Sermon Tone Analysis

Light

In the financial world there is a term that people use to describe attitudes that affect behaviors.

This term is F.U.D.

F.U.D.

Fear Uncertainty Doubt

in today’s world we are experiencing a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

Fear of the unknown, uncertainly of our position, doubt about well everything.

FUD is everywhere we look and live. in our fear uncertainty and doubt in the our elected officials, fear uncertainty and doubt in our communities, fear uncertainty and doubt in one another, the times we are living in right now are dark times.

every nightly news cast seems to be a little darker than the night before.

What we What we need is Light...

What we need is Light…

The days of the prophet Isaiah were dark times too...

The nation of Judah had abandoned God.

this was a prophecy of a future generation 730 years in the future… then 7 centuries later, a tax collector turned Apostle wrote this...

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Matt 4:16

There is something about light that gives hope… see, darkness is not really a thing, there is no measure of darkness, there is no scale to determine how dark something is its a perspective.

darkness is the absence of something… when light is introduced, darkness ceases to be.

The same prophet Isaiah over 700 years before Mary and Joseph made a trip to Bethlehem wrote this...

John, one of the very first men to believe in Jesus wrote...

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

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Isa 9:

Isa 9:

acts 13:

acts 13

on this first Sunday of Advent, we are talking about HOPE, we have hope because we see the light that God has given us.. we are also the hope that Jesus wants the world to see… have hope… be hope..

Have Hope… Be Hope

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