THEME 7: PATIENCE
SCRIPTURE [1]:
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said. He did for her what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant. And she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. Everything happened at the time God had said it would. Sarah gave birth to this son of Abraham. Abraham named this son Isaac. Abraham circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.
Abraham was 100…..
Some call Him Lord. Some call Him Savior. Some call Him The Christ. Some dare to call Him Friend. Today’s Chrismon (crismon) ornament was a symbol early in the church. It looks like a double X. It, too, is from Greek.
DAY 7 THE IOTA CHI
“In the original Greek text, “Jesus Christ” is written IHSOUS XRISTOS. From earliest times these two letters have been combined into a beautiful symbol representing the Christian’s faith that Jesus is “the Christ [Messiah],…..
Jesus is the Light of the World. The lamp symbol is used throughout scripture…They word is a lamp unto my feet and a light on my path, the story of the ten virgins who were to light the way for Jesus’ coming….some let their lamps run out of oil, and other stories.
DAY 6: THE LAMP
“The Psalmist David wrote: “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) In ancient times, an…..
From Day One in Eden, or shortly thereafter, man has disobeyed God. Our foreparents were selfish, envious of God’s power, and weak to temptation. We are no different. We have failed to put God first in our lives, like to do “our own thing,” and listen to advertisers rather than trusting God’s provision for us. We rely on ourselves through our selfish pride, we are all too confident we can “cheat death,” forgetting that God knows the day of our…..
THEME 5: GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY
SCRIPTURE [1]:
People on earth did what God said was evil. Violence was everywhere. And God saw this evil. All people on the earth did only evil. So God said to Noah, “People have made the earth full of violence. So I will destroy all people from the earth. Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar.
Then the…..
Day 4 symbolizes man’s disobedience. Even in the perfection of Eden, Adam and Eve were dissatisfied, thinking about themselves, filled with envy.
THEME 4: DISOBEDIENCE
SCRIPTURE[1]:
Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake spoke to the woman. He said, “Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”
The woman answered the snake, “We may eat…..
The 4th day of Advent symbol is the term Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of the Greek Alphabet, symbolizing that God is before all things and the end of all things. He is eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient.
day 4: THE ALPHA AND OMEGA
“As the first and last of the Greek alphabet, the Alpha and Omega represent the One in whom creation began and by whom it will one day end. Its usage as an early…..
The third Chrismon (crismon) ornament is the descending dove. The dove is also a symbol for Pentecost. One personal note. On the first Pentecost in our new church building, a dove sat in the first window of our sanctuary for the entire service! We had waited two years for our new building, and its service that day was especially meaningful.
DAY 3: THE DESCENDING DOVE
3:22 which says, “and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a…..
THEME 3: GOD’S CREATION
THEME 3: GOD’S CREATION
SCRIPTURE: [1]
Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the tame animals, over all the earth and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.”
So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God…..
For Monday, the Christian symbol is the anchor. God is the anchor to which we hold, a symbol that says He is always with us. The scripture and prayer are from my book Advent Adventure, which includes all the Jesse Tree prophecy symbols and the New Testament ones for your Advent calendar countdown to Christmas. Traditionally, the symbols are done in white and gold, but your family may innovate as you please to teach your little ones about the coming…..