Lighting the Advent Candle of LOVE
Pastor: Watch and wait for Christ’s coming!
Light candles of hope, peace, joy, and love,
remembering the promises of God with prayer.
Reader One: We light this candle in hope. (light the first candle)We light this candle for peace. (light the second candle)
We light this candle in joy! (light the third pink candle)
We light this candle for love!(light the fourth candle)
Reader Two: Out of love for the people of God, the Lord speaks through the prophet Isaiah, as found in the seventh chapter, verses 10-14:
The Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; Make it as deep as the grave or as high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test” Then Isaiah said “Hear then, O house of David! Isn’t it enough for you to be tiresome for people that you are also tiresome before my God? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look… the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.”
Reader One: (let us pray)
God of hope, Prince of Peace, Jubilee Judge, and Lord of Love,
your goodness is beyond our wildest imaginings.
You give us more than we can think to ask,
coming to us with impossible possibility
in the union of flesh and spirit.
Teach us to love this world and all people
as you love us in Jesus Christ, our lord.
All: God of promise, God of hope, into our darkness come.
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