(Esther 4:1-3;11-14/Isaiah 59:11b-16a/1 Timothy 2:5/Hebrews 10:19-22a)
(Esther 4:1-3;11-14/Isaiah 59:11b-16a/1 Timothy 2:5/Hebrews 10:19-22a)
(Genesis 1:10/12/18/21/25/31(b)/Proverbs 16:7/Isaiah 9:5-6/Colossians 1:19-20/John 14:27a/Revelation 21:3-4)
(Luke 2:8-14/Isaiah 9:1-7/1 Peter 1:3-6/Romans 8:37-39)
(Ecclesiastes 3:10-11/Revelation 22:1-2/Acts 13:32-33/Isaiah 9:6-7/ Romans 15:4; 8:18-21)
Romans chapter eight reveals the that nothing is able to diminish the Good News.
Jesus comes to bring hope, love, joy, peace, and light into a world that is full of despair, indifference, sorrow, conflict, and darkness.
Our passage today leads us through a Q+A session where Paul talks about the value of living righteously and the ultimate righteousness of God.
One of the regular practices of Jesus in the Gospels was to spend time alone with the Father offering up his desires in prayer, and this is something that we need to learn to incorporate in our Christian lives.
Many people, whether a steadfast Christian or an ardent skeptic of the faith, will at some point question the nature of Christ. This week we will be looking at how it is was possible that Jesus was fully human and fully Devine at the same time.
As we begin the season of Advent together, we take time to remember the way God’s people waited for the Messiah in the Old Testament, and how we continue to wait in hope for our Messiah to return.