1. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  2. The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
  3. Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
  4. It is terribly easy to set up our theology as a buffer against the real coming of the Lord and its consequences.
  5. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  6. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  7. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
  8. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022), written by Kathy Morales and Kyle G. Jones.
  9. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  10. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  11. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.