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    Light of Lights: Advent Devotions from The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide
    Light of Lights: Advent Devotions from The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide
    Light of Lights: Advent Devotions from The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide
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    Light of Lights: Advent Devotions from The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide

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    This Advent book invites readers to commit to the practice of daily prayer. The collection of meditations from The Upper Room daily devotional guide is arranged to coordinate with the themes of the four candles on an Advent wreath: Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace. Meditations are included for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the Sunday after Christmas. A complete Leader's Guide for small groups and instructions for making an Advent wreath are included.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUpper Room Books
    Release dateJul 1, 2014
    ISBN9780835813433
    Light of Lights: Advent Devotions from The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide

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      Light of Lights - Upper Room Books

      LIGHT OF LIGHTS

      Advent Devotions from The Upper Room daily devotional guide

      © 2014 by Upper Room Books. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, write Upper Room Books, 1908 Grand Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37212.

      The Upper Room® website http://www.upperroom.org

      UPPER ROOM®, UPPER ROOM BOOKS®, and design logos are trademarks owned by The Upper Room®, A Ministry of GBOD®, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations not otherwise noted are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com.

      Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Scripture quotations marked GNT are from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.

      Cover and interior design: Bruce Gore / gorestudio.com

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Light of lights : Advent devotions from the Upper Room daily devotional guide.

           pages cm

        Includes bibliographical references and index.

        ISBN 978-0-8358-1341-9 (print : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8358-1342-6 (mobi) — ISBN 978-0-8358-1343-3 (epub)

      1. Advent--Prayers and devotions.

        BV40.L55 2014

        242’.332--dc23

      2013049536

      Printed in the United States of America

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      How to Make an Advent Wreath

      First Week of Advent: HOPE

      Introduction

      Meditations: Days 1–6

      Second Week of Advent: LOVE

      Introduction

      Meditations: Days 1–6

      Third Week of Advent: JOY

      Introduction

      Meditations: Days 1–6

      Fourth Week of Advent: PEACE

      Introduction

      Meditations: Days 1–6

      Sunday After Christmas

      Introduction

      Meditations

      Advent Small-Group Guide

      Notes

      INTRODUCTION

      Come, draw us in, hold us together

      while we wait for the birth of the Light of lights,

      the One who will guide us into the world anew. Amen.

      —PAMELA C. HAWKINS

      We begin this Advent season with prayerful and hopeful hearts. Advent invites us to commit to daily prayer practice, to be attentive to where God is present in our lives, to look for the light. This book will guide and encourage you to journey through Advent with a focus on the coming of Christ. You may read this book individually, with your family, or with a group that gathers weekly to discuss it and pray together.

      Each week’s theme is patterned after the traditional Advent wreath with the candles representing Hope, Love, Joy and Peace. A fifth week includes meditations for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the Sunday after Christmas. Each of the weeks of Advent includes six meditations to read Monday through Saturday. Sunday is reserved for the small-group gathering. A complete Advent Small-Group Guide is found at the back of this book.

      Read the meditation for each day, slowly and prayerfully. Read the suggested scripture and spend some time with the reflection question, journaling your thoughts, if you like. Making notes will help you remember some discussion points for your weekly group gathering.

      ABOUT ADVENT

      Advent is a season of four weeks that includes the four Sundays before Christmas. Advent derives from the Latin adventus, which means coming. The season proclaims the coming of the Christ—whose birth we prepare to celebrate once again.

      ABOUT THE ADVENT WREATH

      Whether you are studying the book alone, with your family, or with a small group, you will find the ritual of lighting the candles on an Advent wreath each week to be a tangible way to

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