I encourage you (and your family) to do the weekly advent candle to prepare for Christmas...when we celebrate the birth of the Christ child!(for those who don't know and would like to...traditionally the advent candles are 3 purple candles, one pink candle and one larger Christ candle..usually placed in a circular wreath) Doing this at the beginning of each week may help keep us focused on why we celebrate Christmas at all! My prayer for your family and mine is that we see the HOPE, PEACE JOY and LOVE that comes from Jesus CHRIST, not just for 'the season but our whole life through!
Hope
Matthew 1:20-23
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[f] because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[g] (which means “God with us”).
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
(Jeremiah 17:7-8) 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.
LIGHT THE FIRST PURPLE CANDLE
“We light this candle to represent HOPE. The prophecy of HOPE for a Savior to come.
HOPE in the birth of a child . We have the HOPE of Christ’s coming again. We HOPE for the Savior’s love to be spread through-out the world.
Prayer
Heavenly Father we thank you for the hope that we have in You. You were, are and will be forever the HOPE of the world! May all who are here place their hope in You and You alone. Amen
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