Mary had towering faith in the power, provision, and promise of Almighty God. This was a time to rejoice and sing praise.
Advent Meditation: Lord of Lords
Mary received Gabriel’s message with humble, willing faith in God, and indeed, she was among the first to see God in the flesh.
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Mary’s Magnificat and Jesus’s Beatitudes
How often must Mary have sung her Magnificat to her tiny son, as His lullaby? How often did she remind Him of Who His Father truly was, and Who He truly was? Now as a grown man, the Lord fulfilled the destiny His mother had lovingly and faithfully raised Him up in.
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Advent Meditation: Light of the World
You are the Light of the World, the Life that is the Light of all people. Your Light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot grasp You, nor overcome You (John 1:4-5)
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Advent Meditation: Eternal Judge of the Living and Dead
. Strengthen our inner being with the power of Your Spirit that Christ will dwell in our hearts through faith. Ground us in love, fill us with Your fullness.
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Advent Meditation: Deliverer
Your promises are trustworthy and Your faithfulness is forever. Keep our hearts steadfast in the confidence that You will indeed rescue Your people.
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Advent Meditation: Living Water
Zechariah’s prophesy of salvation foreshadowed Jesus’s proclamation on the temple steps, “Let anyone who believes in me drink … out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.”
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Advent Meditation: Savior
Hannah knew from personal experience that God guarded the faithful. And she had lived through times of war when the enemies of God and God’s people “perished in darkness.”
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Advent Meditation: Bright Morning Star
You are the Light of the World, the Life that is the Light of all people, Light that shines in darkness and the darkness cannot grasp You, nor overcome You (John 1:4-5).
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Advent Meditation: Lion of Judah
Zechariah praised God for remembering this ancient covenant in a fresh way, for now the true Lion of Judah was about to be born.
Grace and Peace, Joanne 