Posts Categorized: Advent

Isaiah 62:11

Isaiah 62:11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth:  Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and… Read more »

John 16:21-22

John 16:21-22 21 When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of… Read more »

Matthew 24:36-44

Matthew 24:36-44 36 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son,[a] but only the Father. 37 For as the days of Noah were, so will… Read more »

Romans 13:11-14

Romans 13:11-14 11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than… Read more »

Advent Devotional: Isaiah 2:1-5

Isaiah 2: 1-5  The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.2 In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest… Read more »

The Chrismon Tree

FUPC’s festive Christmas decorations include a giant tree covered with white and gold ornaments called “Chrismons” — Christ’s monograms. Chrismons were first developed in 1957 by Frances Spencer and the women… Read more »

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. When we ponder something, we think deeply about it. Certainly, Mary had a lot to ponder!… Read more »

What Is Christmas All About?

Luke 2:8-18 8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory… Read more »