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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Saturday
“The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let everyone who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift. The one who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord…
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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Friday
Pray: Keep us, O Lord, while we tarry on this earth, in a serious seeking after you, and in an affectionate walking with you, every day of our lives; that when you come, we may be found not hiding our talent, nor serving the flesh, nor yet asleep with our lamp unfurnished, but waiting and…
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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Thursday
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when…
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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Wednesday
Waiting. During December we are waiting for Christmas Day. We are waiting for the coming or arrival of Jesus – that is the whole meaning of Advent, right? All of creation waited for thousands of years for the coming of Jesus into this world the first time as a baby. What do you find easy…
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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Tuesday
“A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. His delight shall be in…
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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Monday
Take time to remember: “But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children” —Deuteronomy 4:9 During Advent we look back and…
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Advent 2015 – Week 1 – Sunday
What is Advent? Derived from the Latin word meaning “coming” or “arrival” Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. It’s the season when we look back to Christ’s first coming, as a baby born in Bethlehem, and look forward to his second coming when he will return to renew and redeem every part of…
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The Most Radical Revolution
Hadil and Yasin have the life everyone dreams of. Young, ambitious and even good-looking, they are University graduates. Yasin works at a lucrative job in the Gulf. The salary, in fact, is more than they can spend, and they are smart enough to invest it for their future. They’ve opened the first ball-gown boutique in…
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The Birth of a Baby
As we journey through Advent this year, we reflect once more on the Christmas story and I am filled with wonder that at the centre of this story, is a baby! Most people love babies. You don’t have to be a mother yourself, or you don’t have to be holding a baby to feel it.…
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Hurry to Find the Messiah
Until I moved to North Africa, shepherds were just part of historical fiction, in stories such as the Nativity or David and his lessons from the fields. Having now lived in a country with many shepherds, I feel some measure of the reality in their lives. In winter, they are out in the sun as…