Advent Alive-O 8

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A Time of Waiting

• Waiting to celebrate the coming of Jesus as one
  of us when He was born in Bethlehem.
• Waiting for His final coming at the end of time.

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A Time of Conversion

• John the Baptist calls us to Repent for the
  kingdom of Heaven is at hand (Matthew 321)
• We are called to become more Christ-like during
  this time of preparation.

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Bible Search

• Matthew 2437-44
• Romans 1311-14
• Mark 1333-37
• Luke 2125-36
• Matthew 31-12

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A Time of Joyful Hope

• We live and pray in hope that we will build
• Christs kingdom here on earth through our
• faith, our hope and justice.
• We live and pray in hope that we will become
• more like Christ.

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Bible Search

• Isaiah 351-10
• Matthew 112-11
• Isaiah 611-11
• Luke 310-18

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A time to experience the salvation as Good News.

• In the beginning was the One who is called the
  Word.
• The Word was with God and truly was God.
• From the beginning the Word was with God.
• And with this Word,
• God created all things.
• Nothing was made
• without the Word.
• Everything that was created
• received its life from God.
• Bible Search John 11-17

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• When all was darkness, deep and low,
• The voice of God called forth the light
• To split the curtain of the night.
• Then what was light he called the day
• While what was night in darkness lay.
• Bible Search Genesis 11-5

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• Then God divided earth and sea
• And marked the place where each should be
• With mountains rising high and steep
• And oceans spreading wide and deep.
• Bible Search Genesis 16-10

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• The God called seeds to sprout and grow
• And all the flowers that we know.
• The trees and grass, both great and small.,
• Blossomed when they heard his call.
• Bible Search Genesis 111-12

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• Then God called all that swim and fly,
• The creatures of the sea and sky,
• And all the creatures of the land
• Were shaped and formed by Gods good hands.
• Bible Search Genesis 120-23

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• When all was done God loved it all,
• The dewdrop and the waterfall,
• The timid creatures and the strong,
• The robin and the thrushs song.
• Bible Search Genesis 124-25

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• He searched the sea and sky above
• To find one who would share his love.
• When none was found, his plan unfurled,
• God made a man to share his world.
• Bible Search Genesis 126

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• He made a man and woman too
• To share his world so bright and new
• To love the earth, the sea, the sky,
• The creatures, fish and birds that fly.
• God gave them all to man to show
• His special love, long, long ago.
• Bible Search Genesis 127