First Sunday of Advent – the confidence of HOPE For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory.” -2 Corinthians 1:20 NLT Second Sunday of Advent – The completeness of His PEACE “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.” -2 Thessalonians 3:16 NLT Third Sunday of Advent – The Consciousness of His JOY “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!” -Luke 2:10-11 NLT Fourth Sunday of Advent – the covenant of His LOVE “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” -Isaiah 7:14 NLT “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.” -1 John 3:1-3 NLT God You We His Coming We Live Lives “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” -John 3:16-17 NLT