growing deeply - week of november 30
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Sunday Sermon
Hope for All - November 29
Scripture Luke 28-15 (NRSV)In that region there were shepherds living in the elds keeping watch over
their ock by night Then an angel of the Lord stood before them and the
glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terried But the angel
said to them ldquoDo not be afraid for seemdashI am bringing you good news of great
joy for all the people to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior
who is the Messiah the Lord This will be a sign for you you will nd a child
wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a mangerrdquo And suddenly there was
with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying
ldquoGlory to God in the highest heaven
and on earth peace among those whom he favorsrdquo
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven the shepherds said to
one another ldquoLet us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken
place which the Lord has made known to usrdquo
My Notes
MONDAY Luke 28-15 A Christmas CarolREFLECTION I started listening to Christmas music this week I couldnrsquot waitmdashyet
Advent is about waiting and anticipating The angels in the scripture sang ldquothe rst
Christmas carolrdquo saying Glory to God in the highest heaven and on earth peace
among those whom he favorsrdquo What will your response be to Christrsquos presence with
us this season
PRAYER May I sing to the Lord a new song Even now may songs of praise be hums in
my heart as I anticipate your coming again to the world Glory to you God in Christ
TUESDAY Luke 28-15 Overwhelming presenceREFLECTION The shepherds stood in the place of ldquowowrdquo and ldquowhoardquo Amazed and
afraid When we are caught up in between the wow and whoa remember the words
of the angel who says ldquoDo not be afraid Irsquove got good newsrdquo
PRAYER God thank you for sending me the good news of Christ
WEDNESDAY Luke 28-15 Go nowREFLECTION There was light singing fear amazement and good news From there
the shepherds said ldquoLet us go to seehelliprdquo With haste scripture says they went to see
Jesus
SENDING FORTH Go with haste into the world into your work into your family and
share the good news
THURSDAY Isaiah 61 Jesus sets us freeREFLECTION The Isaiah passage is one on which Liberation theologians like Gustavo
Guitierrez center their work It is the belief that we are called to be in solidarity
with the poor the prisoner blind and oppressed With whom do you stand in
solidarity
AFFIRM I see my liberty intricately connected to the freedom of others
FRIDAY Isaiah 61 Jesus sets you freeREFLECTION Consider the ways you are poor in spirit in health or in nances
What about being a prisoner In what ways do you feel behind bars or trapped
Are you blind to certain things yourself or others And then where do you feel
boundmdashas if you have little room to move
PRAYER Thank you for coming to set me free The things I identied in my reection
do not have to be my reality They can be my past And I can live in my future free
SATURDAY Luke 416-19 Jesus fullls the Scripture
REFLECTION Jesus reads the prophetrsquos words from Isaiah 61 as the Incarnation
word fullled
PRAYER In Jesus God keeps Godrsquos promises Thank you Lord
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