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Candle #1:
(LIGHT the Hope Candle)
ADVENT IS OUR SPIRITUAL RESET FROM THE HOLLY TO THE HOLY!
We lean into Jesus and that is where we find true Hope, for He has defeated the enemy.
Where there is no Victor there is no HOPE.
Jesus is our Victor and there is Hope for Today.
Psalm 103.1-5
Candle #2:
(Lite the candle)
PREPARATION Wk 2
God’s Promised Peace (Shalom):
You likely already know the Hebrew word for peace: shalom.
The word shalom occurs over 250 times in the Old Testament and over the centuries religious scholars have used plenty of ink trying to reflect on its complex meaning and use.
Today, the term shalom has become so commonplace that people often use it interchangeably with the English word peace:
We see it on protest signs, in sitcom series, and even in home decor (e.g., “Shalom y’all!”).
However, the English word “peace” tends to mean something like “the lack of war or conflict.”
peace \ˈpēs\ noun
1: a state of tranquillity or quiet: asa: freedom from civil disturbance
b: a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition) (Peace)
While the biblical concept of shalom encompasses this sort of peace, it is only a part of what God promised his people in the days before the first advent of Jesus Christ.
As noted in the HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, shalom includes peace, but also “wholeness, and well-being.”
Peace.
Total well-being, prosperity, and security associated with God’s presence among his people.
Shalom is the ideal—for our individual lives and for that of God’s creation at large; it’s a return to God’s original creation, before it was marred by humanity’s sin.
Throughout the Old Testament, God unfolds his plan for re-establishing his shalom on Earth.
Through the line of Abraham, God tells his people that they will bless all of humanity.
ezekiel 34.25
He made “a covenant of peace” with them (Ezekiel 34: 24-25a) and promised to restore all things by sending a Savior.
This promised Messiah would be
Is.
9:6-7
Isaiah 9:6–7 (NLT)
For a child is born to us,
a son is given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulders.
And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
His government and its peace
will never end.
Micah says, “He himself would be our peace” (Micah 5:5).
Fullness of Peace to Come
Many of us are familiar with the words of Luke 2 from Christmas plays past.
Let me read starting in verse 10.
“...the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.’
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests’” (Luke 2:10-14).
We know that Christ came to usher in a new era, and that by dying in our place, we can by faith “have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
Today, we take refuge in Jesus Christ’s words:
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid” (John 14:27).
Through God’s Holy Spirit we experience this peace, which transcends all understanding and guards our hearts and minds (Philippians 4:7).
But God does not mean for us to just sit back and indulge in this peace.
He calls us to work along with the Spirit to restore God’s shalom here on Earth — to be Peacemakers.
(Matthew 5:9).
Matt 5.9
And so, as we reflect on God’s peace this Advent season, may we be reminded of our role:
to actively make peace as we await the fullness of God’s shalom through the second Advent of Jesus Christ.
How can you help usher in God’s peace this Christmas season?
Some ideas might be...
To set aside extra time for personal devotions,
To help a busy or overburdened friend,
To provide a meal for a family facing the anxiety of hunger.
Advent is the perfect time to commit to pursuing peace in your life and that of the greater world as we look ahead to the time of shalom:
Rev. 21.3-4
LESSON: Do you see what I see?
How Do You See Yourself?
(https://www.pammorrisonministries.com/blog/god-see-me/)
In the story of Gideon, in chapter 6 of the Book of Judges, the angel of the Lord comes to meet him and says,
Judges 6.12
Judges 6.13
Judges 6.14
Judges 6.15
judges 6.16
Do you think about yourself like Gideon did?
Sometimes, because of rejection, criticism, failures, and other forms of pain and hurt, we can come to think of ourselves as being not much.
We even operate under the view that God does not care for us much.
We may think we have to strive and perform to try and get God to like us.
But, much of what we believe in our minds about God and ourselves may be fed by lies.
When we begin to understand God’s heart towards us and His plans for us everything changes.
THIS SEASON WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS on
“Seeing How Father Sees Us” and
“What Father Says about us”
Rather than calling us inept, unloveable, or hopeless, God has very different view of us.
He has a totally different set of vocabulary in describing you and me.
For those who have come to faith in God through Christ, He says that we are both His children and a chosen race…a holy nation:
1 John 1.12
1 peter 2.9
These verses do not speak of our being unwanted or our being seen as nothing.
Yes, we have a lot of growing up to do even after we become believers, but there is much good news about how God sees us.
He loves us deeply.
What’s more:
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He calls what is not into being.
Matt.
16.18
Peter had done nothing yet to earn that title or that much trust.
In fact, he was known for being impulsive and lacking understanding of the mission of Jesus.
Romans 4.17
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