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Monday, November 29, 2010

Into Your Peace

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Turn our hearts from the stress of this world the anxieties, the fears the angers in this life Turn out hearts to the soothing of your ...

Give Thanks to God

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Give thanks to God the source of all good cleave to his chest the warmth of his embrace Seek the Lord in Him is our strength the sour...

Sermon - "The Reason for the Season", by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH, November 28, 2010, 1st Sunday of Advent

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Pastor Ruth Foss November 28, 2010 First Sunday of Advent Romans 13:11-14 The Message Bible Isaiah 2:1-5 God’s Word Translation “The R...

Becoming a Hope to Others

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In sharing our hope a witness of God’s promise becoming a hope to others in the walk of our lives Sharing the hope we have been given ...

Your Promise

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Your peace in Advent of your kingdom come down a time of promise in the God of heaven above Fulfilling your promise at the end of the ...

Share Our Hope

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Now more than ever during the time of Advent we are called to share our hope our hope in the Lord To remember his coming his descendi...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Home of My Heart

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Not so much my dwelling my physical home My preparation in Advent preparing the home of my heart The place that Christ dwells living i...

Searching Within

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Searching within ourselves in waiting for the Christ-child the coming again of his birth his walk upon this earth Looking within our sp...

His Life Beginning

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Though He is Eternal the first-born son born before the world before His work had begun His life beginning in the stable bare laid in...

Though Eternal

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The wonder of this season if we truly stop to comprehend the gift of Jesus long before the cross Coming to the earth walking as a man ...

Starting with Hope

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As we enter the waiting season waiting for our King the story of his birth on this earth the story of his life The year beginning agai...

Our Prayer Today

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Entering into this season into Your Advent time that we would feel You with us coming into this place That we would feel You near us f...

Come, Lord Jesus, Come

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Our prayer in Advent as our eyes open wide awake to Your calling Your voice saying, come Come, Lord Jesus, come come to Your world en...

For the Word of Hope

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To His holy mountain to the East for the word of hope in the living Christ We are His people we should be awake sharing the love of J...

Look East

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Look East for the rising of our Savior for the dawning of the day the end of the long cold night God has revealed His love if we would...

Watching and Waiting

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Watching the heavens waiting for Your coming in this Season of Advent preparing for Your coming the power the world needs to fix its br...

The Opiate of Shopping

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The bright lights and tinsel the flashing sale prices lulling us to slumber the opiate of shopping as if this was important Asleep whe...

Lost in Our Busyness

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The Advent calling us out of our complacency lost in our busyness no time for our King Calling us to harken to turn toward Bethlehem ...

Asleep on the Job

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We must awake from our slumber that we would not be like the maidens their oil run out, their lamps grown dim We must awake, prepare for ...

Celebrating the Birth of Our Lord

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We gather, celebrating the new year anticipating, waiting celebrating the birth of our Lord Wanting others the whole world around us t...

All Welcome to Come

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To the Lord’s table all welcome to come no impediment lifted not litmus test given all are welcome at the table of the Lord November...

Hope Like No Other

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Hope like no other, the healing of our Savior, descending from the heavens to heal our brokenness But we couldn’t see Him though He wa...

Celebrating His Advent

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A season unlike any other celebrating His Advent the coming of our Savior the enormity of the Gift the grace of our God raining down f...

Be on Watch

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Especially in this season the season of waiting for the coming of the Christ as the babe, in victory Be on watch for the others those ...

Rejoice, with the Shepherds

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Coming to the Christ-child waiting in this season on the mountainside in the quiet of the night in this wilderness Rejoice with the he...

To His Manger Bed

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To the altar rail Come with the Magi to His manger bed We are called in this holy season to reflect on the coming the coming of the Sa...

Turn to Bethlehem

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Turn to Bethlehem away from the mall the sales are an illusion turning our minds from You our hearts on earthly focus Turn to Bethlehe...

Hasten to Bethlehem

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From our place of comfort out into the night hasten to Bethlehem following His holy light Turning from our world the limited time and ...

Sharing That Cup

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Not any cup the cup that we share sharing that cup which our Savior shared Coming to the table the table of the Lord coming before the...

God will Teach Us

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On his holy mountain in his sacred temple God will teach us how to live in righteousness Listen to the babe the Christ-child living ...

The Day is Almost Here

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The dawn is coming the day is almost here the night will soon be ending our savior comes God descending to the earth to bring his peopl...

The Celebration of Advent

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The year starting in wondrous celebration the season of Advent waiting for our King Preparing our hearts awakening our spirits our li...

