Advent: prepare for the four Sundays before Christmas!

[country woman]

advent

 

[brinny]

purple candles are beautiful, aren't they?

 

[country woman]

yes they ave very beautiful

 

[musicalpilgrim]

...I love candles, anytime of year...

 

[brinny]

 

[brinny]

An Advent calendar...i love this

 

[brinny]

A quilted Advent panel...love this too

 

[musicalpilgrim]

...I love the Advent Calenders...I have an on line one from jacquielawson.com it is really beautiful, a Christmas market with a different animated clip for every day...

 

[musicalpilgrim]

The Blessing to Abraham: Symbol; Camel

Genesis 12:1-3; 17:5

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”


5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.



Hebrews 11:8, 12


8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.



12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

 

[brinny]

...I love the Advent Calenders...I have an on line one from jacquielawson.com it is really beautiful, a Christmas market with a different animated clip for every day...

That sounds awesome!

 

[brinny]

The Blessing to Abraham: Symbol; Camel

Genesis 12:1-3; 17:5

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”


5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.



Hebrews 11:8, 12


8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.



12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Absolutely beautiful. I've got to get disciplined and get into Advent and make it a part of Bible study. What a beautiful picture of Abraham gazing at the stars in the sky, and what a glorious promise from God to Abraham.

 

[brinny]

O Come, Emmanuel - (Piano/Cello) - ThePianoGuys - YouTube

 

[musicalpilgrim]

No More Darkness!
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As we see the Lord in Glory, and with open hearts, hear God's Word.

Isaiah 29: 17 - 24

18 In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll,
and out of gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind will see.
19 Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord;
the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 25

4 Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

Anointed One... The Messiah
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[musicalpilgrim]

... I love the music Brinny

 

[musicalpilgrim]

 

[musicalpilgrim]

 

[country woman]

Anointed One... The Messiah
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amen

 

[country woman]

too cute

 

[musicalpilgrim]

6. Sacrifice of the Son Symbol: lamb

Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13

22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.​

2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”


9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

The Angel of the Lord Spoke to Abraham from heaven!


Oh, to hear his voice speaking straight into our lives!




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