2nd Sunday of Advent The Advent of Hope
Matthew 1:22-23 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel [...]
Matthew 1:22-23 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel [...]
John 1:12-14 Advent means the coming or the arrival of Christ. The songwriter Isaac Watts said it well, Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King. Grace Is [...]
Isaiah 49:1-6 We've a story to tell to the nations That shall turn their hearts to the right, A story of truth and mercy, A story of peace and light, A story of [...]
Luke 17:11-19 -------- As we gather this season around Thanksgiving tables laden with the fruits of the earth that symbolize to us all the gifts of our Creator, let us remember our Pilgrim fathers and [...]
1 Peter 2:11-25 Peter reminds believers of the need to be responsible citizens and to respect the authority of governmental leaders. Also, he clearly articulates the role of Christians in the world. [...]
Psalm 150:2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Worship is man's own act of self-dethronement in God's presence in order that God, not man, may reign. [...]
Genesis 24:1-9 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he [...]
Colossians 2:6-12 The greatest need of the church today is for a greater number of Christians who are not shallow or sinful, but deep and committed. John Stott The Marks of Spiritual Maturity: [...]
1 John 2:7-11 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8Yet I am [...]
I Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can [...]