By Pastor Bill Flavin | Scripture: Luke 1:26-38; Romans 16:25-27
In the second week of Advent, we focus on faith. We will be looking at Mary and the faith she had to trust God’s will for her life.
In the second week of Advent, we focus on faith. We will be looking at Mary and the faith she had to trust God’s will for her life.
It feels like prayer and reading the bible are two of the most common things that we are told are important as Christians. Jesus lays out in Matthew 6 a picture of the heart and posture for prayer that we can model in our own lives.
Churches often talk about the importance of reading the bible, which is good, and needed. In Psalm 1 though we hear about loving and meditating on God’s Word. That God’s Word would be interwoven throughout our lives, that what the bible says would leak into every aspect of our lives. That God’s Word would give us a foundation to lean on in all seasons of life and in all circumstances.
The main focus is letting go of what we love (or think we love) in order to hold on to Jesus (or rather, find that he is holding onto us!).