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Advent is a season of reflection upon our Saviors birth. Traditionally the season of advent is celebrated
the four weeks leading up to Christmas Day. The word ´adventµ simply means ´coming.µ Advent,
therefore, is a season in which we celebrate the first coming/advent of the Son of God to earth to take
on human flesh, live a perfect life, die a sacrificial death on the cross, and be resurrected from the dead
and exalted at the right hand of the Father. As we look back and remember what Jesus Christ has done
for us in the past, our attention must also be drawn to the future because Jesus Christ is coming again
and we must be ready to meet him. During this season we are encouraged as we daily read through
Scriptures from the old and new testaments to turn our focus to the true meaning of Christmas, which is
Christ, and away from all the distractions of the world that seek to steal glory from him to whom all glory
is due. Each week of advent we focus on a different theme: Week 1 ² Hope (Christ alone is our hope),
Week 2 ² Peace (Christ is the Prince of Peace), Week 3 ² Joy (Christ alone is the giver of true joy), Week
4 ² Love (We only know true love because Christ first loved us).

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The following is a suggested list of advent scripture readings. These readings will be a blessing to you
and your family and serve to focus your attention on Christ this Christmas season. Just take a few
minutes each day to read each passage, think about and discuss the meaning and significance, and pray
and thank God for all that he has done, is doing, and is going to do.
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  Isaiah 1:10-20 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Luke 20:1-8 
  Isaiah 8:16 ² 9:1 2 Peter 1:1-11 Luke 22:39-53
  Isaiah 1:21-31 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Luke 20:9-18   Isaiah 9:1-7 2 Peter 1:12-21 Luke 22:54-69
   Isaiah 2:1-11 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 Luke 20:19-26    Isaiah 9:8-17 2 Peter 2:1-10a Mark 1:1-8

   Isaiah 2:12-22 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 Luke 20:27-40 
   Isaiah 9:18 ² 10:4 2 Peter 2:10b-16 Matthew 3:1-12

 Isaiah 3:8-15 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 Luke 20:41 ² 21:4 
 Isaiah 10:5-19 2 Peter 2:17-22 Matthew 11:2-15
  Isaiah 4:2-6 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Luke 21:5-19   Isaiah 10:20-27 Jude 17-25 Luke 3:19

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  Isaiah 5:1-7 2 Peter 3:11-18 Luke 7:28-35   Isaiah 42:1-12 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 3:16-21

  Isaiah 5:8-12, 18-23 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Luke 21:20-28 
  Isaiah 11:1-9 Revelation 20:1-10 John 5:30-47
  Isaiah 5:13-17, 24-25 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Luke 21:29-38   Isaiah 11:10-16 Revelation 20:11 ² 21:8 Luke 1:5-25
   Isaiah 6:1-13 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 John 7:53 ² 8:11    Isaiah 28:9-22 Revelation 21:9-21 Luke 1:26-38

   Isaiah 7:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Luke 22:1-13 
   Isaiah 29:13-24 Revelation 21:22 ² 22:5 Luke 1:39-56

 Isaiah 7:10-25 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ² 3:5 Luke 22:14-30

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  Isaiah 8:1-15 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 Luke 22:31-38

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