Take a Chance This Advent: The Season of Waiting Begins
From now until December 21, the days will grow shorter, and we’ll be waiting with increasing expectation for the light to return and grow brighter. Advent itself is a season of waiting, and an ancient invitation to slow down (during the month that has become the busiest of the year).
3 Benefits of Waiting on Jesus During Advent and Throughout …
2024年12月2日 · The season of Advent is all about waiting in expectation and anticipation of a Savior promised long ago. So at Christmas, we wait with expectation for the arrival of Christ in the manger and honor and celebrate the fact that He came; that God came through on His long awaited promise. ... Go on an Advent journey of hope with Louie Giglio in his ...
Three Characteristics of Advent Waiting - Ignatian Spirituality
2018年12月14日 · Advent is a time of waiting. But not all kinds of waiting are alike. In Advent, we wait in a special way. 1. Advent waiting is expectant. Many years ago, when I was expecting my first child, I felt a deep connection to Mary in the Nativity stories.
How Advent Teaches Us to Wait Well | Crossway Articles
2016年11月26日 · Using examples from the Bible, this book teaches us to understand God’s purpose in our waiting for a spouse, a child, a home, or healing, and to long for when Christ’s return ends all waiting. Advent is about more than waiting for Christmas. The word “advent” means “coming.”
Advent Waiting - Loyola Press
During Advent, we eagerly anticipate the coming of Christ. However, we are not waiting for Jesus to be born—that event occurred over two thousand years ago. While we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus that has occurred, we also use the season …
A Messiah for a Messy World - Christianity Today
5 天之前 · Our Advent Waiting Goes Back to Eden Jen Wilkin Aside from the holy family and the shepherds, the first people in Luke’s gospel to recognize that the Messiah had come were people who had spent ...
Life In Advent: The Practice of Waiting - by Adam Lawley
2024年12月5日 · When we observe the Advent and Christmas season, we have an opportunity to slow down and embrace the practice of waiting patiently. The Israelites heard prophecies about their coming Messiah for centuries, but they still had to wait.
Advent: The Theology of Waiting - Movement
2021年12月7日 · Advent is a wonderful way to remind us of the importance of intentional and patient waiting in both remembrance of Christ’s birth and expectation of his return “at an unexpected hour” (Matthew 24:44). As poet W.H. Auden writes in his poem Heavy Date: “For when love is waiting logic will not do” (1).
Advent Reflection: Waiting in Hope - Faithful Companions of Jesus
2020年11月26日 · “Waiting in hope” is the signature tune of Advent, and this year, perhaps more than ever because of the pandemic, we long to hear the melody of hope in our lives. Anna’s waiting for a word from her doctor on the results of a biopsy, fearful that “it” has come back…
Waiting (by Cathe Laurie) - Harvest
2024年12月4日 · We get to celebrate Jesus’ birth 2,000 years later, but we are still waiting for His second grand arrival. We are living through the next Advent season. Do you feel the anticipation? The world, the angels, every being in the spiritual realm wait again. . . and we should, too.
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