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Here Comes Advent… 1st Sunday of Advent 2025

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I am just like a little kid and have great anticipation when we enter the advent season. I love the lights, trees, decorations, gift giving, etc. but most of all I love the meaning for this season. Jesus came to earth to save us from our sins and reconcile us to God. He gave us a way to be right with Holy God and have a way to live with purpose that glorifies Him. This first Sunday of Advent we light the Hope candle. It speaks of this promised hope the Jews knew was coming in Messiah, Savior. They were looking forward to His coming and we are looking back as we know He has come.

Each day during the Advent Season, I will be blogging about scriptures that tell the Christmas Story. Each scripture tells us something about God and reflects His character. We can see God had a hand in the entire story and He is alive in each detail. As you read the scripture, ponder what attributes you see revealed. I have done so also and will be highlighting an attribute I saw. There is no right answer here as God’s character is vast and varied and He may show you a different aspect of who He is- that is good!

In the lighting of the Advent candle of Hope, I saw God’s patience and long-suffering towards mankind. The Jews were patiently waiting for God to appear. We know He has arrived when He sent His son Jesus. Jesus fulfills our greatest hope for mankind and the future we will have with Him. God patiently waits for as many as possible to turn to Him. While we wait, we are to tell others about Jesus so they too can partake in the Hope he provides. I claim 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” I claim this truth about God as I know God wants all to come to know Him.

As we enter this Advent Season, who do you know that needs Jesus? Perhaps this is the time to drop a well placed word, a card, or an act of kindness their way. God is patiently waiting for them to come to know Him. Be bold for Jesus as He is the reason for this season!

Linda

Prepare your heart to be blessed during Advent! 1st Candle lit today!

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I love writing during Advent. It allows me to spend time with the story of Christ’s birth and all the events that lead up to and surround His birth. We see the amazing character of God, promises fulfilled and the moment in history that changed the world. Prepare your heart as Advent begins in my blogs on December 1.

You may have begin preparing for Christmas with an Advent wreath at home or in your church. Since Thanksgiving was late this year, the first Sunday of Advent falls on November 29. The four Sunday’s leading up to Christmas Eve are celebrated by the light of a candle remembering part of the Christmas story. The first is to be lit today. It is the Prophecy candle proclaiming the coming birth of Christ, Isaiah 7:14, and it represents hope. The second is the Bethlehem candle highlighting the manger and coming Christ child, Luke 2:12, and it represent love. The third is the Shepherd’s candle highlighting the announcement to the shepherds of Christ’s birth and it represents joy, Luke 2:8-11. The fourth is the Angel’s candle which represent peace from Luke 2:13-14. The last or center white candle is the Christ candle. This candle is lit on Christmas Eve and represents the arrival of our savior who came to cleanse us from sin, Isaiah 1:18.

Prepare your hearts to be blessed this season as we walk through the story and see what God will teach us together.

Linda