Hope of Advent
Advent marks something momentous: God's coming into our midst. The word comes from the Latin word adventus which means, “the coming, the appearing, the arrival.”
As we prepare for Christmas during Advent, HOPE is the first candle we light in the Advent wreath. This seems appropriate since hope, often coupled with waiting throughout the Bible, includes a sense of anticipation.
The Hebrew word for hope [qavah] is sometimes translated as “to wait for.” However, its literal definition in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance is “to bind together (perhaps by twisting)” and comes from the word for cord.
Qavah can be compared to the secure tension you feel when you are holding onto a rope and someone else is also holding firmly to the other end of it. It’s a picture of a strong, braided rope holding us fast to God.
WAITING IN HOPE. The earth waited thousands of years until "the fullness of time had come, [and] God sent forth his Son" (Gal. 4:4). The arrival of Jesus on that first Christmas proves He can be trusted to fulfill His promises, so there is hope for all who wait on Him.
Lam. 3:25-26~ “The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word]. It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord.” AMPC
All of us here at Healing Wings Ministries bless you this Christmas season with a strong rope of hope; not easily frayed or broken, but a strength that’s able to secure you firmly to Jesus… no matter what you are waiting for or how long you have been waiting. We pray you are able to recognize and capitalize on every opportunity that waiting brings to plunge you deeper into relational intimacy with Christ.
WE WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HOPE-FILLED NEW YEAR!
As we prepare for Christmas during Advent, HOPE is the first candle we light in the Advent wreath. This seems appropriate since hope, often coupled with waiting throughout the Bible, includes a sense of anticipation.
The Hebrew word for hope [qavah] is sometimes translated as “to wait for.” However, its literal definition in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance is “to bind together (perhaps by twisting)” and comes from the word for cord.
Qavah can be compared to the secure tension you feel when you are holding onto a rope and someone else is also holding firmly to the other end of it. It’s a picture of a strong, braided rope holding us fast to God.
WAITING IN HOPE. The earth waited thousands of years until "the fullness of time had come, [and] God sent forth his Son" (Gal. 4:4). The arrival of Jesus on that first Christmas proves He can be trusted to fulfill His promises, so there is hope for all who wait on Him.
Lam. 3:25-26~ “The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word]. It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord.” AMPC
All of us here at Healing Wings Ministries bless you this Christmas season with a strong rope of hope; not easily frayed or broken, but a strength that’s able to secure you firmly to Jesus… no matter what you are waiting for or how long you have been waiting. We pray you are able to recognize and capitalize on every opportunity that waiting brings to plunge you deeper into relational intimacy with Christ.
WE WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HOPE-FILLED NEW YEAR!
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