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Intro
Opening Story/Illustration: The Christmas season is upon us.
I want to open with this question tonight - As a Kid, when it came to Christmas, what did you look forward to the most?
Advent
Intro: We just started what’s known as advent season.
Maybe you’ve never heard of that.
We talked a lot about Christmas in our tradition, but Advent began December 1 and it ends December 24.
It’s the waiting period.
The time we prepare our hearts and begin looking forward to Christmas - To the coming of Christ.
Advent has one common focus; to refocus our attention and realign our lives with the person of Jesus.
Advent is a time to remember and reflect, but it’s also a time of looking forward with hope and anticipation.
We remember the significance of the baby Jesus who was born in the flesh.
in a little town called Bethlehem, and we look forward with great anticipation to his return one day for his church.
Transition to
We just started what’s known as advent season.
Maybe you’ve never heard of that.
We talk a lot about Christmas in our tradition, but Advent began December 1 and it ends December 24.
It’s the waiting period.
The time we prepare our hearts and begin looking forward to Christmas - To the coming of Christ.
Advent
Advent has one common focus; to refocus our attention and realign our lives with the person of Jesus.
Intro: We just started what’s known as advent season.
Maybe you’ve never heard of that.
We talked a lot about Christmas in our tradition, but Advent began December 1 and it ends December 24.
It’s the waiting period.
The time we prepare our hearts and begin looking forward to Christmas - To the coming of Christ.
Advent has one common focus; to refocus our attention and realign our lives with the person of Jesus.
Advent is a time to remember and reflect, but it’s also a time of looking forward with hope and anticipation.
Advent is a time to remember and reflect, but it’s also a time of looking forward with hope and anticipation.
We remember the significance of the baby Jesus who was born in the flesh.
in a little town called Bethlehem, and we look forward with great anticipation to his return one day for his church.
We remember the significance of the baby Jesus who was born in the flesh.
in a little town called Bethlehem, and we look forward with great anticipation to his return one day for his church.
Tr
This week and next week we want to talk about this idea of looking forward to and preparing our hearts for the coming of Jesus.
Transition to
Transition to Text: The people of Israel were looking for a Messiah.
They were waiting on a Savior.
God had made some promises to them and they were waiting on them to be fulfilled.
Text: The last few words of the Old Testament make clear that God was going to send a Savior.
But by the time we get to the events of Jesus’ birth in Matthew and Luke, it’s been 400 years.
400 years of waiting.
Hoping.
Looking.
Anticipating.
In the Christmas story there are a couple of people who embody this hope.
Let’s take a read in
This reminds me of a passage in Hebrews -
Main Idea: Have hope.
Christmas reminds us that God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Transition to points/discussion: Let’s dive into this idea of hope tonight.
Points/Discussion
Simeon and Anna have been hoping and waiting for Jesus
They have been evidently waiting a very long time.
The text tells us that there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon
He is righteous and devout
The text tells us that there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon
He is eagerly awaiting the Messiah to come and rescue Israel
He is righteous and devout
He is eagerly awaiting the Messiah to come and rescue Israel
We get this vibe that His whole life has been lived in response to the coming of the Messiah
We come to our last character in this account, Anna.
Anna is a prophet
Anna is a prophet
We get this vibe that His whole life has been lived in response to the coming of the Messiah
She was old.
She was old.
She had been married for seven years and then her husband had died.
She had been married for seven years and then her husband had died.
She lived as a widow ever since and she stayed at the temple worshipping and fasting.
She lived as a widow ever since and she stayed at the temple worshipping and fasting.
The vibe we get from this account, is that she too has been waiting on Jesus.
The vibe we get from this account, is that she too has been waiting on Jesus.
Can you imagine waiting your whole life for something like this? Think about the Jewish people in general - 400 years of waiting and waiting and waiting for God to work on their behalf.
Maybe there are some things you have been hoping and waiting for
Are there things you’ve been believing for God to do for a long time?
What are they?
Are there things you’ve been believing for God to do for a long time?
What are they?
We hate waiting.
My kids have access to movies and shows and information at their finger tips.
Have you lost hope while waiting for a promise to be fulfilled in your own life?
We hate waiting in line.
We try everything we can to distract ourselves while we are waiting (think Disney)
Have you lost hope while waiting for a promise to be fulfilled in your own life?
Have you lost hope while waiting for a promise to be fulfilled in your own life?
Are there things you’ve been believing for God to do for a long time?
What are they?
Have you lost hope while waiting for a promise to be fulfilled in your own life?
How do you keep from loosing hope in the midst of your waiting?
Don’t get out of line - Have you ever been in the checkout line and you’re in a long line and then you think you’ll move to the shorter line, only to discover the shorter line ends up taking longer?
Sometimes we think we are going to take a shortcut or rush what God wants to do.
Like - We will move when we should sit still.
I heard it put this way - We talk about walking with Jesus and we talk about walking away from Jesus - But what about walking ahead of Jesus?
Some of us are trying to rush him.
We aren’t called to walk ahead of him, but walk WITH him.
What’s one specific area of your life where you need to experience hope and anticipation again?
Have you lost hope while waiting for a promise to be fulfilled in your own life?
What’s one specific area of your life where you need to experience hope and anticipation again?
How do you find that hope again?
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