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2023
Advent 9: By Any Means Necessary
We Shouldn’t Be Surprised Isn’t it just like God to accomplish his plans in a way that we would never have guessed? As God makes it clear in Isaiah 55, …
2023
Advent 8: Three Strikes And You’re In
Reflection What do we need to learn from this in our preparation to celebrate Christ’s birth? We need to realize we cannot put God in a box. God does not …
2023
Advent 7: Two Accidental Blessings
You Can’t Trick God Does this throw God off? No way, not even for a second. God is constantly working out his plan, and we cannot mess it up. Believe …
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Advent 6: The Lord Will Provide
More Signs We don’t have to look to Hebrews to see signs of Abraham’s faith. There are several signs in Genesis 22 where we can see his confidence in God. …
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Advent 5: Who’s Laughing Now?
Joy to the World Now that we are caught up, let’s look at chapter twenty-one. Sarah indeed becomes pregnant, and when Abraham is one hundred years old, they have a …
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Advent 4: New Names And A New Son
Reflection How does this affect the way we look forward to the birth of Jesus? We need to pause and reflect on the fact that God is good and can …
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Advent 3: Freedom Through Slavery
The Curveball Now we get to the hardest part of the covenant to understand. Let’s look a little closer at the words God says to Abraham when he makes this …
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Advent 2: Blessing To The Whole World
Covenants, Testaments, and Promises When we say God is establishing a covenant relationship with Abraham (he’s actually still called Abram at this point, but you know who we’re talking about), …
2023
Advent 1: The Curse And The Promise
The Finer Points “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” …
2022
The Things Concerning Himself: Advent Intro
They are in mourning over the fact that they truly believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah from the Old Testament. They believed he was going to be the one …