Journey with Jesus: December 2017

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Advent 2017

This year Advent begins on December 2, 2018. It is the first Sunday of December this year and marks the beginning of the Advent (Coming of Christ) season. I pray your Christmas Season will be blessed in looking at Biblical passages declaring the first coming of Christ.

This year we are doing something different rather than re-posting every post I have created a page for each week that will link to the posts for that week. In the navigation bar above you will find Advent related pages - What is Advent?, A list of Advent Readings that you can print and follow on your own. And I have Advent Week 1 as well.

Here is a sample of the first Post. The Theme for this week is:

The Light of Hope Shines in the Darkness

Sunday

A Great Light Will Shine
Isaiah 9:2-6

A Great Light will Shine

"The people who walk in darkness

will see a great light.

For those who live in a land of deep darkness,

a light will shine...

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us.

The government will rest on his shoulders.

And he will be called:

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:2-6 NLT

Today I put up the same post as Advent for Kids for you to see. The following day, the posts on Journey with Jesus will be much more in-depth. Whereas the posts on Advent for Kids will be similar but more kid/ family friendly. Enjoy this Season with your Lord and family. Blessings ~ Sheri

Time of Renewal

This time of year is wonderful because it is a time of renewal... a time to set aside the mistakes of the past and look ahead to a fresh start. It is the dawn of a whole new year. Renewal is the very essence of the gospel of Christ. What Paul said to the Corinthians ine 5:17 is especially fitting:

"...anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.

The old life is gone;
a new life has begun."

In the New Year we will look at Searching for Treasure
and then move into the
Ministry of John the Baptist and Jesus.

Passion Week Readings

This week is the week of all weeks... the week that changed the destiny of all mankind. It is Passion Week, which is the week of our Lords Passion as He looks toward what He was purposed to do from eternity past... Read More

You can share in His Passion, share His heart by reading in the gospels account of the last week of His life, His Passion Week. It is in this week that Jesus, knowing that He would soon leave this earth, that He told His disciples and other people the things that were most important for them to know before He died.

Matthew chapters 21- 28

Mark 11-16

Luke 19:28 - Chapter 24

John 12:12- Chapter 21

God's Spirit Poured Out

After Jesus ascended into heaven, a whole new era began. His disciples waited in Jerusalem until they were "clothed with power from on high". God's Spirit was poured out on them. Jesus' disciples spoke in languages that they did not even know. They were real languages of many different nations. And the foreigners living in Jerusalem heard them speaking about the amazing things that God had done, spoken in their own language. An absolute miracle! From here the gospel would go out to the ends of the earth.

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Sunday, December 3, 2017

Advent 2017

"Simeon's Moment": By Ron DiCiani

"A Fathers Heritage to Share": By Michael Dudash

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