Abraham just received the best promise from God - it’s like he can do no wrong. However, his life still falls into struggle and troubles, and when he and the promise, Isaac, climb the Lord’s mountain. Abraham truly sees the advent of God for himself.
Reading Plan
Read around the readings for Sunday
11/27/22
Genesis 18:1-15
Romans 4:18-21
John 8:48–58
12/4/22
Genesis 28:10-17
1 Peter 3:15-22
John 1:43-51
12/11/22
Exodus 3:1-15
Hebrews 3:1-6
John 6:32-40
12/18/22
Joshua 1:1-6
1 Peter 1:3-9
Matthew 24:36-44
12/25/22
Isaiah 52:7-10
Titus 2:11-15
Matthew 1:18-25
1/1/22
Isaiah 63:7-14
Galatians 4:4-7
Matthew 2:13-23
1/8/22
Isaiah 60:1-6
Ephesians 3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12
Joseph is a righteous man, yet he is having to deal with the surprise pregnancy of his bride to be. But here we see the Prince of Peace Shining though Joseph.
Throughout history God has come to be with us which culminates with Jesus at Christmas.
Joshua stands on the edge staring into the land filled with such promises for a perfect future. But what if you get your dream and desire and just shoot your eye out? Perhaps, then it will be a beautiful Christmas
Bring your Christmas Stories. Stories from your past, Your favorite story. Really anything to put us in the Christmas spirit.
They knew the script, it had been written for them for years and years. Yet one day they heard a voice singing a song of fire, and that song changed everything.
Jesus saw him not in the grandness of his spirituality but in the shade of a tree, and God saw Jacob not in his pursuit of grandness but in the lowness of a stone pillow. The advent of God comes not in the grand things but in the shady stones.
Lots of Christmas Carols and stories about Holiday Foods from around the world.
Abraham just received the best promise from God - it’s like he can do no wrong. However, his life still falls into struggle and troubles, and when he and the promise, Isaac, climb the Lord’s mountain. Abraham truly sees the advent of God for himself.
The Christmas season is filled with so much tradition, but so often we feel tired and frustrated by our attempts to fulfill our own desires. However, the Bible is the book of advents, the book of new beginnings when we see God come in a new way to save us all.
The Magi followed God’s light of a star. Wait, those foreigners were following God’s light? Surely God’s people will follow the light rather than going back to darkness.