Here is a prayer that lifted me up for the hope of Christmas from the Daly Prayer App: There is a world out there that is oversupplied with theories and technology, but drastically undersupplied with hope. You however, like Christ, are tomorrow’s people, those who know the future is pregnant with promise and hope. This …
Category: Ezekiel
Dec 04
“Hope in the Valley:Advent Begins in the Bones”
Ezekiel 37:1-14 The second candle of Advent is the Candle of Peace. “Therefore, since we are justified by faith,we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ(Romans 5:1.)” Our peace flows from our relationship, or our standing with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet sometimes we are so caught up in the controversies …
Dec 20
Advent 4: Why Is Love So Important to Christmas?
As noted above, the Bible states that God sent Jesus into the world as an act of love. Jesus came into a world that desperately needed help because it was in the grips of sin. King Herod’s slaughter of the innocents captured this truth in a graphic way: Jesus had entered a world where greed …
Nov 30
First Week of Advent: Hope
Advent Candle 1 stands for hope, and specifically, the Israelites’ hope that the promised Messiah would come. They had been waiting for the Messiah for centuries, wondering what he would look like and what he would do when he arrived. When Jesus was born, that hope was finally fulfilled – “a prophet like you” (Deuteronomy …
