Morning Manna For Advent Season- November 29 – December 6, 2015-Weekly Prayer Focus-Family
***Special Post Date to Begin Advent (November 29 – December 24, 2015) Together as a Community
Morning Manna for Advent Season
Please join Our City On A Hill and let’s take this Advent Journey together. Below is the link to get your copy of “Not Yet Christmas” by J.D. Walt. We have also included some links in the weekly prayer focus that will bless you during the Advent Season with additional resources and a powerful family friendly outdoor event to invite neighbors or friends to is the Bethlehem Walk presentation the first two weekends in December. (Go to http://www.mablehillbaptist.org/index.html for details.)
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About “Not Yet Christmas” by J.D. Walt:
It’s time to stop crying in our soup about the consumeristic commercialism of Christmas. Instead of bashing the culture for making Black Friday bigger than Thanksgiving, let’s do something different this year. Let’s do Advent. Instead of quibbling over saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” let’s recover what it means to celebrate Holy Days. Instead of our cheesy slogans about “the reason for the season,” let’s practice a sacred season for the sake of the reason. Let’s joyfully embrace the fact that we will do Advent in the midst of a culture that loves Christmas but doesn’t really understand it. When the church reclaims Advent, the culture will behold Christmas.
This twenty-five day reader offers an opportunity for individuals, groups, and communities to get on the same page in preparation for the season of Christmas. Here you will find the trusted texts that have guided the church for centuries combined with daily insight and prayers composed by some of the best Christian poets of our time.
Day 1- Sunday, November 29, 2015
Day 2-Monday, November 30, 2015
Day 3-Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Day 4-Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Day 5-Thursday, December 3, 2015
Day 6-Friday, December 4, 2015
Day 7-Saturday, December 5, 2015
Day 8-Sunday, December 6, 2015
Weekly Prayer Focus: Family
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14
As we focus on families this week, we thank You for the blood of Jesus that can forgive, cleanse, heal and deliver every person in every home in Huntsville. We ask for angels to protect our families and that they would encounter You, Jesus. We ask and believe during this Advent season (Nov. 29-Dec. 24), that You will come into their heart and home as we pray in anticipation of Your coming. Yes! Our city makes room for You, Lord.
We pray for every Christian family in our community to have wisdom during this busy season to establish fun, God-honoring family Christmas traditions. [Go to https://billygraham.org/secure/advent-sign-up-page/ for free devotions for advent] We pray Your blessing and anointing on every Christmas program and outreach event that offers an opportunity to receive the Gift of You! We ask for Your spirit of generosity to pour out on our city so that every effort of our non-profit groups who minister to the less fortunate and lonely at Christmas time will be abundantly blessed.
We ask for the blessing of health, safety and protection over our homes, churches, schools and businesses during the Christmas season. Grant grace and help to medical and law enforcement personnel who care for our families.
Remind us, Holy Spirit, to prayer target our neighborhoods as we drive in and out looking at decorations. Give our families creative ways to share the true Joy and Light of this season. Give us discernment to reach out with Your comfort and compassion to those around us who are hurting, lonely, and grieving. May You, Jesus, be high and lifted up this Christmas!
[A powerful family friendly outdoor event to invite neighbors or friends to is the Bethlehem Walk presentation the first two weekends in December. Go to http://www.mablehillbaptist.org/index.html for details.]
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