Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5
Revelation 2 Proverbs 12-13
Advent is the time of promise; it is not yet the time of fulfillment. We are still in the midst of everything and in the logical inexorability and relentlessness of destiny.…Space is still filled with the noise of destruction and annihilation, the shouts of self-assurance and arrogance, the weeping of despair and helplessness. But round about the horizon the eternal realities stand silent in their age-old longing. There shines on them already the first mild light of the radiant fulfillment to come. From afar sound the first notes as of pipes and voices, not yet discernable as a song or melody. It is all far off still, and only just announced and foretold. But it is happening, today. (Alfred Delp, Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons And Prison Writings 1941-1944)
Jesus, may this day, we focus on the Power of You. Many are the hardships, illnesses and the decaying of physical bodies. Many are the hits upon us from the enemy. But, Jesus, You are the genuine Power in each of us, Your people. We do not bow to the enemy or the hits. We may get knocked down, but we will not bow. For, we know that for every knocked down, You will reach out Your hand and pull us up. So for all the souls that feel powerless this day, may they focus on Your hand reaching out to them, and may they grab hold and be lifted up. Amen (Prayers Cross)
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