Posts in Advent
Simeon: God-fearing Love & Joyful Anticipation

December 17, 2023

Luke 2:22-35 — Are we filled with joy, thanksgiving, excitement, and God-fearing love because of Jesus’ first coming? Are we filled with God-fearing love, joyful anticipation, and excited expectation about Jesus’ 2nd coming? We should be because we have seen the Lord’s salvation. We have seen Jesus, the Lord’s Christ. We have the blessed assurance of God’s promise that He will return and we will see Him face to face. In the meantime, while we await his return in faith, hope, and love, we should live out the kingdom life with God-fearing love in word and action so that He will find us ready and busy at his work.

This is part of our Advent series for 2023, The Characters of Christmas.

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Joseph: Align Your Life to God’s Plan

December 10, 2023

Matthew 1:18-25; 2:13-14, 19-21 — As God’s people, we should live in the center of God’s will, obeying our Lord. This requires that we align our lives to God’s plan, His mission, and kingdom purpose. This may involve sacrifice, giving up our own ideals and plans, as well as persecution by the world for the sake of our Lord.

This is part of our Advent series for 2023, The Characters of Christmas.

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Zechariah: Hope against Hope

December 3, 2023

Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 — Zechariah believed and hoped … and yet wondered, doubted. God works through us despite our doubts, fears, and questions; despite what we believe about ourselves, the situation, or the problem at hand. No matter how long we wait, no matter how impossible it seems we must never give up faith and hope because God is faithful, in control, fulfilling his promises, and accomplishing his kingdom purpose.

This begins our Advent series for 2023, The Characters of Christmas.

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God's Love Is Here

December 18, 2022

Malachi 2:17-3:7 — God’s love has come, is here and present with us, and is coming. His love is fierce and fiery like a fire. God’s love is a refining fire that purifies his people. His love is also a consuming fire that comes in judgment on sin, evil, unbelievers, and the unfaithful. God’s love does not change but is patient and merciful as He calls us to return to Him and He will return to us.

This is part of our Advent series Love Is Here. With the advent of Christ, God’s love came to us and is now here and present with us. God’s love saved us. We are called to bring His love to others and make His love here and present for others. With the second coming of Christ, God’s love will be fulfilled, made perfect, and will be here and present with us forever in his new creation.

Our Advent series for 2022 is adapted from and based on the study, A Look at Advent through the Old Testament, by Matt Woodley and Kelly White as well as Matt Woodley’s Advent series sermons based on the same study, see PreachingToday.com.

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Love Is Here In Joy

December 11, 2022

Zephaniah 3:14-20 — We rejoice in what God has done for us. We have confidence in and rejoice in what God will do for us. God has done something in Jesus Christ that changes everything. Therefore, we do not fear and do not give up. We persevere with joy in our Christian life and ministry. Nothing will keep us from rejoicing in the Lord.

This is part of our Advent series Love Is Here. With the advent of Christ, God’s love came to us and is now here and present with us. God’s love saved us. We are called to bring His love to others and make His love here and present for others. With the second coming of Christ, God’s love will be fulfilled, made perfect, and will be here and present with us forever in his new creation.

Our Advent series for 2022 is adapted from and based on the study, A Look at Advent through the Old Testament, by Matt Woodley and Kelly White as well as Matt Woodley’s Advent series sermons based on the same study, see PreachingToday.com.

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Love Is Here In Peace

December 4, 2022

Micah 4:3-4; 5:1-5 — God’s love is here and present in Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. He brought the shalom, peace, of God’s kingdom into the world. When He returns, He will establish that peace fully and completely. He is the Good Shepherd who guides us into this peace, cares for us, and gives us his peace. He calls us to be his peace bearers and peacemakers in this world.

This is part of our Advent series Love Is Here. With the advent of Christ, God’s love came to us and is now here and present with us. God’s love saved us. We are called to bring His love to others and make His love here and present for others. With the second coming of Christ, God’s love will be fulfilled, made perfect, and will be here and present with us forever in his new creation.

Our Advent series for 2022 is adapted from and based on the study, A Look at Advent through the Old Testament, by Matt Woodley and Kelly White as well as Matt Woodley’s Advent series sermons based on the same study, see PreachingToday.com.

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Love Is Here In Hope

November 27, 2022

Jeremiah 33:6-9,14-18— God’s love is here with us in hope, and that hope is powerful. We can face any situation and crisis because we live in hope. Our hope is based on God’s promises, the fulfillment of his promises in the past, and his unbreakable, eternal covenant with us. We know that a better future awaits us and that hope changes us in the present, changes who we are and how we live.

This is part of our Advent series, Love Is Here. With the advent of Christ, God’s love came to us and is now here and present with us. God’s love saved us. We are called to bring His love to others and make His love here and present for others. With the second coming of Christ, God’s love will be fulfilled, made perfect, and will be here and present with us forever in his new creation.

Our Advent series for 2022 is adapted from and based on the study, A Look at Advent through the Old Testament, by Matt Woodley and Kelly White as well as Matt Woodley’s Advent series sermons based on the same study, see PreachingToday.com.

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Enter the Eternal Promised Land

December 19, 2021 - 4th Sunday of Advent

Joshua 1:1-9; 1 Pet 1:3-9; Heb 3:1-4:13 — Are we ready to enter the eternal promised land? When we consider God’s promises about the promised land for Israel and our own inheritance in heaven, we will steward our most important faith with the greatest care and look forward with anticipation to the revealing of Jesus Christ in his final advent.

This is part of our Advent series, The Bible, Our Book of Advents. This series is based upon and adapted from the sermon series by Dr. Dale A. Meyer, The Bible, Our Book of Advents: An Advent Sermon Series, (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Seminary Press, 2021).

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