Luke 2:22-40 NIV How do Simeon and Anna know that this particular baby being carried into the Temple by Mary & Joseph is the one they’ve been waiting for? What gave it away that he would be the bearer of God’s salvation? // Given the small size of an eight-day-old infant wrapped from […]
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How Will I Know? Why Me? Luke 1:26-38 Luke 1:26-38 Introduction: Mary Who? There are so many paintings, sculptures, icons, tapestries and stained glass windows of this scene in which Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel. Mary’s prophetic song of praise, the Magnificat, which we heard in that last song, has been
Isaiah 40:1-11 Rachel and I have had a long lesson in waiting this Advent, and yes, you already know where this story ends. I remember way back to 3 weeks ago, when we really debated whether or not to drive to Ottawa to visit Lorena and Hannah for the weekend. We were in
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Isaiah 64:1-9 How Long? How long, O Lord, before you burst from the heavens and come done? This week, after 17 days of being trapped underground, 41 miners were rescued from a collapsed construction tunnel in northern India. What a welcome feel-good story! How long, O Lord, before You come and rescue us?
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Joshua 1:1-9; 3-4 ‘When your children ask in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial
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Shirley Redekop Exodus 20 We are continuing on the series Journey to Freedom; Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Two weeks ago, Moses encounters God through a burning bush, sending him to Egypt to confront Pharaoh and lead the Israelite slaves from oppression to freedom in the Promised Land that God prepared
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