Fourth Week of Advent: Love In the past three weeks we have explored the themes of Hope, Peace, and Joy. This final week of Advent we will focus on the theme of Love. Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing. The Old Testament prophet Zephaniah delivered the Lord’s...
Read MoreThird Week of Advent: Joy Today is the beginning of the third week of Advent. In the past two weeks we have explored the themes of Hope and Peace. This week we will focus on Joy; next week we will examine the theme of Love. Isaiah 12:6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. What a beautiful picture from the prophet Isaiah! In his vision, he saw the redemption of the Jewish people with the coming...
Read MoreSecond Week of Advent: Peace Today is the beginning of the second week of Advent. Last week we gave a brief history of the celebration of Advent in Christian churches and our devotion focused on the theme of Hope. Over the next three weeks, we will focus on the remaining themes of Advent: Peace, Joy, and Love. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be uponhis shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty...
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