Archive for the 'Advent' Category
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The Lord’s Messiah Comes
The Lord’s Messiah comes;
God’s kingdom to announce.
He calls us to repent,
and all our sins renounce.
His conquest over sin
now gives us peace within.
He breaks into our world,
the light of God to show,
all darkness to dispel,
all evil overthrow.
Let justice now be done,
new life on earth begun.
Lord of the end to come,
your praise we will repeat,
the world you […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 20th, 2007 tagged Worship, Poetry, Lyrics, Advent | Comment now »
They shall call his name Emmanuel
“To be called, only means, according to the Hebrews manner of speaking, that the person spoken of shall really and effectually be what he is called, and actually fulfill that title. Thus, Unto us a child is born - and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace - […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 20th, 2007 tagged Christmas, Advent | Comment now »
A WREATH
by George Herbert
A WREATHED garland of deservèd praise,
Of praise deservèd, unto Thee I give,
I give to Thee, who knowest all my ways,
My crooked winding ways, wherein I live,—
Wherein I die, not live ; for life is straight,
Straight as a line, and ever tends to Thee,
To Thee, who art more far above deceit,
Than deceit seems above […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 17th, 2007 tagged Poetry, Christmas, Advent | Comment now »
Mary, Sweet Mary, part 1
Journey with Jesus has an excellent guest essay for Advent written by Sara Miles. It is a challenging article. Listen to this excerpt…
“Mary proclaims that after the annunciation and everything that follows, all generations will call her blessed. But Mary’s obedience to God doesn’t yield the kind of blessing most of us ask for […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 16th, 2007 tagged Preaching, Worship, Spiritual Formation, Christmas, Quotes, Advent | Comment now »
Lost and Found
by: George MacDonald (1824-1905)
I missed him when the sun began to bend;
I found him not when I had lost his rim; […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 14th, 2007 tagged Poetry, Advent | Comment now »
Light in the Darkness
from Blogging toward Sunday, Erin Martin writes…
“The challenge for us in Advent is to allow Jesus to restore our senses, to have him open our eyes and ears so that we can go and tell others what we hear and see. Admittedly, from the darkness of our prison cells, it can be hard for us […]