“”Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant […]
Category: Advent
Christ the Lord (Dec 5)
Advent is about awaiting the coming of Jesus, the Lord of heaven and earth. That is who we come to adore. When we think of the Christmas story we think of Jesus as a baby but he is not just a baby. He is Christ the Lord. He is Emmanuel, God with us. That is […]
Come (Dec 4)
“Oh come let us adore him, Christ the Lord” go the words of the familiar carol. To adore Jesus we need to come. Adoration is an active thing. Adoration is an intentional thing. We have to be intentional about adoring Jesus. We when aren’t intentional it can be easy to drift. To lose our focus. […]
Forever (Dec 3)
“But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations” Lamentations 5:19 The God we adore is the God who reigns forever. His throne endures throughout all generations. That is a great source of hope for us. Our God will reign forever. He endures. His Kingdom continues throughout eternity. We can have faith when […]
Adore (Dec 2)
This advent we are focusing on adoring Jesus, the one who is worthy of all our affection. Adoring Jesus means treasuring Him above all. It means putting Him first in our thoughts. It means giving our time to Him. Adoring Jesus means surrendering control to Him. It means trusting him. Even when it makes no […]
Adore Him (Dec 1)
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4:8 The start of December sees us entering advent, the countdown […]
Can you hear it? (Advent Day 24)
“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.” Luke 2:20 ESV This is it. Decemeber 24th. The last day of advent. Today we reach the end of the journey. Tonight we celebrate with the angels for there is good news of great joy […]
Into the neighbourhood (Advent Day 23)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” John 1:14 ESV We are almost there. It is almost Christmas. Our journey through advent is coming to a close. The journey has brought us to Bethlehem, […]
Reconciled (Advent Day 22)
Reconciled “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinner, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by […]
Prepare Him room (Advent Day 21)
“She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.” Luke 2:7 We all know that old familiar moment from countless nativity plays. Mary and Joseph arrive at the town of Bethlehem. […]