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In this season of waiting
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Austin D. Hill
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As you continue in this season of waiting, may your waiting refine you. May you grow in the likeness of Jesus each day while we await his return. And may the love of God, the grace of our Lord Jesus ...
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Do not lose heart in your waiting
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Austin D. Hill
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Do not lose heart in your waiting. We do not wait in vain. God is in our midst through Jesus Christ, our Messiah. God is at work. And God is restoring all creation. And may the love of God, the grace...
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Henri J. M. Nouwen
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- Advent
- Waiting on God
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Psalm 25:5, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:25-26, James 1:2-4, Matthew 11:15, Romans 5:3-5, Isaiah 30:18
Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.
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In this season of Advent, may you go forth
Author

Austin D. Hill
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Revelation 21:5
In this season of Advent, may you go forth as a person of hope. May your waiting be active, that you might discover the presence of the God who is making all things new. And may the love of God, the ...
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Jan L. Richardson
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Exodus 33:21-23, Isaiah 40:3-5, Psalm 27:14
The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before… .What is possible is to not see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you ...
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Author

Michelle Blake
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- Advent
- Waiting
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John 14:16-17, Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 40:31
One of the essential paradoxes of Advent: that while we wait for God, we are with God all along, that while we need to be reassured of God’s arrival, or the arrival of our homecoming, we are already a...
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Adapted from Psalm 130 (ESV)
Author

Dustin Ray
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Psalm 130:null
Pastor: Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! All: If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could s...
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A Blessing on Hope
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois
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Genesis 16:1-16 , Psalm 130:5
Pastor: I wait for the Lord, People: and in His word I put my hope. Pastor: Now may the God who calls you “friend,” the Lord Almighty, bless you and direct your days and your deeds...
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Lord—we’re so anxious we can’t
Author

Richard Herman
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Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 27:14, Romans 12:2, Matthew 1:23, John 11:25-26, Hebrews 13:3
Lord—we’re so anxious we can’t wait! Some of us can’t wait for Christmas to come, while (honestly) some others of us can’t wait for it to be over. We’re not proud of it—but that’s just the way it is ...
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Loving God ~ Father, Son and Holy (A)
Author

Richard Herman
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Loving God ~ Father, Son and Holy Spirit: We are a people who are waiting: waiting to celebrate Messiah’s birth; waiting to see what this day – and every day – holds as Your blessings for us; and wait...
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Your First Assignment: Do Nothing
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J. D. Greear
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Luke 24:49
I’ve always thought that Jesus gave a very odd first step to completing the Great Commission, basically telling them, “Do nothing until the Holy Spirit comes upon you” (Luke 24:49, my paraphrase). Wit...
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Source Unknown
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- Holy Saturday
- Waiting on God
The Holy Saturday moment: when all seems dark & grim and the only thing left to do is wait...on the Lord for tomorrow morning's hope is risen.
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A Season Pregnant with Purpose
Author

Tsh Oxenreider
Keywords
- Advent
- Childbirth
God takes 40 weeks to create a human life in the incubator of a mother’s body. As the tendons are woven around the joints and the lungs find strength to eventually breathe air, the parents wait with a...
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Author

John R. Brokhoff
Keywords
- Advent
Before the hero enters, people anticipate his coming…Who’s coming? What’s his name? What’ll he be like? What’s he going to do?…So kindled are many emotions that good hearts break into song both in hea...
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A Blessed Christmas to All
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The Pastor's Workshop
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- Christmas Eve
An End to Waiting Advent is all about waiting. But the waiting is almost over. Christmas is almost here. The church is decorated, the songs have been picked, and the prayers selected. The sermon is ...
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Andy Kinsey
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Merciful and everliving God, Creator of heaven and earth, the crucified body of your Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy day. Grant that we may await with him the dawning of the third day...
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The Greatest Promise in History
Author

Nancy Guthrie
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Genesis 3:15, Genesis 22:18, 2 Samuel 7:12-13, Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Habakkuk 2:3, Isaiah 40:31
When someone promises us something wonderful, we can hardly wait for that promise to be fulfilled. If the promise is something good, we want it now! We really don’t like to wait. And yet the very best...
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Author

