Advent // Jesus

Advent celebrating the christmas season

This Christmas, we celebrate the miraculous birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Step away from the holiday hustle and enter a sacred space filled with peace, hope, and worship.Together, we reflect on the awe-inspiring truth that God came to us as a child, bringing light and love into our world. Everything changed when Jesus came.…

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Advent // Love

Advent celebrating the christmas season

Advent contrasts the world’s fleeting, self-centered view of love with God’s unconditional, sacrificial love revealed in Scripture. While human love often starts with self and falters under conditions, God’s love, shown through Jesus’ life and sacrifice, is steadfast, holy, and transformative. Mary’s response to God’s love—her surrender and trust—demonstrates how we, too, are called to…

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Advent // Joy

Advent celebrating the christmas season

“The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. ‘If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,’ Jesus said, ‘he will find his true self.” Elizabeth Elliot  What an amazing quotation from Elizabeth Elliot, who by the way is uniquely capable of commenting on where…

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Advent // Peace

Advent celebrating the christmas season

The holiday season can be anything but peaceful. There is so much to do: decorations, shopping, travel, cards, desserts, kids and more. And, yet Jesus came so that we could experience real peace. And, isn’t this what we all want? Peace with God, peace with others and peace in the deepest parts of our own…

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