Tag: Advent Reflection
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Restoring the Centre: Grace as Our First Priority (Ezekiel 36:22-38)
1. What is it All About (Introduction) Every Wednesday night, we have bible study at church, and I have to confess that as I went down this week, I was not really in the mood for it or feeling prepared. I would go so far as to say I was not sure I even wanted…
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Live Because The Light Has Come (Isaiah 63:7-10)
1 What Do We Do When the Wait is Over? We have all had that season in life when we have been waiting for something to come, or perhaps even something to finish, and then it does. We find ourselves thinking, is that it or now what? The tension of waiting is that, when the…
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When the Light Slips Away (Advent Reflection)
As I was sitting earlier this afternoon, just after three o’clock, it was impossible not to feel how quickly the light was slipping away. By 15:58, the sun had officially set, and it already felt like evening. Add to that the sky never really lifted today: heavy cloud, no break of blue, no warmth from…
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Hope in the Impossible (Isaiah 7:10-16)
There is always hope when we have hope in Jesus.
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Hope in the Waiting (Micah 5:1-5)
Introduction I’ve only ever lived in a country that has known the benefit of stable leadership and is generally good! We might not have liked the prime ministers who have led our nations over the years, nor their policies—and let’s be honest, we’re rarely enamoured with the other choices either. Yet, when an election comes,…
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Hope For the Nations (Genesis 12:1-3)
The memory of perfection is long lost, as the acts of Eden have rippled through the world and human history devastatingly. Eden’s goodness and perfection have no longer been forgotten; it has never been known. Sin has corrupted everything in the world: the ground from which the Lord provides, the animals people have been hunting…
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Atr Irwin 