Sunday Flyer

How can we experience real peace when our world and our lives still feel so broken?

Isaiah 9:1-2, 6-7
1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

2 The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned.

6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.

Advent: Arrival, Coming

Waiting: Actively trusting God's timing and intervention rather than taking matters into one's own hands.

Watching: Alert readiness.

Hope is the joyful anticipation of good.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, it’s “shalom” or fullness of life. Peace is a rest of will that comes from divine assurance about how things will turn out.

1. Jesus carries the weight you were never meant to bear.

Isaiah 9:6a
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.

2. Jesus counsels you with wisdom you could never find on your own.

Isaiah 9:6b
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 11:1-2
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

Hymn: What a Friend we have in Jesus
"O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!

3. Jesus upholds you with His might and heals you with His tenderness.

Isaiah 9:6b
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 11:6-9
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[a] together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.

Generosity Liturgy:
Father, you are an abundant giver. There is nothing that we have that you have not given us.The way of your kingdom is the way of generosity. Help us to honor you with our resources. Free us from the deceit of riches. Lead us on the path of generosity. For your glory, Lord, for the abundance of our own lives and for the sake of others. In Jesus name, Amen.