Hope in this Moment

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Hope in this moment rising in Advent waiting for Christ’s coming to this lowly world His promise ever new the fulfillment revealed Go...

Arise from Our Slumber

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Awaken you people we must wake up arise from our slumber our time in the world We must focus on Jesus the fulfillment of all promise ...

The Advent Upon Us

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Let our hearts sing the song of the season the coming of our Savior down to the earth Advent upon us the season of waiting our hearts...

Awakening Our Hearts

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The Christ-child calling the man on the cross Our Savior in heaven the Spirit within Awakening our hearts from our slumber rising the ...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Night is About Over

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The advent of Christ the source of our salvation Night is about over Christ’s work almost done The teaching of our Savior His witness,...

Be Up and About

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Wake from your slumber focus on Christ Turn from the world turn from your sleep Be up and about our salvation is near Christ will ret...

Our Salvation Near

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Our salvation near the promise of God foretold in Your Word the hope we believe Christ will come to gather us in all of God’s childre...

Dawn is About to Break

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Dawn is about to break the night to give way Christ will come but we know not the day Be ready, stay awake our Savior will come the s...

In Victory

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In His glory in victory over death God coming again to judge the living and the dead Christ will come on the chariots of the sky des...

On the Clouds

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Not just in the manger the image of Christ Not just on the cross descending to the dead Not even just on Easter rising from the grave ...

Not just the manger

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Not just the manger the coming of the King God in His glory descending again We are to remember the gift of old the Christ-child desc...

Fear not His advent

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Fear not His advent the coming of the Lord He is coming in glory the whole world to restored We are the children the sheep of His floc...

Ready for Your Coming

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I want to be ready for Your coming each Adventide hearing the angel chorus their singing on high To see Your star its rising in the ni...

Rejoice, He is Coming

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Rejoice, Easter People God is coming again to bring us home to him to help us live again God is riding riding on the clouds He is com...

Lighting Our Lamps

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Your Advent story the coming of the babe reminding us of your promise to come to earth again Not in humble submission teaching us your...

Looking to the Sky

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Not to the manger not to the Word looking to the sky for the coming King Looking to the heavens for the glory of our God the coming o...

In the Rising of Jesus

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In the rising of Jesus the victory of his glory rising to the skies The advent has power the coming of our Savior to heal us from ours...

In the Presence of Jesus

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In the presence of Jesus our risen, living Savior rising to the heavens in his glory revealed Waiting for the day of his triumphant co...

Love Come Down

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Love come down down to the earth the Son with us giving us new birth Hope in the Lord in his grace abounding raining down on us from...

Dressed in Christ

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Wearing our savior dressed in Christ guiding our steps leading us on into the right Turning from the world walking his path followin...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Teaching Us

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Christ will teach us teaching us his ways that we may live walking all of our days Only through him through the gate of Christ able t...

Your Coming

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The reason for our joy washing over us the truth of your coming coming to the earth The reason for our joy the depths of your grace c...

Ancient Words of Prophecy

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Ancient words of prophecy foretelling his birth the lowly virgin the town where he lay The village of his heritage the root of his line...

Hope in this Season

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Hope in this season the days number, counted down leading to the star, to the angels the shepherds, his holy birth All of them richly t...

We need these days

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The days of Advent at the beginning of the year the story of the Christ-child of God coming near We need these days to enter the spiri...

With Our Hands Empty

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With our hands empty like the Pharisees, the others the bridegroom coming with us with empty lamps Are we truly ready believing in the...

The Season’s Purpose

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Not about the presents the tinsel, the garland the trees we cut and carry standing in our homes Not even about the giving the sharing...

The Panic of Advent

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Causing us to focus to remember the Christ-child leading us into worship the liturgical year The panic of advent not about gifts or pa...

The Shock of the Leaders

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Would we be so different if the advent was now if we had been waiting for a Messiah of power of the leader to come from the root of Jes...

The Alarm of Your Advent

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Your coming unplanned in a time of God’s choosing Your advent alarms us setting us off balance not in control the illusion we enjoy in...

Our First Candle

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A candle of peace not of this earth of the Savior, the one who came down who lived among us giving up his crown A candle of peace tha...

The Light Shining

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We must wake from our slumber the light shining in the night piercing the darkness bringing us hope God loves us so much that he sent ...

Misdirected Frenzy

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The season corrupted misdirected frenzy chasing for bargains to have this or that All of it a distraction a temptation from the enemy ...

Pause in Our Rushing

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Maybe unable to stop the world calling in this holiday season But maybe enough to pause in our rushing coming to your throne to feel y...