Philip F. Reinders
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Romans 8:22-25, Revelation 21:1-4, Psalm 37:7
Advent is a season of expectant waiting, tapping into the sense we have that all is not well, the longing for the world to be made right again. It’s a season for restless hearts and people weary of a ...
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Author

Sarah Christmyer
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- Holy Saturday
- Tomb
Every Holy Saturday, the Church waits as it were beside the tomb, meditating on Christ's death while awaiting the announcement of his resurrection. Like John, we can take Mary into our homes and p...
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Advent is Not Merely A Month Per Year
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Karl Rahner
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- Advent
All our life we are in Advent, since we Christians are still waiting for the one yet to come. Then only will it be said that we were right. Before then, however, the world seems to be right. The world...
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Loving God ~ Father, Son and Holy
Author

Richard Herman
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James 1:17, 1 Peter 5:6-7, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 15:13, John 14:27, Isaiah 40:31
Loving God ~ Father, Son and Holy Spirit: We are a people who are waiting: waiting to celebrate Messiah’s birth; waiting to see what this day–and every day–holds as Your blessings for us; and waiting ...
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A New Experience of Advent: Thoughts from the Founder's Desk
Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Romans 8:28, Philippians 1:6
As I was trying to think of something to write for this weekly email, I began to wonder if living in this season of life actually prepares us to better experience the Advent season. We live in a time...
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Author

Jerusalem Jackson Greer
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- Holy Saturday
On Holy Saturday I do my best to live in that place, that wax-crayon place of trust and waiting. Of accepting what I cannot know. Of mourning what needs to be mourned. Of accepting what needs to be ac...
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Yearning, Three Advents of Christ
Author

Tish Harrison Warren
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Romans 6:3-4, Titus 3:5, John 6:32
Beginning With Waiting As the calendar year winds down, as the days darken and grow short, as Christmas songs spill from crowded stores and children set about making wish lists for Santa, the church’...
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Author

Karl Rahner
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Matthew 1:23, Revelation 3:20, John 3:16
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise. Every year we roll up all ...
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Holy Lord, in this time of Advent, we
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Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
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Luke 10:41-42, Isaiah 55:2-3, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 25:44-45, Psalm 46:10, Luke 2:7, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 5:9, Luke 10:1-12, Romans 8:24-25, Luke 2:25-32, Luke 2:25-38, Philippians 2:10-11, Colossians 3:17, Luke 2:13-14
Holy Lord, in this time of Advent, we confess we often are distracted by the season’s busyness, by the stress of commitment, and even by putting our own traditions ahead of the true meaning of Christm...
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Which Advent Do We Prepare For?
Author

J. Neil Alexander
Keywords
- Advent
- Preparation
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Isaiah 9:2, 6-7, Isaiah 40:3-5, Luke 1:68-79, John 1:5, 9-14, Revelation 21:1-4, Romans 13:11-12
Is Advent a preparatory fast in preparation for the liturgical commemoration of the historical birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, or is Advent a season unto itself. A sacrament of the end of time begun in t...
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Lord Jesus–You’ve come, are coming and
Author

Richard Herman
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Revelation 22:12, Titus 2:13, John 8:12, Psalm 119:105, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 34:18, Matthew 5:44
Lord Jesus–You’ve come, are coming and will come again. Whether we know it or not, we live on the edge of Your advent every moment of every day either with anticipation or with anxiety. As if stumblin...
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Making Room in Advent: A Guest post by Bette Dickinson
Author

Bette Dickinson
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Isaiah 43:null, Luke 1:null, Luke 1:38
“God is doing a new thing.” —Isaiah 43 I have heard this scripture passage quoted multiple times in the last three years and it still stirs something within me. Do you feel it too? God is doing ...
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Loving God: Abba—our Father; Jesus—our
Author

Richard Herman
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Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6, Hebrews 10:24-25, John 14:27, James 1:5
Loving God: Abba—our Father; Jesus—our Savior; Spirit—our Comforter. As Advent begins ... we take a deep breath, we grit our teeth and steel our nerves anticipating the fast pace of the next few week...