Advent: prepare for the four Sundays before Christmas!

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9. The Ten Commandments Symbol: tablet with 10 numbers

Exodus 20:1-4, 7a, 8, 12-17

20 1 Then God spoke all these words:



2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt— from the house of slavery.

3 You are to have no other gods as a substitute for me.


4 “You are not to craft for yourselves an idol or anything resembling what is in the skies above, or on earth beneath, or in the water sources under the earth....

7 “You are not to misuse the name of the Lord your God,...

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, maintaining its holiness.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 “You are not to commit murder.

14 “You are not to commit adultery.

15 “You are not to steal.

16 “You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.

17 “You are not to desire your neighbor’s house, nor your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox, his donkey, nor anything else that pertains to your neighbor.”

Matthew 5:3-10


The Blessed Attitudes

3 “How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit,
because the kingdom from[c] heaven belongs to them!

4 “How blessed are those who mourn,
because it is they who will be comforted!

5 “How blessed are those who are humble,
because it is they who will inherit the earth!

6 “How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness,
because it is they who will be satisfied!

7 “How blessed are those who are merciful,
because it is they who will receive mercy!

8 “How blessed are those who are pure in heart,
because it is they who will see God!

9 “How blessed are those who make peace,
because it is they who will be called God’s children!

10 “How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

 

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Isaiah 40 verses 10 & 11

Here is Your God

10 Look! The Lord God comes with strength,
and his arm[f] rules for him.

Look! His reward is with him,
and his payment accompanies him.

11 Like a shepherd, he tends his flock.
He gathers the lambs in his arms,
carries them close to his heart,
and gently leads the mother sheep.”


O Lord, our shepherd, we wait for you. We wait for life everlasting in your loving arms.

Psalm 56


A Prayer about Trust in God

3 On days when I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I put my trust.
I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B63VGWMuYY

 

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love Peanuts

 

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10. Ruth and Boaz Symbol: sheaf of wheat

Ruth 1:16; 2:2, 8, 10-12; 4:13-14...and verse 16

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God...

2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” ...

8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. ...

10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”
11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” ...


Boaz Marries Ruth

9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”


Naomi Gains a Son

13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

 

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Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.

 

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Strengthen
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Isaiah 40: 25-31

25 “To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.



27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?

28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.

29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;

31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Renew our strength, O Lord.


May we soar as with Eagles' wings into your presence.


Eternal Father, make us watchful and keep us faithful
as we await the coming of your Son, our Lord;



Amen

 

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[country woman]

so true

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox96BWfIyg4

 

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getting closer to Our Lord's Birthday

 

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11. David and Goliath Symbol: slingshot

1 Samuel 16:1, 13a; 17:3-4, 8-9, 45, 47-49

Samuel Anoints David

16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”



13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers,



3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.



4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.



8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me.



9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.”



45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.



47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”


48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.

Revelation 22:16

16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

 

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nice

 

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Isaiah 41

13.For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.

Matthew 11

10 This is the one about whom it is written:“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.

The Lord says "Fear not, I will help you".

Lord I am listening...

 

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The Branch From Jesse

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

3 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;

4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.



10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

Acts 13:16, 22-23


16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me!



22 After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

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Isaiah 48

17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.


18 If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea.

19 Your descendants would have been like the sand,
your children like its numberless grains;
their name would never be blotted out
nor destroyed from before me.”





Ready to Follow

Lord show me the way
I am ready to follow you

 

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Lord Jesus
Send your Spirit
To accompany me
so that wherever I journey
I journey with your blessing