Today is the Third Sunday of Advent, and as we light the candle of joy, let us focus on the joy of the Lord, which is our strength.
“A candle is burning, a candle of JOY, a candle to welcome brave Mary’s new boy, our hearts fill with wonder and eyes light and glow, as joy brightens winter like sunshine on snow.”
“This is the day the Lord has made, He calls the hours His own, let heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad, and praise surround the throne.”
“Blessed be the Lord who comes to us, with messages of grace, He comes in God His father’s name, to save our sinful race.” Thank you, Lord, for saving me!
My brothers and sisters in Christ, the King is coming, make sure that your lamps are burning, and replenish them with oil. Keep watch!
“Rejoice! Rejoice believers, and let your lights appear, the evening is advancing and darker night is near, the Bridegroom is arising and soon He will draw nigh, just watch in expectation at midnight comes the cry.”
During this Advent Season, my hope is for all of us to come to Jesus with humble and repentant hearts, so that we could all be pure and blameless before the King when he comes.
If I have wounded any soul today, if I have caused one foot to go astray, if I have walked in my own willful way, dear Lord, forgive! If I have uttered idle words or vain, if I have turned aside from want or pain, lest I offend some other through the strain, dear Lord, forgive! If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold, if I have longed for shelter in the fold, when thou hast given me some fort to hold, dear Lord, forgive! Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee; forgive the secret sins I do not see; O guide me, love me, and my keeper be, dear Lord, forgive. Amen!
“Hark the glad song the Savior come, the Savior promised long, let every heart prepare a throne, and every voice a song.”
“There’s a voice in the wilderness crying, a call from the ways untrod, prepare in the desert a highway, a highway for our God. The valleys shall be exalted, the lofty hills brought low, make straight all the crooked place, where the Lord our God may go.”
“Oh, wonderful, the gift of the gospel, that each in our hearts may receive, it offers to all free salvation, and happy are they who believe.”
“Once again the Gospel message, from the Savior you have heard, will you heed the invitation, will you turn and seek the Lord? Many summers you have wasted, ripened harvests you have seen, winters snows by spring have melted, yet you linger in your sin.” It’s time for a change. It’s time to accept God’s free gift of salvation, you just need to believe.
We are celebrating the second Sunday of Advent and this week, the focus is on peace. And as we light the Advent candle, may our peace be restored, and may the peace that surpasses all understanding that only God can give, rest on us always.
A candle is burning, a candle of PEACE, a candle to signal that conflict must cease, for Jesus is coming to show us the way, a message of peace humbly laid in the hay. Davika and I wish you a happy and blessed Advent Season.
“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way. He is a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.” Luke 3:4.
I am encouraging you this morning to prepare for Christ’s return during Advent, because make no mistake, when he comes to claim his own, we will have to give an account of our stewardship. So, if your preparation is not underway, now that you know what Jesus, expects from you, prepare the way and make your pathways straight, because the king is coming.
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord. Joel 2:31
“And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth, the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Luke 21:25-26
Happy are they who dwell in Your house, they will always be praising You. Psalm 84:3
“How dear to me is Your dwelling, O Lord of hosts! My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. O Lord of hosts, happy are they who put their trust in You.”