Gather: Advent Day 21
Isaiah 40:9-11 9 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, ‘Here is……
Author: Stacey Nalean-Carlson
Renew: Advent Day 20
Zephaniah 3:14-20 14 Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has taken away the judgements against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is……
Victory: Advent Day 19
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. —Martin Luther King, Jr. 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where,……
Gladness: Advent Day 18
Isaiah 51:3 For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places,and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord;joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. Now let……
Grow: Advent Day 17
Isaiah 11:1 A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. (NRSV) A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse’s stump, from his roots a budding Branch. (The Message) To……
Fear: Advent Day 16
Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil;for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. I wasn’t walking through the darkest valley. I was driving on the darkest……
Home: Advent Day 15
Revelation 21:1-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down……
Offering: Advent Day 14
Ephesians 4:29-5:2 29Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. 30And do not grieve the Holy……
Endure: Advent Day 13
Psalm 107:1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. I’ve never quite understood the allure of an extreme endurance race. I mean, just consider this paragraph from an article about 9……
Delight: Advent Day 12
Psalm 36:7-9 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights…….