Celebrating Advent

Advent is a wonderful season of hope! Waiting “The unfailing love of the Lord never ends. By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness, his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, ‘the Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.’ So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. ” Lamentations 3:22-26 Qavah is a Hebrew root word meaning hope and wait, telling us that we are to be hopefully expecta

Sunrise: Advent is a wonderful season of hope! “But you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.” Malachi 4:2 Malachi, the final Old Testament prophet, links the Old Testament to the New Testament through these words. Four hundred and thirty years separate the two testaments, with the Old Testament closing with the promise of the sun of righteousness coming with healing

Advent is a wonderful season of hope! Humble Beginnings “But you, Bethlehem, only a small village in Judah, yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from a distant past … And he will stand to lead His flock with the Lord’s strength … Then his people will live undisturbed, for he will be highly honored all around the world. And he will be the source of our peace.” Micah 5:2, 4-5 This is one of the most powerful messianic passages because Bethlehem is pin