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Week 1
Narrator 1: Happy New Year’s!
Narrator 2: It’s not New Years.
It’s a month away.
Narrator 1: No it’s really New Years Day on the Christian Calendar.
The first week of Advent begins the New Christian year.
Narrator 2: What is Advent?
I hear it has something to do with Christmas.
Narrator 1: a lot of people think that.
But, actually, Advent has been celebrated long before the Church celebrated Christmas day.
Narrator 2: I have always heard it is a time of preparation in our hearts for the coming of the Christ child into the manger.
Narrator 1: Actually, Advent anticipates the return of the Lord Jesus Christ at the end of the age.
This is what we really need to prepare for.
Narrator 2: How does the end of time as we know it relate to the end of time?
Narrator 1: When the Lord returns, it will be the first day of eternity in which His people will enjoy eternal life.
So it is a new beginning.
Narrator 2: so the real New Year’s is in our future?
Narrator 1: That’s right.
the word “advent” can be found in our word “adventure,” This guides us on our Christian journey.
Narrator 2: Tell me more.
Narrator 1: We prepare for the return of the Lord Jesus by reflecting on four Christian themes.
These are “hope,” “peace,” “joy,” and “love.”
all of these themes point to Christ.
This week, we will reflect upon the theme of hope.
During this Advent, our Scriptural reading will come from Romans 5:1-8 because all four of these themes can be found there.
Narrator 2: (When the Scripture is read, emphasize the word “hope as it appears in this text) Let us read Romans 5:1-8
Narrator 1: Hope is something that hasn’t happened yet, but will.
Christian hope is different than worldly hope.
Someone might “hope” to win the lottery, but everyone knows how unlikely that would be. the person who starts to plan and spend money in that hope would be foolish indeed.
Narrator 2: So, Christian hope is ordering one’s life in the certainty of Christ’s return.
Narrator 1:That’s right!
Narrator 2: I notice that the word “hope” appears three times in the passage we read.
Narrator 1: Paul tells us that because we have been justified by faith in Christ, we have true hope.
We know that we shall see the day that Christ shall appear in glory.
This hope sustains us here in our trials and difficulties in this world.
We can hope when all seems hopeless because it is not hopeless.
We know that Jesus will not disappoint us.
He is coming.
Narrator 2: we light the candle of hope this morning in anticipation of the Lord’s return.
(Light the first candle (purple).
Narrator 1: Let us pray.
Lord, we give you thanks for giving us unquenchable hope.
We look forward to the day of your return to earth and the dawn of the eternal kingdom.
Help us keep this hope within our hearts, especially when trouble arises all around us.
Amen.
Week 2
Narrator 1: We now come to the second Sunday in Advent.
we learned last week that Advent is the season in which we prepare for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We also learned that we prepare for the great adventure by reflecting upon the Christian themes of hope, peace, joy, and love.
Narrator 2: This week we will reflect upon the them of peace.
(When reading the following text, emphasize the word “peace.)
Let us read again from Romans 5:1-8:
Narrator 1: The text says that because we have been justified by faith, we have peace.
But what is peace?
We all want peace.
there seems to be so little peace in this world.
all we have is wars and conflict.
Narrator 2: Christian peace is different than peace in the world.
In the world, peace is seen as the absence of conflict.
we end wars with peace treaties.
But all to soon, war and trouble breaks out again.
It is such an unsettled time.
It seems that our leaders seems helpless to deal with all the trouble.
Narrator 1: Last week we learned that our hope is not in this world.
Peace is for a moment here, but when Christ returns, we shall know nothing but peace.
The Scriptural hope for this peace will become reality.
Isaiah the prophet saw this day where peace would come.
Let us read from Isaiah 2:2-4
Narrator 2: I cant wait for the day that there will be no more wars.
Narrator 1: This is because Jesus Christ will rule over all.
Isaiah says about Him Isaiah 9:6-7
Narrator 2: We look forward to this everlasting peace by lighting the second candle of Advent.
(Light the candle of hope first and then the candle of peace.
(purple)
Narrator 1: Let us pray.
Lord, we long for your peace, We already have this peace in our hearts because you have saved us.
Help us bring to the world the true word of peace.
We know that true peace can only be found when we are forgiven of our sins because we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ who bore our conflicts upon the cross.
Help us to be bold to proclaim this offer of true peace to the world.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Week 3
Narrator 1: In the first Sunday of Advent, we reflected upon the Christian theme of hope.
Last Sunday, we reflected upon the theme of peace which we know will be fulfilled at His return.
Because Christ died for us, we can have this peace in our hearts now in these troubled times, even as we hope for the day that He returns.
Narrator 2: This week we reflect upon the theme of joy.
(Emphasize the word “rejoice” when the text is read.)
Let us read our text again from Romans 5:1-8
Narrator 1: The hope we have in Jesus Christ give us cause to rejoice.
That joy will be fully expressed when He returns.
Because our hope is certain, we already possess this joy.
The world rejoices when good things happen.
they rejoice when their sports team wins the championship.
they rejoice when they graduate or get a new job. in other words, they rejoice when good things happen.
Narrator 2: But Christian joy is different.
The Christian can rejoice even when bad things happen to them.
This is because they have hope that trouble cannot prevent them from the true heavenly joy at the end of time.
We see this demonstrated in Acts 5:40-41
Narrator 1: No one in this world would think that being beaten is a joyous thing.
But yet the apostles rejoiced.
How could they do this ?This is because they knew how everything would turn out, This is the joy of Jesus which we read in Hebrews 12:2
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