Isaiah 40:1-3
(NIV)
Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that 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.
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that 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 prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God
“In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God
Devotional:
The first Sunday of advent focuses on
hope. The advent candles are lit one
candle for the first week of advent, hope the light of the world is
coming. Matthew 1:23 (NASB):
"Behold,
the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His
name Immanuel," which translated means, "God with us."
What can give us more hope than knowing God is with us? Immanuel “God with us” is Christ who is born
into this world and lived a sinless life.
God loves us so much He became human, a simple man. He lived, suffered, and died. He did this so that we might live with Him
for eternity in heaven. Immanuel “God
with us.” The hope of the world…
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