#FirstWeekOfAdvent
#SeasonOfHope
"One thing I really like about the book of Matthew is that it starts with a long list of Jesus’ ancestors. You might find that boring—I did, once—but it does this for me: It shows me that Jesus, even though He’s God Himself, is completely embedded in the human race."
- #LutheranHour Advent Devotions were written by Dr. Kari Vo.
#FirstSundayOfAdvent #TheSeasonOfHope
"At Christmas we celebrate the time God did something absolutely new, something nobody had ever heard before. But who has a God like this one, who comes down from heaven to become a Man Himself?
We do. We have that God—because He has made us His own. And this God who made us and redeemed us now calls us to trust Him."
- #LutheranHour Ministries Advent Devotionals
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1, 14) Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. (Matthew 1:18a)
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