Advent #1 - Waiting in Peace
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Philippians 4:6-7
Good morning!
Let’s pray.
I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving.
Today is the first day of Advent. Pop quiz...what does Advent mean?
Arrival. Coming. Appearance.
So the season of advent is a time where we expectantly await the coming, the arrival of Jesus.
Now as we’re all aware Jesus has already come! The first advent is when God incarnate, Jesus, appeared on the earth in Bethlehem. And that is what we celebrate during this season.
But we also celebrate the second advent. The second coming of Christ. When he won’t come as a baby, but as a victorious king, bringing complete restoration with him.
Let’s think back for a minute to the Israelites before the first advent, the first coming of Christ. What were they doing?
Waiting. Waiting faithfully. And then Christ came!
And now we find ourselves in a similar place as the Old Testament saints. We are waiting on the 2nd advent of Christ.
And we all understand waiting don’t we? It’s tough. Whether we’re waiting in a line at a store, waiting for COVID to go away, waiting for a diagnosis from the doctor, waiting is not easy. So the question is, how do we wait faithfully?
That is the theme that we will be looking at both inside and outside during these next 4 weeks.
So today our focus will be how to wait in peace.
Now that’s a tall order if you ask me. Because there is not much in this world right now that offers peace is there?
There is someone in the Bible that has such a deep understanding of peace, that I want to laser in for just a few minutes.
If you could turn with me to Philippians 4:6-7. Context first. The letter to the Philippians is a letter written by Paul to the church in Philippi. Now as many of you know, Paul wrote this letter overflowing with joy, hope, and peace...from jail. Here’s the verse:
The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by pray ...
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Philippians 4:6-7
Good morning!
Let’s pray.
I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving.
Today is the first day of Advent. Pop quiz...what does Advent mean?
Arrival. Coming. Appearance.
So the season of advent is a time where we expectantly await the coming, the arrival of Jesus.
Now as we’re all aware Jesus has already come! The first advent is when God incarnate, Jesus, appeared on the earth in Bethlehem. And that is what we celebrate during this season.
But we also celebrate the second advent. The second coming of Christ. When he won’t come as a baby, but as a victorious king, bringing complete restoration with him.
Let’s think back for a minute to the Israelites before the first advent, the first coming of Christ. What were they doing?
Waiting. Waiting faithfully. And then Christ came!
And now we find ourselves in a similar place as the Old Testament saints. We are waiting on the 2nd advent of Christ.
And we all understand waiting don’t we? It’s tough. Whether we’re waiting in a line at a store, waiting for COVID to go away, waiting for a diagnosis from the doctor, waiting is not easy. So the question is, how do we wait faithfully?
That is the theme that we will be looking at both inside and outside during these next 4 weeks.
So today our focus will be how to wait in peace.
Now that’s a tall order if you ask me. Because there is not much in this world right now that offers peace is there?
There is someone in the Bible that has such a deep understanding of peace, that I want to laser in for just a few minutes.
If you could turn with me to Philippians 4:6-7. Context first. The letter to the Philippians is a letter written by Paul to the church in Philippi. Now as many of you know, Paul wrote this letter overflowing with joy, hope, and peace...from jail. Here’s the verse:
The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by pray ...
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