Advent Week 3- Reading 4 Isaiah 35:1-6 (NIV) The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy
Advent Week 3- Reading 3 Zephaniah 3:14-20 (NIV) Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away the judgments against you,
Advent Week 3- Reading 2 Psalms 126 (NIV) When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of
Advent Week 3- Reading 1 The Prophecy Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 NRSV The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
Advent Week 2- Reading 7 An Advent Prayer for a Season of Preparation Almighty God, Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, giver of the Holy Spirit, we gather to adore you in worship. Our heart’s
Advent Week 2- Reading 6 Isaiah 11:1-10 (NIV) A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him,
Advent Week 2- Reading 5 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 (NIV) LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of your people; you pardoned all their sin. Selah Let
Advent Week 2- Reading 4 2 Peter 3:8-15a (NIV) But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one
Advent Week 2- Reading 3 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 (NIV) Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains
Advent Week 2- Reading 2 Isaiah 40:1-11 (NIV) Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that
Advent Week 2- Reading 1 The Prophecy Malachi 3:1-4 (NIV) See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger
An Advent Prayer for Attention and Anticipation Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead your people like a flock. You who are enthroned on the cherubim, shine forth. (Psalm 80:1) From ages past
