calvarybaptistlenexa
- Nov 30, 2016
- 3 min
Advent Devotional: Week One - Wednesday
When the angel Gabriel appeared in Nazareth, to the home of the woman who promised to marry Joseph (who was a descendant of David and Jesse), Mary was not expecting the visitor. The house was not cleaned nor a meal prepared. And she certainly didn’t know how she was to bear a child who would take the throne of David! She was confused and troubled. Scripture Reading: Luke 1:26-38
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a v
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calvarybaptistlenexa
- Nov 29, 2016
- 2 min
Advent Devotional: Week One - Tuesday
Scripture Reading: Matthew 1:1-17 Like us, Jesus was born with parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. In fact, Jesus’ family line stretched all the way back to King David and even as far back as Abraham and Adam. Matthew (in Matt 1:1-17) makes a point of showing us who Jesus’ family is because of the words of God in the book of Isaiah that spoke of Jesus as a “shoot from the stump of Jesse.” There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his
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calvarybaptistlenexa
- Nov 28, 2016
- 2 min
Advent Devotional: Week One - Monday
The story of Jesus’ birth began centuries before his father and mother (Mary and Joseph) knew him. The Hebrew people had long been expecting a Messiah—the anointed one who would come and rescue them from the sin and misery of the world. Their prophets, the prophets of our own Old Testament, had long foretold of one to come who would break the hardness of God’s peoples’ hearts and bring everlasting peace. During this first week of Advent we will look at a few of these verses a
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calvarybaptistlenexa
- Nov 27, 2016
- 2 min
Advent Devotional: First Sunday in Advent
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 9:1–7 Have you ever been promised something that seemed too good to be true? That’s the kind of promise God’s people received in Isaiah 9. They were promised light in the places that only knew darkness. They were promised freedom instead of slavery. They were promised glory instead of shame. They were promised peace instead of war. They were promised a child. Not just any child. They were promised a king—better than any king they knew. They were prom
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calvarybaptistlenexa
- Nov 26, 2016
- 5 min
Preparing for Worship: First Sunday of Advent - November 27
God Calls Us to Worship Him Call to Worship: "Come Thou Redeemer of the Earth" Come, thou Redeemer of the earth, And manifest thy virgin birth. Let every age adoring fall; Such birth befits the God of all. Sprung from no seed of human race But by the Spirit’s mystic grace, The promised fruit of Mary’s womb, The Word of God, doth flesh assume. Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LOR
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