God the Father (346)
  1. So, what do we pray? What do we say? In times of fear, in times of chaos, in unprecedented times, we pray and say the words that have been written on our hearts.
  2. From the womb to the tomb, from the cradle to the grave, Jesus’ name defines and describes who he is and what he is all about.
  3. As a parent listens for the cry of a hurting child, our heavenly Father waits for our cry of weal and woe.
  4. For God to shine his face upon us is the same as saying, “Christ Jesus is with us.”
  5. As human beings, we usually think that mercy should have limits; that it should never exceed its confines. This attitude is rooted deeply in the human heart.
  6. In our transactional view of our faith - “If I don’t… then God won’t.” “I need to, so God can” - we are seriously underestimating who we are dealing with.
  7. My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
  8. Hannah’s story is the story of God’s great reversal.
  9. Many of us have experienced what it feels like to wait and to remain patient this year. This Advent, we are reminded of how the saints before us experienced similar feelings of uncertainty, need, and hopeful expectation as they awaited - both faithfully and unfaithfully - for God to fulfill his promises.
  10. We are given, so we give thanks, and we give thanks by giving.
  11. Like Luther and like Hannah, we also receive God’s promise.
  12. God is holy, nothing I say or do or pray is going to make God any more or less holy. So what are we praying when we say, “hallowed be your name”?
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