2018-12-12 — The Season of Advent: A Time of Preparation

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Midweek Advent:
Date: December 12, 2018

Theme: The Season of Advent: A Time of Preparation

– Isaiah 40:1-3

– ( Pastor Daniel Fleischer )

The Order of Worship:

Liturgy: Vespers TLH, p. 41 ff.

Hymns:

WS 704 : Oh Lord, How Shall I Meet You Hymnary.org link
TLH 63 : On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry Hymnary.org link
TLH 61 : Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People Hymnary.org link

Scripture Readings:

Matthew 1:26-35

Theme: The Season of Advent: A Time of Preparation

Isaiah 40:1–3 (Listen)

Comfort for God’s People


40:1   Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2   Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
  that her warfare1 is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
  that she has received from the LORD’s hand
    double for all her sins.


3   A voice cries:2
  “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Footnotes

[1] 40:2 Or hardship

[2] 40:3 Or A voice of one crying

(ESV)