Advent meditation 11 – Isaiah 40:5-8
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 10 – Isaiah 40:1-4
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 9 – 2 Peter 3:11-15a
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 8 – 2 Peter 3:8-10
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 7 – Mark 13:31-33, 37
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 6 – Mark 13:24-30
“But in those days, following that distress, “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ “At that time people will see the Son […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 5 – Psalm 80:7, 17-19
Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 4 – Psalm 80:1-3
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us! Restore us, O God; let your face […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 3 – Isaiah 64:7-9
There is no one who calls on your name or attempts to take hold of you,for you have hidden your face from us and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and […]
Continue readingAdvent meditation 2 – Isaiah 64:4-6
From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you […]
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