Christmas Play List – Hope

John 14:1-3

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me…I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

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The Four Themes of Advent:

Hope

Peace

Joy

Love

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Advent Week 1:

Theme: Hope

Song: “O Come, O Come, Emanuel”

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Ps. 42:5

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Three names for Jesus:

Emmanuel (Isaiah 8:8) – Jesus, “God with us”

Dayspring (Luke 1:78) – Jesus, our light in the darkness

The Key of David (Isaiah 22:22) – Jesus, our rescuer

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Have you ever felt that the Lord has made you a promise, but it just doesn’t seem to be fulfilled?

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Isa 7:14

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Have you ever been in a season of silence, praying for the Lord to speak, yet all you get back is silence?

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Luke 1:13-17

¹³ But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. ¹⁴ He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth… ¹⁷ And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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Luke 1:76-79

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⁷⁶ And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
⁷⁷ to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun (ie. Dayspring) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹ to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

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John 14:1-3

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me…I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

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Isa 35:3-4

³ Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
⁴ say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come…
he will come to save you.”

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