maids A-Milking: “Servanthood and Humility”


Day 37: Nine Ladies Dancing: “Joy and Celebration”


Day 38: Ten Lords A-Leeping: “Freedom and Redemption”


Day 39: Eleven Pipers Piping: “Worship and Praise”


Day 40: Twelve Drummers Drumming: “Embracing the Mission”




AFTERWORD


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


ABOUT THE AUTHOR