Celebrating Advent

Advent is a wonderful season of hope! Trust “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.” Romans 15:13 “Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us.They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises.” Romans 15:4 The key to hope is trust. Throughout the Bible we are challenged to trust in God. Noah trusted in God when he built the ark.

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